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Power for Prabhu, Jaitley divested of I&B

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee expanded his one-year old ministry on Saturday inducting Mrs Sushma Swaraj and Mr M Venkaiah Naidu as Cabinet Ministers and Mr Pon Radhakrishnan, Mr UV Krishnamraju, Mr S Mukherjee and Mr Sripad Yesso Naik as Ministers of State.

Oil pool deficit may be bridged sans bonds offer

The Government is hopeful of tackling the accumulated oil pool deficit of Rs 11,000 crore, during the first half of current fiscal, without taking recourse to oil bonds.

Breach Candy readies for its prime patient

Move over AIIMS, New Delhi. It's prime time for Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has chosen the Breach Candy hospital over AIIMS for his knee replacement surgery.

Plan panel sceptical of achieving 9th Plan target

Painting a gloomy picture of the economy, the Planning Commission has said that 7.1% GDP growth would be needed in 2000-01 and 2001-02 to achieve the target of 6.5% growth for the Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-2002).

Shekhar Kapur, 3 others launch film consultancy

Renowned film-maker Shekhar Kapur along with three other prominent persons - Ms Pia Singh, Mr Hari Shankar Bhartia and Mr Suhel Seth - launched a consultancy for potential film-makers called Digital Talkies here on Saturday.