The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 10, 2002

`Centre's apathy is hurting' — Prof Mohammed Basheer Dabla, Dept of Sociology, Kashmir University
With the Centre refusing to show "any seriousness" in tackling the Kashmir imbroglio, the Hurriyat and Shabir Shah's party staying away from the polls, the weary and frustrated Kashmiri people have little to hope for in the near future, says ... More

`Transparent, corruption-free Govt is my priority'
HOW many Indian politicians can you think of who enjoy soft rock, go roller blading, play tennis and would prefer Bend it like Beckham to Devdas? Hardly any. But the younger scion of Kashmir's Abdullah dynasty, the dapper and ... More

CRA decision dashes TN delta farmers' hopes
The Supreme Court's earlier direction had raised hopes that the crop situation could be salvaged. However, the CRA's decision pegging a lower quantum of release has dashed hopes. More

Central Minister's charge against TN Govt
THE Union Minister of State for Finance, Mr Gingee Ramachandran, said on Monday that the Centre was unable to give drought-related concessions or grants to Tamil Nadu, because the State Government had not yet come out with any announcement of the ... More

When poll duty becomes free holiday package
NUCLEAR flashpoint? Terrorism versus democracy? If you are one of the Central Election Commission's Special Observers, the odds are that the coming Kashmir elections just mean the holiday of a lifetime - and all for free! Protected by eight ... More

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Tata Steel: Future plans on course
TATA Iron and Steel Company (Tata Steel), Asia's first and the country's largest integrated private sector steel plant, is aiming to become a EVA positive company ahead of the three year time frame that it had set for itself. Stating this, Mr ... More

Focus on Jamshedpur: There's potential to grow
Two years ago, the mood was upbeat in Jamshedpur, which was all set to emerge as the industrial capital of the soon-to-be-formed state of Jharkhand. The unbridled hopes and aspirations of industry, however, could not be met by the State ... More

Generating wealth from waste
IT'S a story of generation of wealth from waste. Tata Pigments Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Steel, is hopeful of recording a growth of 20 per cent in turnover terms over last fiscal. In 2001-2002, the company notched an income of Rs ... More

Tata Ryerson on the right track
THE Rs 100-crore turnover Tata Ryerson Ltd is confident of recording a turnover of Rs 500 crore in the fiscal ending March 31, 2006. In the current fiscal, the steel products inventory management and processing services major is hopeful of ... More

More than steel — houses for all
Tata Steel, the flagship company of the Tata group, has a developed model steel houses, which it proposes to use as demonstration for rural housing. These all-steel houses have been put up in a village 15 km from Jamshedpur and will cost Rs 260 ... More

CMs' meet on fund allocation next month
THE Ministry of Finance will convene a meeting of Chief Ministers next month, to discuss Central assistance to States for fiscal management, the Union Minister of State for Finance, Mr Gingee Ramachandran, said here on Monday. At a press ... More

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