The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 09, 2003

Mandate to UPSC
MANY of us carry only a negative impression of Parliament, associating it with unruly scenes in which those elected to attend to issues affecting the people in a brisk and business-like manner stall proceedings, sometimes for days, wasting ... More

SLOWBURN

Sowing confusion
`No one in Delhi appears to have the ability to think anything through. Up there in Delhi they are so busy chasing each other with trishuls and lathis and digging up mosques that I doubt whether they are even aware of what goes through the Lok Sabha. Every policy is ad hoc, thrown together hastily and then comes the deluge of second, third and fourth thoughts that causes the chaos.' More

SAY CHEEK

Is VAT waxing or vexing?
NOTHING has been going right for VAT. When Jaswant wishes VAT not to be vexatious, one looks up the dictionary to know what the FM means. Vex is a 3-letter word, like VAT, and if you vex somebody, you are making him annoyed or upset, causing ... More

EAR TO THE GROUND

Dr Reddy's slips on profit concerns
DR Reddy's Laboratories stock continued to reel under selling pressure on concerns that the company may report lower profits in the fourth quarter. Dealers said the market is not very optimistic about the outlook of the company's earnings ... More

SENSOR

Heavyweights drag down Sensex
THE markets continued their second day of decline. The BSE Sensex closed 19.14 points lower at 2961.60 points as compared to Wednesday's close 2980.74. The broad based Nifty closed at 941.55 points down by 8.66 points as compared to the previous ... More

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