The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, May 16, 2004

POLITICS
Sonia Gandhi elected CPP leader — Left's decision on joining Govt tomorrow
THE Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, on Saturday was elected the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) and moved a "small" step closer to taking over as the Prime Minister of a coalition Government at the Centre for which cobbling ... More

CPI(M) blames `bear cartel' for Sensex crash — Opposes profit-making PSUs sale
THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday reiterated its opposition to privatisation of profit-making public sector undertakings (PSUs), while ascribing the 330 points crash in the Sensex on Friday to the operations of a `bear ... More

DMK will wait, not to join Govt for now
THE Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has decided that it will not join the Congress (I)- led government at the Centre for the time being. It will wait and watch before taking a decision. At the DMK's executive committee meeting in Chennai today, ... More

AP to introduce Right to Information Bill
THE new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, said that the Right to Information Bill, on the lines of a similar legislation formulated by the Union Government, would be introduced in the State Legislative Assembly as soon ... More

BJP unhappy, but not demoralised: Mahajan
FOLLOWING the stunning defeat for the BJP-led NDA coalition at the hands of the Congress combine in the Lok Sabha polls, senior leaders and party functionaries appear to have been stunned into silence. Putting up a brave face despite the upset ... More

Left can be averse to privatisation, not divestment
QUITE expectedly, the Leftists have started ranting over the footmarks left by the IMF and World Bank on the Indian economy. Since 1991, every move by the Indian economy has been ordered by Washington, say the Leftists forgetting that most Indian ... More

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