The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 07, 2009

GOVERNMENT

POLITICS: Haryana set for four-way kurukshetra
New Delhi: In the run-up to the polls that take place on Thursday across Haryana, political parties cutting across the spectrum threw in their best campaigners to clinch the support of any of the perceived fence-sitters. So if ...

POLITICS: It is mainly a bipolar fight in Rajasthan
New Delhi: This is one State in north-west India that may throw up some surprises when finally the ballot boxes are opened on May 16. Even with a newly-elected Congress government in power in Rajasthan, most political experts ...

POLITICS: All eyes on Nandigram, Singur in Bengal Phase II
Kolkata: As 17 of West Bengal’s constituencies go to polls on Thursday — in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections — all eyes will be on Nandigram and Singur, the two issues that have been burning in ...

POLITICS: Desperately seeking alternatives
New Delhi: “The outcome in Dausa was a trailer. The real thing will unfold in the years to come,” says Giriraj Sharma, a tea-shop owner referring to the November 2007 elections in Rajasthan. A ...

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: Govt may migrate to accrual accounting in 5 yrs
New Delhi, May 6 Accrual accounting may become a reality in Government within a five-year time frame. This emerged at a national round table conference on accrual accounting held in the Capital ...

PEOPLE: Ashok Chawla gets addl charge of Dept of Fin Services
New Delhi, May 6 Economic Affairs Secretary, Mr Ashok Chawla, has been given the additional charge of Department of Financial Services in the Union Finance ...

POLITICS: Keeping vigil
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