Jairam ministry's new record: 40 clearances in 3 hours
Fp Archives • 14 years agoThe Standing Committee of the National Board of Wildlife gets very little time to clear its project. With voluminous reports to study and 39 members to take a decision, there's too much information to digest in too little time. Clearances are thus an assembly line operation.
No tall claim: The badminton circuit has a new star
Shuttle Up • 14 years agoThe latest prodigy from Pullela Gopichand's stable, PV Sindhu, just won her maiden international crown and looks primed to hit big time.
Home ministry greenlights $7.2-b Reliance-BP deal
Fp Archives • 14 years agoThe home ministry raised some questions while giving the nod to RIL. It wondered what really held back the Mukesh Ambani conglomerate from offering the same stake to the state-owned gas utility, GAIL, India or any other PSU, for that matter.
Make hay while Gayle is still in the stands
Fp Editors • 14 years agoThere has already been talk of a patch-up between the West Indian Cricket Board and the big Jamaican and the second ODI could be India's last chance to make the advantage count.