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Saturday,
April 12,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Deflated
by inflation
7.41%
Highest in 40 months
New Delhi, April 11
It is a classic case of
government not admitting that it is responsible for the mess
created in the food plates and wallets of a country where
majority still lives on the brink of poverty. The inflation
surged to a new three-year high of 7.41 per cent for the week
ended March 29 from 7 per cent in the previous week, but the
government maintained that the rise in inflation was not due
to the fault of its policies and blamed it on the global
conditions.
Cong
gets defensive over price rise
Business page: Trade
policy balances rupee & inflation
Pay
panel report to be reviewed
New Delhi, April
11
The Union Cabinet today
gave its approval for setting up the Empowered Committee of
Secretaries for processing the report of the Sixth Central Pay
Commission. The Cabinet’s decision to constitute an official
committee to review the report of the commission stems from
disappointment over the report by the armed forces, Indian
Police Service officers, scientists, government employees and
employees associations.
SC
issues notice on Capt plea
New Delhi, April
11
In what could possibly
change the course of the ongoing corruption case against
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir
Badal, the Supreme Court today issued a notice of motion on a
petition seeking the transfer of the case to a court outside
Punjab.
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