Finance Minister of India Pranab Mukherjee has already
set a target of halving the deficit by 2011 and that may be
the period by which the stimulus withdrawal could also be

At the same time, the economist-Prime Minister is
conscious that the recovery is still fragile and uneven as new
worrying signs have emerged in the Euro Zone.

Ajay Kaul
Islamabad, Jun 26 (PTI) India has provided Pakistan
further details about involvement of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief

New Delhi, June 25 (PTI) In a politically sensitive move,
the Indian government Friday hiked prices of petrol by Rs 3.50

LPG in Delhi costs Rs 310.35 per 14.2-kg cylinder since
April 1 when the state government withdrew subsidy on the
fuel.

Mumbai, June 25 (PTI) An Anil Ambani group firm Friday
announced that it signed an agreement for availing of gas from
Mukesh Ambani-led RIL in accordance with a Supreme Court of

The two brothers reconciled their differences on May 23,
when they scrapped a non-compete agreement that allowed
flexibility to expand into areas hitherto reserved for each of

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, June 25 (PTI) The ongoing re-engagement
between India and Pakistan is not insulated from terrorism and

The sources also said the interaction between Indian
and Pakistani investigators who probed the Mumbai attacks and
the exchange of notes on evidence gathered by the two sides

Earlier, speaking to reporters accompanying him in the
special aircraft, Chidambaram said he will not say anything
that will cast a shadow on the SAARC Home Ministers' Meeting,