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  BJP doing negative politics says Cong

  Politics | September 26, 2012 19:43 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 26: Congress today accused BJP of doing “negative politics” and reminded it of the 2004 manifesto in which it had advocated FDI in retail after the Opposition party announced that the decision

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  Pawar bats for FDI in retail

  Politics | September 24, 2012 18:01 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 24: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday spoke out in favour of foreign equity in multi-brand retail and said the government's decision will reduce post-harvest losses, help farmers and consumers and will not

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  FDI in retail not a threat to kirana shops: Montek

  September 23, 2012 11:50 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 23: Allying fears that opening up of the retail sector for FDI will hurt small kirana shops, Plan Panel Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said modern retail is an expanding segment

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  Arun Shourie openly supports FDI in retail sector

  Politics | September 22, 2012 8:11 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 21: Former Union Minister Arun Shourie today backed the hike in diesel price but felt that the decisions to allow FDI in multi-brand retail and aviation sectors were "neither here nor there"

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  FDI in multi-brand retail comes into effect

  India | September 21, 2012 13:39 IST

  New Delhi: Showing resolve for reforms, the government on Thursday notified its decision to allow global retail giants like Walmart to open stores in India, on a day several political parties called Bharat Bandh to

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  Congress core group to meet this evening

  Politics | September 21, 2012 12:42 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 21:  With Trinamool Congress set to exit the UPA, the Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, will meet on Friday evening to decide the future

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  Sensex at one-year high, up 404 points

  September 21, 2012 17:19 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 21: The Sensex on Friday closed at one-year high of 18,752.83 surging by 404 points as the stock market gave thumbs up to UPA government's resolve to push ahead with economic reforms on

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  Crucial Trinamool parliamentary meet begins

  Politics | September 18, 2012 18:43 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 18 :  A crucial meeting of the Trinamool Congress's parliamentary party slated to take “hard decisions” in response to the UPA government's dual decisions of diesel price hike and FDI in retail began

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  Government holding negotiations with allies, says Congress

  Politics | September 17, 2012 19:58 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 17: The Congress Tuesday said "negotiations" were being held with its allies in UPA over their opposition to government's recent economic decisions including FDI in multibrand retail and hoped there will be

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  Decision to allow FDI in retail taken under US pressure: CPI

  Politics | September 16, 2012 21:13 IST

  Indore, Sep 16: Criticising the Congress-led UPA government for allowing Foreign Direct Investment in the retail sector, Communist Party of India (CPI) today alleged that the decision was taken under pressure from the US government

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  BJP to launch 'political war' against FDI

  Politics | September 16, 2012 18:10 IST

  Hyderabad, Sep 16: Demanding rollback of the fuel price hike and FDI in retail, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the party would launch a "political war" against it. The UPA government

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  Maharashtra to implement FDI in retail soon

  Politics | September 16, 2012 11:01 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 16: A day after the central government cleared way for foreign direct investment in retail sector, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan took the lead and announced Saturday said the new policy would be implemented

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  Congress stands behind PM as allies oppose FDI in retail

  Politics | September 15, 2012 20:07 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 15: Congress today saw “no crisis” over the opposition of it allies like TMC to the FDI in retail and said that the party was fully behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on

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  NDA's countrywide protest on Sep 20 against FDI in retail

  Politics | September 15, 2012 19:42 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 15: BJP-led NDA will hold a country-wide protest on September 20 protesting against the central government's decision to hike diesel price and allow FDI in multi-brand retail.Announcing the alliance's decision here, BJP

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  Mamata warns PM against crossing 'Lakshman Rekha'

  Politics | September 15, 2012 18:33 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 15:  In an indirect attack at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said political leaders should be more bothered about the common people rather

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  SP opposed to FDI in retail: Akhilesh Yadav

  Politics | September 15, 2012 16:54 IST

  Lucknow, Sep 15: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Saturday announced his Samajwadi Party's (SP) opposition to foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and said "under no circumstances" would the party allow these retail outlets

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  If we have to go down, let us go down fighting: Manmohan Singh

  Politics | September 15, 2012 11:57 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 15: Criticised for perceived policy paralysis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday pushed the contentious decision to allow 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail.Informed sources said Manmohan Singh reportedly pushed for the decision

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  Tamil Nadu not to allow FDI in retail: Jayalalithaa

  Politics | September 15, 2012 11:29 IST

  Chennai, Sep 15: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Friday opposed the decision to allow 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and demanded its withdrawal while declaring that her state will not allow

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  BJP, Left plan nationwide protests against FDI in retail

  Politics | September 14, 2012 19:40 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 14: Attacking the government for its “hurried” decision allowing FDI in multi-brand retail, BJP today alleged said that despite strong objections from the Opposition it has been done under foreign elements' pressure

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  Kalam favours FDI in retail sector

  August 27, 2012 7:54 IST

  Kolkata, Aug 26: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today came out in support of FDI in retail, saying for a developing world to become developed, an atmosphere of competitiveness and aggressiveness should be