Soon after the trust vote in Parliament on July 22, the finance ministry hopes to push through a series of non-legislative reforms, chief among them disinvestment of minority stakes in around 10 central public sector undertakings by listing them on

The Centre has put the proposed Rs 3,500-crore global airport hub at Noida in Uttar Pradesh into cold storage and the ambitious project would not be able to keep its date with the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

WOMEN, we have been failed by history. The wonders of Victorian engineering clearly included big bras, but we were never told.

From slacker comedies to horror films and rom-coms, the least well known of all former Yugoslav republics gets its moment.

STRUAN STEVENSON MEP, Vice-president of the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament

I LIKE cars. Quite a lot, in fact. Miss my weekly dose of Top Gear and I'm like a grizzly with a mouthful of rotting molars.

ALL governments make policy announcements to suit their own agenda. So it is pointless to be surprised at Alistair Darling for announcing - a week before the strategic Glasgow

IMAGINE we are back in 1984, but in a parallel universe. Mrs Thatcher is still Prime Minister and facing the miners' strike led by Arthur Scargill. She decides to take ac

A study of the PM's politics since the 1970s suggest he is far from the radical his image might suggest, says GERRY HASSAN

The manager of the Fife Safety Camera Partnership, which runs the region's speed cameras, considers what the future holds for the machines.

Was scrapping fuel duty rise a cynical ploy ahead of Glasgow East election?

SCRUTINEER

SURVIVAL rates from cancer in the UK, including Scotland, are significantly lower than other countries around the world, a study revealed yesterday.

REACTION to the government's white paper Framework for a Fair Future has been swift and divided.

THE saying goes that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but scientists believe the real explanation for differences between the sexes lies in the structure of their b

INSIDE HEALTH

While it is good to see Esperanto getting publicity, your report and leader (15 July) contained some errors. The language was invented (by Ludovic, not "Lodovi

Republika Srpska Authorities Should End Campaign Against Anti-Corruption Group Republika Srpska authorities should refrain from verbal attacks on Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina and ensure the security of the organization's staff and premises, Human Rights Watch said today.

After the bill was passed unanimously, the House made a consensus resolution that the Central government should include the very bill in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution so that it could not be challenged anywhere in the court.

The survey has shown that on neither side is there strong majority opposition to Kashmir becoming an independent country or dividing Kashmir between Pakistan and India.