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 Yashwant Sinha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yashwant Sinha was the finance minister until July 1, 2002, when he exchanged jobs with foreign minister Jaswant Singh.
Sinha was nicknamed Rollback Sinha, since much of his bolder reform-oriented policies in his budgets were rolled back a few days after the budget because of political pressure.
Yashwant Sinha resigned from the Indian Administrative Service in 1984 and joined active politics as a member of the Janata Party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yashwant_Sinha   (499 words)

  
 YASHWANT SINHA BIOGRAPHY
Yashwant Sinha was born in Patna on 6
Yashwant Sinha became the national Spokesperson of the BJP in June, 1996 and was appointed Finance Minister of India in March, 1998.
Between 1980 to 1984 Sinha was joint Secretary in the Ministry of Surface Transport, Government of India.
www.india-today.com /budget98/biosinha.html   (286 words)

  
 Mala Sinha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mala Sinha (born 11 November 1936) is an Indian actress.
Her daughter Pratibha Sinha is an aspiring Bollywood actress.
She was a singer of repute and used to sing for All India Radio, albeit she was never allowed to sing playback (even for herself) in the movies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mala_Sinha   (198 words)

  
 Shatrughan Sinha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mr Sinha is the most successful actor politician in India, having made history by being the first member of the film fraternity to become a cabinet minister.
Even though he is from Bihar, a place not known for film personalities, he struggled hard and established himself as a prominent member of the Indian film industry.
He has held two portfolios, the department of health, and the department of shipping.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shatrughan_Sinha   (311 words)

  
 rediff.com, Movies: Profiling Mala Sinha
Mala Sinha's marriage was a long-distance affair --- she lived in Mumbai, her husband in Kathmandu --- but it has lasted 34 years.
What is remarkable about Mala Sinha is that most of her 1960s hits were fuelled by her own star power as much as the heros'.
Born a Nepali Christian, the young Mala was a chinky-eyed girl with curly hair and average height.
www.rediff.com /entertai/2002/may/22dinesh.htm   (748 words)

  
 Gulfnews: Yashwant Sinha faces the axe
Sinha's anti-middle class budget has made him a villain within the BJP and he was squarely blamed for the party's humiliating string of defeats in the February assembly polls in four states.
Sinha accused of having received election campaign material from the controversial Flex Industries chairman Ashok Chaturvedi, currently lodged in a prison after having been caught red-handed giving a bribe to a senior excise official, clarified his position for the first time since the controversy broke out on Sunday.
Prabhat Kumar, Governor of Sinha's home state Jharkhand, had to resign after he initially denied that Chaturvedi paid for some of the parties he hosted in New Delhi while he was the cabinet secretary.
archive.gulfnews.com /articles/02/05/15/51070.html   (867 words)

  
 India - News - Budget To Be A Tightrope Walk For Yashwant Sinha
Sinha is expected to announce measures to strengthen the anti-dumping mechanism under the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, particularly in the wake of the government removing quantitative restrictions on the remaining 700 odd items of import by April 1, this year.
One of Sinha's essential tasks would be to ensure that the fiscal deficit is kept low, particularly since the inflation rate has been creeping up steadily and has crossed the 8.5-per cent mark as on February 10.
Besides, Sinha has also been indicating in successive forums that there is, indeed scope to widen the tax base by bringing more areas under the service tax net - a suggestion given by the economic survey as well.
www3.estart.com /india/news/dilemmasinha.html   (779 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Sinha, Satyendra Prassano, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur (South Asian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Sinha, Satyendra Prassano, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur[suten´dru prusAn´O sin´hA] Pronunciation Key, 1864–1928, Indian statesman.
Sinha, Satyendra Prassano, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur, South Asian History, Biographies
A successful lawyer, he was the first Indian to hold several important administrative positions under the British: advocate general of Bengal (1907), member of the governor-general's executive council (1909), and provincial governor (1920).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sinha-Sa.html   (238 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
Sinha was to move a proposal for the repeal of the Countess of Dufferin Fund Bill in the post-lunch session in the Rajya Sabha.
The officials felt that Sinha should not leave the country on the eve of the winter session and should instead concentrate on doing his “homework” to be able to answer questions on the floor of the House.
Sinha’s staff said he was still in the US and is expected to return tomorrow.
www.telegraphindia.com /1021121/asp/nation/story_1406137.asp   (459 words)

  
 Yashwant Sinha's supporters may hurt BJP - Sify.com
Sinha, who was already battling to ward off the national level anti-incumbency, tried his best to win over these two senior party leaders but they were always suspicious of his motives.
Sinha supporters argue that teaching them a lesson was essential for the future of their leader.
Sinha loyalists reveal Devdayal was angry because the Union Minister treated Rakesh Prasad, who hails from Patratu, as his pointman in Hazaribagh.
sify.com /news/politics/fullstory.php?id=13660151   (567 words)

  
 Yashwant Sinha faces an acid test
Sinha has stressed the need to kick-start the economy and contain inflation and a fiscal deficit that ballooned to 6.1 percent of GDP last year.
Sinha has felt the loneliness of the job long before prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee appointed him last March.
Capital investment expenditure is pared to the bone, and Sinha needsprivate investment for the vital infrastructure sector.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19980601/15255164.html   (728 words)

  
 rediff.com: Should Yashwant Sinha go?
Sinha's fear may be that if he offers to hand in his chit, it may be accepted.
But Sinha thinks he should have been told about this in some formal manner - when everyone and the dog and the lamp-post knew what was wrong with Unit-64.
There is a lesson in all this for Sinha: if you are not willing to put your job on the line for some things, you cannot be effective in anything.
www.rediff.com /money/2002/may/21spec.htm   (911 words)

  
 The Week
A senior Congress leader who visited Patna recently confided in his friends that BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Yashwant Sinha, both Rajya Sabha members, were in regular contact with his party’s top brass.
Yashwant accused the Munda government of corruption and extravagance and said it was ineffective in solving the water and power problems in the state.
Yashwant was made opposition leader but he quit when he was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996.
www.the-week.com /25jul10/currentevents_article5.htm   (756 words)

  
 Indo-Asian News Service -> India-Politics-Lead BJP -> BJP removes Yashwant Sinha as spokesman (LEAD)
Sinha had expressed doubts whether Advani would be effective as leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha after his resignation.
Party sources said Sinha's removal was the first in a string of disciplinary steps to be taken against the senior BJP leader for talking against the party in public.
Sinha, a Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, may be asked for an explanation and could also face more severe action such as expulsion.
www.eians.com /stories/2005/06/28/28bj.shtml   (370 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
Here Sinha’s line with these countries was that India would be supportive in meeting the political and economic concerns of these countries to the maximum extent, trying to transcend previous technical and narrower perceptions of the Indian government.
Yashwant Sinha has signalled a pertinent diversification of India’s foreign policy focus since assuming charge as the minister for external affairs.
Given this critical background, Sinha’s visits to neighbouring countries in July and August were timely initiatives to mend fences, to remove misunderstandings and apprehensions and to bring back India’s bilateral relations with these countries back on track, to the extent feasible.
www.telegraphindia.com /1021105/asp/opinion/story_1353849.asp   (1542 words)

  
 Sinha Homepage Of Sushanta Sinha. The World Around Me.
Barons Sinha (1919) Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha (1864-1928) Aroon Sinha, 2nd Baron Sinha.
Position: Head of Department Chris Sinha is Professor of Psychology of Language and Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of.
Jadunath Sinha was a well-respected philosopher, writer, and religious.
www.99hosted.com /names15861.html   (311 words)

  
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Sahir tujhko mera pyaar pukaare (Mahendra Kapoor, Asha) 1963 Gumraah: Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Mala Sinha
Asad Bhopali aye sanam aaj yeh kasam khayen (with Lata) Jahan Ara (1964): Mala Sinha, Bharat Bhushan
Sahir ruk se zara naqaab hata do mere huzoor Mere Huzoor (1968): Raj Kumar, Jeetendra, Mala Sinha
www.geocities.com /~sm0e/R-gcVarious.txt   (4757 words)

  
 The Hindu : Shatrughan hopes to act again
It is not yet over for Shatrughan Sinha in the tinsel world though he is now part of the NDA Government at the Centre.
Sinha, who is now the Minister for Shipping, still stands tall and looks fit to don the role of a hero or a villain.
Sinha was forced to pose for a group photo with women amid loud giggling.
www.hindu.com /2003/10/29/stories/2003102908340400.htm   (298 words)

  
 PD News - Shatrughan Takes Credit for No Tainted Minister
Sinha who was conspicuous by his absence at the much-touted swearing-in ceremony of the NDA government at Patna's Gandhi Maidan last Thursday, during a telephone interview from New Delhi said that Bihar was his weakness as well as his strength and no force in the world could break that emotional tie.
Admitting that a certain segment of the party was against him and felt intimidated by his personality, Sinha, however, said that the party's top leadership was very much behind him and he had no intention of leaving the party as suggested by some of his detractors.
Giving a different spin to his exclusion in the celebratory functions, Sinha said that his mission of having a clean government was accomplished.
www.patnadaily.com /news05/november/112705/shatrughan_takes_credit.html   (360 words)

  
 Shatrughan Sinha News
Shatrughan Sinha is in for another royal snub in Bihar: the actor-turned-politician has not been invited to the maiden Patna Film Festival.
But Sinha may find stalls empty Back in 2002, Shatrughan Sinha had done what he was originally made for: performed in a solo stage play that had not so cleverly concealed innuendoes against BJP leaders he...
Bhartiya Janata Party leader and the film star of yesteryears Shatrughan Sinha, during an interview with a newspaper on Friday, rejected the suggestion that he was sidelined by the party top leaders during the...
www.topix.net /who/shatrughan-sinha?removemenu=who/shatrughan-sinha   (631 words)

  
 rediff.com: Shatrughan Sinha walks out of BJP meeting
Shatrughan Sinha, member of the Rajya Sabha and a senior Bharatiya Janata Party member, walked out of the party's conclave in Amritsar on Friday, miffed that his protests against Defence Minister George Fernandes's recall went unheard.
Sinha was not expected to attend the national executive meeting, but did so after Home Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani, to whom he is close, reportedly berated him for raising the banner of revolt publicly.
Sinha joined the BJP when it was in the opposition.
www.rediff.com /news/2001/nov/02shatru.htm   (632 words)

  
 The Hindu : Shatrughan Sinha `happy, but not excited'
One of the challenges before the popular Hindi film actor, Shatrughan Sinha, now in his new role as the Union Minister for Health and Family Affairs, is how to fight the fad for smoking he himself had unwittingly promoted in a generation of youngsters some 25 years back.
Sinha's schedule in the city includes the stage presentation `Pathi, Pathni our Mein', in which he is playing the lead role.
Sinha said at a `Meet-the-Press' programme organised by the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club today.
www.hindu.com /2002/07/26/stories/2002072608620300.htm   (398 words)

  
 Government to widen automatic approval ambit -- Yashwant Sinha
Sinha pointed out difficulties in achieving the lowerinterest regime as long as the Government continues to borrow at high rates from the market.
Sinha has also defended the decision of the Government to increase the price of diesel by stating, "It was inevitable and in the long-term interest of the general public."
Sinha expressed concern about India's fiscal deficit and said he was determined to keep it under check.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19991024/fec24002.html   (865 words)

  
 Yashwant Sinha's unwitting success- The Times of India
sinha looked forward to joining the miracle economies of south-east asia within three years, promising sweeping second-generation reforms, cut taxes and pump-primed the economy for all he was worth.
the euphoria over sinha's budget last february dissolved as it gradually became clear that he lacked political backing in the cabinet, rajya sabha and state governments to push ahead with labour reforms, urban land reforms, or food procurement reforms.
sinha has shrugged aside the election result in his budget, and rightly so.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-2603582,prtpage-1.cms   (834 words)

  
 Yashwant Sinha produced before CJM, sent to custody
Sinha was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate after being booked under Section 151 of the CRPC (Arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences).
Ranchi: BJP's Rajya Sabha member and former union minister Yashwant Sinha, arrested yesterday for locking up central government offices during office hours, was today (Feb 16 2006) produced before a court in Hazaribag which remanded him to judicial custody for 12 days.
Sinha last night told sources on phone that the agitationists had put locks on some central government offices in Hazaribag on Monday.
news.indiainfo.com /2006/02/16/1602yashwant-produced-before-cjm.html   (317 words)

  
 Yashwant Sinha bids farewell to his team- The Times of India
Sinha, who had to swap his Finance portfolio with Jaswant Singh, said the IFS has one of the finest cadres in the country and that he was proud to have led such a talented lot.
Praising the IFS officers, Sinha said his tenure as External Affairs Minister since July 2002, was perhaps the best in his serving career, both as a bureaucrat earlier, and as also in the government.
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday bid adieu to his big team in South Block, hoping the new leadership would build on the achievements of the NDA government on the foreign policy front.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-681448,prtpage-1.cms   (246 words)

  
 Yashwant Sinha roadshow comes under attack
Sinha was campaigning with Kuswaha and other party members in Hazaribagh Town assembly constituency for the forthcoming elections in the state when a group of people attacked them.
Kuswaha was moved to safety as soon as the attack began, but Sinha stood his ground and even made a small speech exhorting people to "vote for the party and not the candidate".
Former external affairs minister Sinha had lost the election in Hazaribagh constituency in the Lok Sabha elections in 2004.
in.rediff.com /election/2005/jan/30sinha.htm   (174 words)

  
 IT News - Outsourcing Benefits India, US: Yashwant Sinha
Sinha tried to assuage the feelings of American businessmen and said India was not affecting the US economy or jobs.
Sinha is also scheduled to meet National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and former ambassador to India Robert D. Blackwill, who is now the coordinator for strategic planning at the White House.
Noting that it was "really unfortunate" that Americans had lost their jobs due to outsourcing, Sinha said that if the issue was considered in the overall perspective, both India and the US had accrued benefits.
www.bangaloreit.com /src/newsDetails.asp?id=2&date=Jan-21-2004   (424 words)

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