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Article: India: PM greets CM with airport gift.

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May 31, 2008
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Manmohan Singh today greeted Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee with news of progress on Calcutta airport s modernisation but it turned out to be more a leap than a step when a crucial central clearance for the project came later in the day.

The public investment board (PIB) approved the nearly USD 469.5 m (Rs 2,000-crore) modernisation, which means it will now only need the stamp of the cabinet. It also possibly means the project has scaled the escalating dispute between civil aviation minister Praful Patel and Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

The Prime Minister gave the chief minister a second reason to smile. ...

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