Amid the raging row over the controversial 2G note, three ministers met finance minister Pranab Mukherjee at his residence on Wednesday night to find a way out to end the political storm. P K Bansal, V Narayanaswamy and Rajiv Shukla met Mu
On slowing down of world economy, concerns among G 20 countries about state of global economy and what could India do about it? Well let me say, the world economy is an increasingly inter-dependent entity. Fuel of trade and
The JPC examining the 2G scam today took exception to Finance Ministry`s "attempts to supress facts" by not submitting to it the controversial internal note on the issue and decided to summon Finance Secretary R S Gujral for an explanati
Telecom users today got the much-awaited relief from unsolicited commercial calls and SMSes as the new regulation came into force. Telecom regulator Trai today said it is also planning to impose five paise termination charge per SMS from O
Come Wednesday, prime minister Manmohan Singh will have to tackle many contentious issues that have made headline in the last few days when he was in New York for the UN general assembly meeting. The Telangana and Kudankulam protests will need imm
India will press Switzerland to break its bank secrecy code to stop pilferage of black money at a 2-day conference of the affluent donor nations beginning here on Wednesday. It will prod the Swiss representatives on the commitment they mad
The most exasperating aspect of terror strikes in our country is the perpetrators’ supreme confidence. They had, in a way, issued a warning on May 13 by putting a bomb at the Delhi high court’s parking lot. It didn’t kill anyone
India accounts for 58 per cent of all open defecations in the world and the problem needs to be addressed on a war footing to improve public health, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said today. Seeking an increased fund allocation
With the Opposition gunning for Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with the controversial finance ministry note on 2G spectrum allocation, DMK president M Karunanidhi today said there should be no political interference in the case.
A 51-year-old woman, who was battling for life for about four months in a city hospital after she sustained serious spinal injuries in a police crackdown against yoga guru Ramdev`s fast at Ramlila Maidan, died in New Delhi on Monday. Rajba
Law minister Salman Khurshid on Monday downplayed the row over the finance ministry note on home minister P Chidambaram`s stand on 2G spectrum issue, saying there is no scope for any worry in the document and that inferences drawn out of it were &
BJP on Monday backed former telecom minister A Raja`s demand that the court make then finance minister P Chidambaram a witness in the 2G spectrum case and demanded that he should be sacked and criminal investigations be initiated against him.
Back from the US, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said he will speak on the controversial 2G spectrum note only after discussions with prime minister Manmohan Singh and other colleagues. Mukherjee told the waiting media at the
Between 30,000 to 35,000 families who came to India after partition in 1947 and settled in Jammu are struggling to get statehood rights till date, West Pakistan Refugees Action Committee claimed in Chandigarh on Monday. "Between 30,00
Taking a serious view of the reluctance shown by medicos in Maharashtra to join government medical services for a year after their graduation, the health department is considering a proposal to stop financial assistance to those students who dont
Former Karnataka lokayukta justice Santosh Hegde on Monday said he was not willing to be Goa lokayukta, even if that office was offered to him. Talking to reporters after attending a private function near Panaji, Hegde replied in negative
Indicating that the government will soon take a decision on the issue of allowing foreign law firms to operate in India, law minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said the concerns of the Bar will be addressed before taking a final call. Perh
Amid public outcry over pegging urban poverty line at per capita consumption of Rs 32 a day, Planning Commission on Monday said the percentage of poor is declining in the country. "The percentage of people who are poor today is declin
Gujarat governor Kamla Beniwal has sought details of expenditure incurred on Narendra Modi`s three-day `Sadbhavna` fast, intensifying the faceoff with the chief minister who has demanded her recall. Beniwal, who has been locked in a row wi
The CBI has filed a new chargesheet against DMK MPs K Kanimozhi and A Raja in the 2G scam, booking the two under charges that carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. So far, both faced seven-year jail terms if convicted. The CBI on
