India, which imports 12 percent of its oil from Iran, will not scale down its petroleum imports from Tehran despite US and European sanctions against the Islamic republic, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said. “It is not possible for India... (Continue reading)
India will struggle to meet a fiscal deficit target of 4.6 percent for the fiscal year that ends in March, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday, calling it a “major challenge”. “It will be difficult to achieve the target... (Continue reading)
With Rahul Gandhi putting his entire might to win Uttar Pradesh, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has also hit the campaign trail in the family bastions of Amethi and Raebareli. More importantly, she is now not dismissing the possibility of... (Continue reading)
Fulfilling a long-standing demand of its diaspora, India on Sunday said it would allow NRIs to vote and participate in the election process. “Pursuant to the law that was enacted to enable Non-resident Indians to vote in our national elections, the... (Continue reading)
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday hit back on the Rashtryia Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) a day after a newspaper revealed his old link with the right-wing Hindu organization and published a photograph of him with Rajju Bhaiya- its former... (Continue reading)
As the Lokpal Bill failed to get Parliament’s nod, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Congress will not rest till a strong law is passed and slammed the BJP, saying those who used to talk about India Shining defeated the proposed... (Continue reading)
The UPA government squarely blamed the BJP for the failure to get the Lokpal Bill passed in the Parliament. Addressing a press conference on Friday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan kumar Bansal said that the government had wanted to table the... (Continue reading)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday showered praise on Home Minister P Chidambaram, who is in the line of opposition fire, saying he derived “immense” support from his “enlightened leadership”. “Since 2004, I have been deriving immense support from his... (Continue reading)
In an image building exercise ahead of Assembly polls to be held in February next year, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday sacked four ministers from her cabinet. The sacked ministers include Agriculture Education and Research minister Rajpal Tyagi,... (Continue reading)
On a day when the union cabinet is set to take up the Lokpal Bill for final clearance, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh opened a new front against Team Anna by accusing them of being cruel to 75-year-old Anna Hazare.... (Continue reading)