Emboldened by Amma J Jayalalithaa’s blessings, former Lok Sabha speaker P A Sangma reasserted his candidature in the race to Raisina Hill on Monday. More interestingly, Sangma feels that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is overqualified for the President’s job. Speaking... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to table the ‘White Paper’ on black money in Parliament today. The tabling of White Paper by the Finance Minister figures in the list of business of the Lok Sabha for Monday.... (Continue reading)
Amid signals indicative of tough days ahead, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday announced new austerity measures aimed at reducing government expenditure. The Finance Minister, who is faced with the spectre of slowing economy and rising inflation, has put a... (Continue reading)
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lost her cool and stormed out of an interactive TV session here when members of audience asked her about the arrest of a professor for forwarding a cartoon lampooning her. “It is... (Continue reading)
The victim in the molestation case involving Royal Challengers Bangalore player Luke Pomersbach has served a legal notice to team director Sidhartha Mallya. US national Zohal Hameed has complained to police that Pomersbach had molested her and beaten her fiancé... (Continue reading)
Luke Pomersbach, the Royal Challengers Bangalore player, who was arrested and later got bail on Friday in charge of molestation of an American woman, will again appear in a Delhi court today. The court will decide whether the Australian player... (Continue reading)
The stock markets on Friday took a beating with the BSE benchmark Sensex plunging below the psychological 16,000 barrier and the rupee plummeting along to historic low levels of 54.85 as deepening Eurozone crisis drove investors to shift capital away.... (Continue reading)
A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Friday its order on summoning Army Chief General VK Singh and four others on a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja had on May... (Continue reading)
No bilateral meeting has been planned between US President Barack Obama and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari during the upcoming NATO Summit in Chicago beginning on Saturday, a top presidential aide has said. “At this point there are 61... (Continue reading)
The government may allow a hike in petrol, diesel and cooking gas (LPG) prices after the Budget session of Parliament. Giving an indication in this regard, Union Finance Minister Pranb Mukherjee told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, “Petroleum prices are... (Continue reading)