Conceding to the demands of non-Congress Chief Ministers, the Centre has diluted the much touted NCTC with Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde exuding confidence that the anti-terror hub would see the light of the day during the Chief Ministers' conference in New Delhi next month. ...
04:38 PM, Mar 28, 2013
In a major move aimed at reforming the global financial architecture, the BRICS finance ministers on Wednesday agreed on the setting up of a development bank to fund infrastructure and development projects in the five-nation grouping of emerging powers. ...
09:59 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has once again raised the pitch for a third front. Speaking at a rally in Etawah on Wednesday, Mulayam said that neither the BJP, nor the Congress can form a government in 2014. ...
05:33 PM, Mar 27, 2013
The controversial Kudankulam Unit I of the atomic power reactor in Tamil Nadu will become operational by April, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said. He gave this assurance to Russian President Vladimir Putin when the two met here on Tuesday night on the sidelines of the BRICS summit. ...
12:41 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram stressed on need of BRICS development bank saying, "The bilateral funds that flow from the developed countries to the developing countries has declined. The existing multinational development banks and the regional banks are insufficiently capitalised," ...
11:22 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Finance ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have agreed on a BRICS bank on the lines of the World Bank and the International on Monetary Fund (IMF) that will address the development needs of emerging and poor economies. ...
12:24 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Ditched by the DMK and kept guessing by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Congress is looking further east, towards Bihar and West Bengal, to ensure that the UPA survives till the 2014 general elections. ...
10:42 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left on a 4-day visit to Durban on Monday to attend the BRICS Summit, expressing the hope that ways to revive global growth and faster movement on reform of institutions of global, political and economic governance will be discussed at the meeting of the emerging economies. Accompanied by a high-power delegation including Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, Singh will attend the summit...
09:58 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Durban Monday for the 5th BRICS Summit over the next two days with the leaders of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. ...
05:52 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The government will ease restrictions for foreign institutional investors in central and corporate bonds in April to attract inflows and help fund a widening current account deficit, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday. ...
05:32 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday hoped the landmark Food Security Bill, to ensure the right to highly subsidised foodgrains to poor, would be passed in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament. ...
04:42 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the ministry has moved the Cabinet note for setting up of a Debt Management Office (DMO), which will handle the government's borrowing programme. ...
02:05 AM, Mar 23, 2013
The UPA government, which continues to be in the line of fire after DMK's withdrawal, had to face yet another embarrassment on Thursday after the Central Bureau of Investigation raided DMK chief Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin's residence. What added to the embarrassment was that the bigwigs in the UPA disapproved of the raid, following which the raids were stopped. ...
01:31 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Sources say Stalin has not been named in the FIR and add that the agency was just looking for a car on the complaint of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. ...
11:39 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said he disapproves of the CBI raids on DMK leader and Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin as it is bound to be misunderstood. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Chidambaram said, "I strongly disapprove of the action by the CBI. It will be misunderstood. I have spoken to the minister concerned." ...
10:03 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said he disapproves of the CBI raids on DMK leader and Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin as it is bound to be misunderstood. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Chidambaram said, "I strongly disapprove of the action by the CBI. It will be misunderstood. I have spoken to the minister concerned." ...
09:36 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Undeterred by adverse political developments, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said there will be no let up in the government's efforts to continue with the economic reforms and he will go ahead with his meetings with foreign investors to persuade them to invest in India. ...
02:50 PM, Mar 20, 2013
An inter-ministerial panel on Wednesday cleared a 10.82 per cent stake sale in steel major SAIL and decided that the issue will hit the markets on Friday, a top Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday. ...
12:10 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the government intends to amend the resolution on Sri Lankan war crimes, but was still holding talks with other parties to come to a conclusion. "The position of the party is that we intend to amend the resolution. The opinion among other parties so far is divided. We will continue to speak to other parties to come to a consensus," Chidambaram said....
10:56 AM, Mar 20, 2013
What about loan recovery from those other than Kingfisher?, wondered its promoter Vijay Mallya while taking a dig at bank chiefs in his tweet for their "constant speak" to media on getting back dues from the grounded airline. ...
05:30 AM, Mar 20, 2013
