The Oil Ministry has made a proposal to Cabinet to raise diesel prices and increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinders available to households to nine a year from the current cap of six, two oil ministry sources said on Wednesday. ...
05:59 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Can we expect better governance and renewed reform after the UPA Cabinet reshuffle? ...
09:52 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. Several ministers were elevated to the Cabinet rank, with many new faces being included at the MoS level, even as portfolios of several ministers were changed. The...
11:42 AM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's much-awaited Cabinet reshuffle is turning out to be larger than anticipated. The Cabinet is set to get a younger look with many new faces to be sworn in. While former minister of state Shashi Tharoor is expected to make a comeback, the reshuffle is also likely to make way for younger ministers, such as Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot, in the Cabinet. In the...
10:20 PM, Oct 27, 2012
SM Krishna on Friday resigned as the External Affairs Minister while Ambika Soni and Mukul Wasnik also offered to quit. ...
10:35 PM, Oct 26, 2012
How important is it for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to weed out non performers? ...
09:28 PM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Friday sent his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the proposed Cabinet reshuffle, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday. Krishna said he wanted to give a chance to the youngsters. "I want youngsters to be given a chance...I am a loyal party worker and I work for the party without any conditions," said Krishna. He is now likely...
05:47 PM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the share markets surge ahead of Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government's second round of reforms, the Opposition is getting ready to stymie the move. The UPA Cabinet is expected to clear 26 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in pension and raise the cap in insurance to 49 per cent on Thursday. But the passage of the two bills in Parliament is likely to be...
03:04 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Sushil Kumar Shinde is elevated as Home Minister while P Chidambaram comes back as Finance Minister. ...
11:53 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal making rape a gender-neutral offence, under which the word 'rape' would be replaced by the phrase 'sexual assault'. Another proposal to make carrying out of acid attacks a separate offence punishable by a maximum of 10 years has also been approved. Both the proposals were approved by the Cabinet at a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday evening. The amendment...
10:22 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: Key UPA ally and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is sulking again over not being made number two in the Union government. According to sources, Pawar and his close aide Praful Patel are even ready to quit the Cabinet. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel on Thursday skipped key UPA Cabinet meet for the second time in a row. While the...
09:15 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Pranab Mukherjee bids farewell as Finance Minister, and PM Monmohan Singh is keeping the charge of the Finance Ministry. ...
10:45 PM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government will bring the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Monday despite opposition from parties like the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The Cabinet is meeting on Thursday evening and is likely to clear the amended Lokpal Bill. The amendments in the Bill include changes in the Lokpal removal provision and on setting up of Lokayuktas. The government...
06:22 PM, May 17, 2012
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:39 PM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: Under fire for being soft on corruption the cabinet on Tuesday cleared three key anti-graft Bills ahead of the all-party meet on Lokpal on Wednesday. The Judicial Accountability Bill, Citizen's Charter Bill and Whistleblower Bill were cleared by the cabinet. But the Civil Society is cautious about commenting on it yet. While Team Anna has been demanding that the Judiciary, a Citizen's Charter and a Grievance Redressal mechanism...
06:14 AM, Dec 14, 2011
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:55 PM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared three major anti-corruption bills " Citizen's Charter Bill, Judicial Accountability Bill and the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures Bill (Whistleblower's Bill) " in a crucial meeting. The Cabinet, however, met amid reports of clearing four crucial bills, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi's favourite, the National Food Security Bill. However, a decision on the Food Security Bill was...
06:59 PM, Dec 13, 2011
The Union Minister of Water Resources joined the Indian Foreign Service in '73. ...
12:40 AM, May 29, 2009
A well-known face of the Cong, he has been party spokesman for many years. ...
12:09 AM, May 29, 2009
The industrialist-politician finally exorcised the oil Ministry ghost. ...
09:46 PM, May 28, 2009
