
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday blamed the "wrong economic policies" of the UPA government for price rise and sought scrapping of existing system of Trade Parity Price for petroleum fuel. ...

05:32 AM, Feb 09, 2013

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the Congress-led UPA Government, saying "the plane of its economic policies, instead of taking off, has actually crash landed". "Rather than taking things forward, the UPA Government has actually wasted a decade. The plane of UPA's economic policies, instead of taking off, has actually crash landed," Modi said, addressing Gujarati diaspora in the US through video conferencing. Also taking a dig...

06:32 PM, Sep 02, 2012

Ludhiana: CPI(M) on Saturday said there was no scope any understanding or alliance with the Congress unless the UPA changed its economic policies. "Unless and until they (UPA) make amendments in the present economic policies (there can be no such accord)," CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury said in reply to a question from reporters. He said if the UPA wanted any understanding with the Left, the Congress-led alliance would...

12:50 AM, Jan 28, 2012

New Delhi: BJP on Thursday alleged "wrong economic policies and poor governance" were responsible for the "bad situation" in the country. "The country's present situation is not good and wrong economic policies and bad governance are responsible for it. Our GDP growth rate has gone below seven per cent and the state of agriculture growth is forcing farmers to commit suicide", BJP President Nitin Gadkari said. Speaking at a function...

12:17 AM, Dec 02, 2011

New Delhi: Indians could grow wealthier than the Chinese in the next 30 years if the government brings in fundamental changes, starting with clear property rights to farmers, says a renowned American economist. "When I say India would be richer than China in 2040, I don't necessarily mean India's GDP (gross domestic product) would be bigger," said Derek Scissors, fellow at the Asian Studies Centre at The Heritage Foundation, a...

04:53 PM, Nov 01, 2010

Top metros across the country have given a thumbs-up to Dr Manmohan Singh’s performance as Prime Minister. ...

11:34 AM, Jan 02, 2007