Pranab Mukherjee worships at Venkateswara temple
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala near Tirupati. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Mukherjee, accompanied by Andhra Pradesh Chief More...
FDI decision put on hold: Mamata
In a sudden turn of events, the Centre has decided to put on hold the controversial decision on FDI in retail sector, in an apparent bid to break the Parliament logjam. Mamata Banerjee West Bengal Chief Minister More...
Narrow politics hindering FDI in retail: Pranab
In a clear message to allies and opponents, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee asked them not to stand in the way of states wanting to implement FDI in retail and said efforts are on to work out an acceptable motion More...
Difficult to withdraw FDI decision: PM to allies
With Parliament deadlock escalating, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the allies that it will be difficult to withdraw the decision to allow FDI in retail and that they should vote with the government on the issue. Manmohan More...
GDP growth falls to 9-quarter low at 6.9%; hard days ahead
Economy is in the grip of slowdown and hard days are ahead with the growth falling to 6.9 per cent in July-September period, the lowest in nine quarters, on the back of rising interest rates and global uncertainness More...
India extends support to Nepal’s peace process
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said India stands by the efforts of Nepal and its people towards logically concluding their peace process and the drafting of the constitution for a multi-party democracy, as he More...
India is victim of Eurozone crisis: Pranab
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said India is a victim of the Eurozone crisis which is hurting export growth. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee “We are not the makers of that (Eurozone debt) crisis. but More...
Present our version of Lokpal bill before Cabinet
The Anna Hazare team on Tuesday wrote to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee that their version of the Lokpal bill should also be presented before the Cabinet along with the government version. “It was discussed More...
Maran fallout: Pranab meets Karunanidhi
Amid speculation over an impending Union Cabinet reshuffle early next week, Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee today met DMK chief M Karunanidhi in the backdrop of the exit of Dayanidhi More...
BJP, CPI-M, JD(U) taking mileage on Lokpal issue: Pranab
Union Minister Pranab Mukherjee accused the BJP, CPI-M and JD(U) of trying to gain political mileage out of the Lokpal Bill issue by assessing the civil society’s outburst as an attack on the Congress. “When More...