Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday exuded confidence the economy would soon break the double-digit growth barrier and said the stimulus measures will not be fully withdrawn until a robust recovery is achieved. Mukherjee, however,
UPA ally DMK on Saturday demanded an immediate rollback of fuel price hike, saying it would have a 'cascading effect' on food prices at a time when the Centre and states were 'grappling with high
Twelve-year-old Kalim Ali incredibly survived after falling while playing at a building site and landing on a metre-long iron pole that speared his entire body from the base of his spine to his shoulder, reports
Mumbai Police have sought permission from a special court to dispose of around 24 kgs of RDX recovered from the 26/11 target terror target spots here. "We have made an application seeking to dispose of
Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have busted a sex racket allegedly run by a 'godman', Shiv Murat Dwivedi (39). One of the godman's aides and six women, including two airhostesses, have been arrested along
The US has categorically told Pakistan that it would not get any atomic power plant or civilian nuclear deal on the lines of the one signed with India. "The United States is working closely with
India on Saturday sent a special aircraft to Afghanistan to bring the back the bodies of its nationals, including army officials, who were killed in suicide attacks in Kabul. A Boeing 737-200 aircraft from the
Bangalore: Two girls killed themselves on Thursday, unable to cope with exam stress, reports Mirror. Police believe Priyal Sheth (17) and Manasa Avinash Babu (19), preparing for their exams, were overwhelmed by fear of failure. Priyal
Telecast or publication of footage or grabs of the CCTVs at German Bakery and ‘O' Hotel may have been banned, but it is on YouTube since Feb 23, says a report in Mirror. The question
Utsav Sharma, who grabbed national headlines last month by stabbing the Ruchika molestation case convict SPS Rathore outside a Chandigarh court, was not too long ago a cheerful youth making a comedy animation film at
A Shiv Sena Upa Shahar Pramukh (deputy city chief) has received calls from a man who claimed to be a Chhota Shakeel aide and threatened to eliminate Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and blow up the
The excise duty hike in the Budget has had an immediate impact on the auto sector with major auto-makers, including Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Honda and General Motors, announcing plans to hike prices of
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday justified imposition of basic duty on petroleum prices saying that global crude prices were much softer than last year and there was no need to continue with the concession.
Car, fuel, AC, TV, gold and silver jewellery, cigarettes and other tobacco products will cost more in the new fiscal with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposing a hike in duties and change in tax structure
The Union Budget on Friday proposed major personal income tax sops but effected a two per cent hike in excise duty across the board while slapping levies on petrol and diesel, partially rolling back stimulus
Petrol and diesel prices will go up by Rs 2.67 a litre and Rs 2.58 per litre, respectively, after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday raised customs and excise duties on the two, virtually putting
Rajendra Pachauri, the controversial Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to face an international inquiry into the performance of his organisation, reports The Telegraph, LondonEnvironment and Climate ministers meeting in closed
Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab has complained to the special court that jail authorities are giving him food laced with drugs as a result of which he feels "giddy". The lone surviving 26/11 terrorist, however, was
M F Husain, revered by many as India's Picasso, would no longer be an Indian citizen, his son said on Friday, confirming that he had accepted Qatar's offer to confer its nationality on him. Husain,
Following is an open letter from Sharmishta Mukherjee to her father Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on what he should do in his budget, as published in Mid Day: Dear Mr Finance Minister At home, whenever I
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