New Delhi: As UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav dared the central government to ban beef exports, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said such exports including of cow and calf meat are already prohibited.As a blame

Washington: In a development that is likely to raise eyebrows in China, the US, India and Japan have decided to elevate their trilateral partnership to the ministerial level, first meeting of which is scheduled to

Washington: Notwithstanding a financial crisis being experienced by major economies like China, India "stands out" as a "shining star" in the global economy and is sustaining a certain momentum despite challenges, Commerce and Industry Minister

New Delh:  Slamming a "confused and afraid" Congress for disrupting the ongoing monsoon session of parliament, the BJP on Sunday said party president Sonia Gandhi will have to take the blame if the session was

New Delhi:  After India clubbed categories of foreign capital flowing into domestic companies, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said foreign institutional investment (FII) limits in the banking and defence sector have been retained at

New Delhi: With the opposition threat to disrupt parliament, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said there was no threat to the ruling BJP from the Vyapam scam.“There is absolutely no threat to the Bharatiya

New Delhi: With the opposition warning of a stormy parliament session, top BJP leaders met party president Amit Shah here on Sunday to finalise their strategy for the session.The meeting comes a day ahead of

New Delhi: Ahead of the Parliament session, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today pushed for early passage of the Land Bill which is stuck due to opposition from various parties, insisting that the proposed legislation would

New Delhi: Ahead of the RBI's monetary policy review, the government today “strongly” pushed for interest rate cut saying availability of affordable credit was necessary to boost manufacturing.“We are working with the the RBI. The

New Delhi: Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will lead a business delegation to Algeria from May 26 to June 1, 2015, a FICCI statement said here on Saturday."India has been given a status of Guest of

New Delhi: BJP today came out strongly in defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Arun Shourie's attack on his government and said he was a “fair weather friend” and could be having a “grouse”

Bengaluru: With the land bill emerging as a common anti-government plank for the opposition, BJP today vowed to take on the “disinformation campaign” being run by the Congress and other parties by reaching out to

Bengaluru: Basking in the electoral victories of last year, BJP today said it was heading towards fulfilling in stages its goal of ‘Congress-free' India and that the Narendra Modi government has effectively addressed the ‘crisis

New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance government on Friday dismissed as “political grandstanding” Sonia Gandhi's attack over the controversial Land Acquisition Bill and said it was “strange” that she is defending an Act over which

New Delhi: Virtually rebutting criticism by leading banker Deepak Parekh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is being criticised for rather being “too fast”.While Jaitley parried a question on Parekh's criticism yesterday that

New Delhi: Despite exit polls predicting a victory for the AAP, BJP leaders Sunday expressed hope that the party will win the Delhi assembly election as they had done "positive work" at the grassroots.A day

New Delhi: While the much-awaited Delhi Assembly elections are round the corner, and the campaigning about to get over; the three coveted personalities – Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi are going

New Delhi: Training its gun on Arvind Kejriwal over the donation controversy, BJP today asked how the AAP leader, despite being in the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), “could not” identify the standard method used for

New Delhi: Five days to go for Delhi polls, allegations today flew thick and fast with BJP and a break-away group of AAP accusing the Arvind Kejriwal-led party of receiving Rs 2 crore last year

New Delhi: With days left for Delhi Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday posed its fifth set of questions to Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal.In a press conference, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman