New Delhi, Jun 17: The government has initiated the process of 10 per cent stake sale in National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) which may fetch the exchequer an estimated Rs 12,000 crore."Disinvestment Department has moved
New Delhi, Jun 9: The government today rejected demands of Team Anna to set up a Special Investigation Team to probe allegations of corruption against Cabinet ministers and establishing fast-track courts to hear charges against
New Delhi, Jun 3: Buoyed by the Rs 30,000 crore private sector investment in airport projects during 2007-12, the government plans to attract Rs 50,000 crore more in the 12th Plan from private and foreign
New Delhi, Jun 3: In a major benefit to the software sector, the government has decided to do away with complex multi-level system of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) with effect from July 1."The abolition
New Delhi, May 25: Petroleum minister S. Jaipal Reddy today said the Centre would wait for a few days to keep a watch on rupee volatility before deciding about petrol price. "We want to know about
New Delhi, May 23: Making an attempt to end the over two-week impasse, Government today offered to take back 101 sacked Air India pilots on a case-by-case basis and made a fresh appeal to the
New Delhi, May 23: In a move which will benefit millions of employees, the government has hiked interest rate on contributions to General Provident Fund (GPF) and other similar funds to 8.8 per cent for
New Delhi, May 21: Pakistani military planes have violated Indian air space 23 times in the past three years including twice in last four months, Defence Minister A K Antony said today.He also noted that
New Delhi, May 21: The government today tabled the much-awaited white paper on black money in Parliament which did not disclose any name but made a strong case for setting up lokpal and lokayuktas to
New Delhi, May 16: In an attempt to restore normalcy, Air India today began international operations to the US and Europe as part of its contingency plan even as striking pilots asked the government to
New Delhi, May 8: The newspaper Pioneer today published a report saying that the government's claim that as Finance Minister, P Chidambaram did not delay Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval to the Rs 4,000
New Delhi, May 2: The government today decided to free sugar exports by removing quantitative restrictions in order to expedite shipments of sweetener and also scrapped the minimum export price (MEP) on onion.The government also
New Delhi, Apr 24: The government today said that it has taken an in-principle decision to link diesel prices with market rates, a move, which the opposition BJP asserted would push up the prices of
Raipur, Apr 22: Maoists today demanded release of eight of their jailed leaders in Chattisgarh and a halt to “Operation Green Hunt” in exchange for freedom of Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, who was safe,
New Delhi, Apr 19: The government today brushed aside the pressure being built by the global trade bodies in the Rs 11,000 crore Vodafone tax dispute case and asserted that the British telecom major cannot
New Delhi, Apr 12: Notwithstanding the various controversies, the government today said that there are no differences between it and the armed forces and it is working in harmony with the three services.“There are no
New Delhi, Apr 11: The Union Cabinet at its meeting tomorrow is likely to take a decision to allow 49 per cent foreign direct inestment in private airlines. With this,the government is set to again
Mumbai, Apr 7: The government will recapitalise the state-owned banks to help them tide over the problems arising out of slow economic growth, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today.“Going forward if GDP growth slows
Kolkata, Mar 31: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday sought to downplay the battle of attrition between Army Chief Gen V K Singh and the government.“There is no fiasco. It has been explained by
Dehra Dun, Mar 26: Having reached a truce with rebel Congress MLAs, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today won the first test of strength with party nominee Govind Singh Kunjwal, a loyalist of Harish Rawat, defeating
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