New Delhi, June 28: Reaching out to Mamata Banerjee, UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee today heaped praise on the Trinamool Congress chief and asserted he does not have any “bitterness” towards her for not supporting
Lucknow, Jun 15: BSP supremo Mayawati today announced her party's support to Pranab Mukherjee for the post of President, describing the Finance Minister as a serious and deserving candidate for the top job.“Prime Minister Manmohan
New Delhi, Jun 14: The Congress and its allies TMC and Samajwadi Party today appeared set for a confrontation, with the ruling coalition rejecting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's candidature for the President's post while the
Mumbai/New Delhi, Jun 11: Citing division of roles between Sonia Gandhi and ‘unelected' Manmohan Singh, global agency Standard and Poor's today threatened to downgrade India's credit rating on projections which were totally rejected by Finance
Kolkata, Jun 8: After the pension sector reform bill was put on the backburner following opposition from key UPA partner Trinamool Congress, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tonight said the Centre would discuss the matter with
New Delhi, Apr 13: Terming sharp revision in the industrial production data as “totally baffling”, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said he has asked the authorities concerned to look into the issue.“I can understand
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 24: The West Bengal government has urged the Centre to reconsider the hike in customs duty on gold bars and coins imposed by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the budget.State Industry and
New Delhi, Mar 18: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said he was “extra careful” while formulating his Budget proposals in view of the political situation on the ground.“... Knowing the mood of the persons who
New Delhi, Mar 16: Following are the direct, indirect tax proposals highlights in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget speech in Parliament today:-- Income Tax Exemption Limit Raised From Rs 1.8 Lakh to Rs 2 Lakh,
New Delhi, Mar 15: Channels of communication between Congress and TMC on the change of Railway Minister continue to operate with Sudip Bandopadhyay today holding consultations with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the issue in
New Delhi, Mar 15: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has not resigned, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha today.He, however, said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has received a communication from Trinamool Congress chairperson
New Delhi, Mar 10: Concerned over large complaints against private sector and foreign banks, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked them to focus on improving customer service.“It is heartening to know that as per the
Panaji, Feb 27: Days ahead of presenting the Union Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asserted that the worst phase of economic slowdown is over and India can achieve double digit growth.“There is a cumulative
London, Feb 6: British Prime Minister David Cameron was under intense pressure on Sunday night to slash the £1billion in aid Britain gives to India after the country said it no longer wanted the money,
London, Feb 5: The Sunday Telegraph today reported that Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and other Indian ministers tried to terminate Britain's aid to their booming country last year, but relented after the British begged
New Delhi, Feb 3: Worried over the impact of global financial turmoil on the economy, India Inc today asked the Finance Ministry to retain tax rates at existing levels, but increase exemption limits to promote
New Delhi, Jan 12: A top Finance Ministry official today defended Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the controversial March 25 note on 2G by telling the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the issue that seeing
New Delhi, Dec 29: Amid government's last ditch efforts to enlist support for Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met leaders of parties like BSP and RJD to persuade them to
New Delhi, Dec 14: Rejecting Opposition demands, government today refused to make public information received from foreign countries with regard to Indian account holders but expressed readiness to issue an elaborate document on the problem.Finance
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