Government
CAG eminently serving role of public finance guardian: President
08 Oct 2012
The accountants general of the states and the CAG at the centre are important functionaries assigned with the task of being watchdogs of public finance, says President Pranab Mukherjee
Activists seek info about Modi’s travel expenses
03 Oct 2012
CAG a statutory authority, not a `munim’: Supreme Court
01 Oct 2012
The CAG is a constitutional authority entitled to review and conduct performance audits on revenue allocations relating to the centre, the states and the union territories, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices R M Lodha and A R Dave said
Reforms an ongoing process, says PM
29 Sep 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that there is no question of rolling back the recently announced reform measures
Bitter Mamata lashes out at 'arrogant' Congress
27 Sep 2012
Ajit Pawar leads NCP ministers out of Maharashtra government
25 Sep 2012
NCP has 20 ministers in the Democratic Front government, including deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar
Fair trade panel may probe petrol pricing
24 Sep 2012
Trinamool exits UPA
21 Sep 2012
The Trinamool Congress today snapped its ties with the UPA government with its ministers handing over their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Cong not averse to forming new alliance: Chidambaram
20 Sep 2012
The government looked determined to carry on with the policy changes to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail trade and the price hike in diesel and LPG rather than keep alliance with the TMC
TMC pulls out of UPA, ministers to resign on Friday
18 Sep 2012
TMC chief Mamata Bannerjee, however, gave the government time till Friday to change course on retail FDI and at least partially roll-back fuel price hike
I’ll be back with a bang, says ex-CM Yeddyurappa
17 Sep 2012
I’ll be back with a bang, says ex-CM Yeddyurappa
17 Sep 2012
PM defends big-bang reform; warns of economic slowdown
15 Sep 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today defended his government’s big bang reforms, saying that without these measures the Indian economy could slow to 5 per cent growth in the immediate future
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