Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has made it clear to both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi that his ministry “did not have any role” in preparing the 2G note, sources indicated on Wednesday.

The crisis afflicting the Congress-led UPA government deepened Monday amid speculation that Union home minister P. Chidambaram had offered to resign during his meeting with Cong-ress president Sonia G

The crisis afflicting the Congress-led UPA government deepened Monday amid speculation that Union home minister P. Chidambaram had offered to resign during his meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence following attempts to link him to the 2G spectrum scam.

In a fresh twist to the 2G controversy, it has now come to light that the draft of the official note sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 2G spectrum allocation was prepared following a series of

In a fresh twist to the 2G controversy, it has now come to light that the draft of the official note sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 2G spectrum allocation was prepared following a series of meetings between former Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar and top PMO officials, including principal secretary in the PMO T.K.A. Nair.

The finance ministry indicated on Thursday that the note sent by the finance ministry to the PMO on the 2G spectrum allocation issue was prepared by the Cabinet Secretary under the PMO’s instructions.

Union home minister P.Chidambaram, now in the middle of a controversy over his role in 2G spectrum allocation while he was finance minister earlier, said in a statement on Thursday evening: “Friends f

The finance ministry indicated on Thursday that the note sent by the finance ministry to the PMO on the 2G spectrum allocation issue was prepared by the Cabinet Secretary under the PMO’s instructions. The finance ministry also clarified that finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had “no role” in it, while home

Union home minister P. Chidambaram, now in the middle of a controversy over his role in 2G spectrum allocation while he was finance minister earlier, said in a statement on Thursday evening: “Friends from the media have asked me why I remain silent... Prime Minister [Manmohan Singh] called me last night from Frankfurt and spoke to me. The finance minister [Pranab Mukherjee] called me from Washington

In what is being seen as a major political boost for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any order on his alleged inaction during the 2002 riots in the st