Present tense, future bright: Economic Survey
Disappointing performance of the economy in this fiscal should be a 'wake-up call' for the government, the Economic Survey said, but it expressed the hope that growth rate would rebound to 7.6 per cen
City civic body cash-strapped
The Chennai corporation budget will be a rude shocker for residents of north Chennai as the zone-wise allocations are relatively very low for it, compared to zones in central Chennai and south Chennai
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Top Trinamool leaders skip PM's dinner
Top parliamentary leaders of major ally Trinamool Congress on Tuesday night kept away from the dinner hosted by the Prime Minister to keep the flock together after which the government expressed confi
We’ve numbers, says Manmohan
Maintaining that pressure is part of parliamentary life, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday exuded confidence that the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament 'will run smoothly'. All the numbers “r
After election debacle, Congress faces fierce budget session
While the political spectrum in Parliament has not changed in actual terms, Congress’ “presumptive” loss in the recent Assembly elections has left it to do a lot of manoeuvring to get its reforms and
NDA chalks out strategy
BJP Parliamentary Party and NDA floor leaders in both Houses of Parliament on Sunday held separate meetings to discuss the strategy to take on the Congress-led UPA, on the eve of the Budget Session of
Kanimozhi allowed to attend Budget Session of Parliament
DMK MP Kanimozhi, facing trial for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case, was on Monday allowed by a Delhi court to participate in the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament.
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Sibal works hard on pending bills
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal is likely to push for further reform in higher education in the forthcoming Budget Session by hoping to evolve a consensus on almost a dozen bills still pending before P
26 new trains to be flagged off in March
As per promises made in Rail Budget 2011-12, the railways on Friday announced the introduction of 26 new trains across the country.
The trains announced include Kathgodam Shatabdi Express, Mumbai-Ne