Allying fears that opening up of the retail sector for FDI will hurt small kirana shops, plan panel deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Sunday said modern retail is an expanding segment and i

Even as the BJP has strongly opposed the Centre's decision to hike diesel prices and allow FDI in retail, senior party leader and former Union minister Arun Shourie has justified the move saying it was the need of the hour.

Major foreign airlines seem to have adopted a wait-and-watch approach over the government's decision to allow them to pick up 49 per cent stake in Indian carriers, even though the government says the

Slamming Trinamool Congress, Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said steps like allowing FDI in retail sector, hiking diesel prices and limiting cap on domestic LPG could have been taken earlier if

The government will take more steps to push reforms, boost investor sentiment and provide stable tax laws, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday, while expressing satisfaction over the p

Though protest rages across the country against the move to allow FDI in the retail sector, experts say it will usher in change for the better and result in a better shopping experience for the consum

In a day of hectic political developments, six Trinamul Congress ministers submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday.

Dr Singh, accepting the resignations, thanked Trin

A day after pulling out from UPA-II government, Trinamool Congress on Saturday decided to move a resolution on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the upcoming session of the Parliament.

"We hav

Amid intense speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday met President Pranab Mukherjee during which the two discussed the political situation in the country.

The nation-wide bandh called by the BJP-led NDA and Left parties to protest against the hike in diesel prices and allowing FDI in retail saw the normally buzzing IT city shutting down completely on Th