U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday, reflecting concerns in the U.S. business community, pressed Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for reassurances India remains open to foreign inves

U.S. business groups are urging U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to press India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee this week on proposed changes to India's tax law they fear could badly damag

The government on Thursday brushed aside the pressure being built by the global trade bodies in the Rs 11,000 crore Vodafone tax dispute case and asserted that the British telecom major cannot invok

Issues related to global economy and international financial architecture are expected to be the focus of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during his 4-day visit here starting on Wednesday to atte

Terming the trend of rising prices of food items as 'disturbing', Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the government will take steps to clear the supply-side bottlenecks to ease the pr

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.

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Bullion traders and jewellers on Saturday returned to business, suspending three-week long strike following the government's assurance that it will consider their demand for rollback of excise duty

Jewellers across India Friday called off their 21-day strike after being assured of duty roll back from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

"The finance minister ha

RJD President Lalu Prasad on Thursday led a delegation of agitating jewellers to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee demanding roll back of excise duty on unbranded jewellery and hike in import duty on

US nominee for World Bank President's post Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and is believed to have sought India's support for his candidature.

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