Congress leaders are now in a "wait and watch" mode over the possible ripple effect of Punjab developments in faction-ridden Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the only two states other than Punjab where the party is in power on its own.
Trouble in the Bihar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party deepend on Friday night with senior party leader and state cabinet minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey resigned from the core committee of the party.
Central Bureau of Investigation Director Ashwani Kumar on Monday denied that the premier investigative agency works under pressure from government but said shortage of staff was affecting its performance.
India has told the United Nations that governance of cyber space should be democratic and transparent and cannot be managed as a "private property".
The ongoing row between the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government and the bureaucracy in wake of the Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash alleging assault comes as no surprise as the two have tussled over a range of issues in the past.
In a boost to women entrepreneurship in the country, three Indian businesswomen are among the 15 women entrepreneurs who have been awarded the third La Caixa International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge Awards (IWEC) this year.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency to regulate the securities industry in that country, has sought India's permission to probe the multi-million dollar Satyam fraud case.
There is a link among the blasts carried out at Ajmer Dargah, Mecca Masjid and Malegaon with self-styled right-wing group Abhinav Bharat believed to be behind them, Central Bureau of Investigation said on Monday.
CVC secretary K S Ramasubban on October one wrote to the CBI director Ashwani Kumar seeking 'a discreet field verification' on the allegations of RIL purchasing flats in Mumbai for oil regulator V K Sibal's daughter and incurring expenses over purchase of white goods for her.
It is understood that he was confirmed positive for coronavirus on Thursday night.
Investment made by a domestic company in which foreign firms might hold a small stake but the majority 51 per cent shareholding and managing control is with Indians, will not be treated as foreign direct investment for the purpose to calculating the sectoral cap.
FDI inflow of $14.6 billion in the first five months of 2008-09 showed an impressive growth of 124 per cent over the same period last year. Earlier, in October the government had expressed optimism saying India would exceed its target of $35 billion this fiscal. Sectors that attracted maximum FDI in 2007-08 were services, telecom, housing, construction activities, real estate, electrical equipment, computer software and hardware.
Facing flak for alleged shoddy prosecution in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak case, the Central Bureau of Investigation has accepted that its prosecution was not good as compared to the accused, who brought a battery of lawyers to defend them.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has informed the Centre about its reservations on taking up the case of alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir and it was upto the government to take a decision.
India will not achieve the $200 billion trade target fixed for the current fiscal but the government and the Reserve Bank of India are closely monitoring both domestic and international economic developments, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Giving a clear indication on unveiling a package in the interim budget to stimulate industrial demand, the government said on Thursday it is not restrained by the Constitution from announcing urgent policy intervention in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.
The Centre is actively involved in pushing through the PPCIR projects which would be spread over an area of 200-300 sq km each, Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar said. "Once the policy is notified, it will lead to mega-investments through the PPP (public-private-partnership) mode in the coastal states," he added, adding that inter-ministerial consultations were on at present and rules are to be framed.
"Government is not helpless and has means to ensure prices are brought down. More measures -- both administrative and fiscal -- are in the offing to control inflation," Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar told reporters in New Delhi. Iron ore, steel and cement would continue to remain under the government scanner, he said. A series of calibrated measures would ensure that inflation is brought down by at least one percentage point in the next two months, he added.
In a major initiative to pump prime the economy through public expenditure, the government has decided to inject a whopping Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) for funding infrastructure projects.
Given the strong fundamentals of the Indian economy, it will be able to sustain a growth rate of over 8 per cent over the next ten years and continue to attract investments in services and manufacturing sectors, Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry said in New York. "Despite some developments that are not favourable, we will still manage to have robust growth," Ashwani Kumar said.
With economic offences seeing an increase, the CBI has written to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to probe the growing number of white collar crimes.
Union Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar has asked investors to grab the opportunities in the fast expanding infrastructure, manufacturing and consumer goods sectors in the country.
The minister also said that we should not paint the entire private sector companies as villains because of one bad firm. He said that the government will take steps to restore investor confidence, but did not elaborate on the issue.
After prevailing upon steel producers to reduce prices, the government on Thursday got assurance from cement producers also that they would substantially cut prices voluntarily.The assurance from manufacturers came after government announced to take tough action against them, besides banning exports and allowing duty free import of cement.
CBI director Ashwani Kumar said the Satyam fraud was unique, as it was the founder, and not an outsider, who is the accused. According to sources, the fraud involves an amount that is much bigger than the Rs 7,800 crore (Rs 78 billion) estimated originally. It could be close to Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) based on over 7,000 fake invoices and forged documents retrieved by the agency.
Indian Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar speaks on 'The India factor and a comparative analysis of the opportunities and risks in China and India' at Waldorf Astoria in New York on June 4.
Ashwani Kumar, the new CBI chief, is a man with a difference. He is, perhaps, the first officer to sense the plight of mediapersons waiting outside his office in New Delhi, braving scorching sun and rains.
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan on Friday demitted office and left for Chennai along with his wife Padmini.
Citigroup Inc, the largest US bank, has asked India to liberalise its financial services sector, saying it would help the country maintain and improve over eight per cent GDP growth.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industries Kamal Nath, would lead a high powered team to Davos in Switzerland sources in the government of India said in an informal chat with rediff.com.
First look on the Japan PM Shinzo Abe's arrival in New Delhi.
The government is preparing a draft policy for special investment regions that would be spread over an area of hundreds of kilometres and offer investors all the infrastructure for setting up manufacturing units.
India on Tuesday asked foreign entrepreneurs to take advantage of the investor-friendly atmosphere in the country and said it was the right time to pump money in the country, especially in its manufacturing sector.
The Congress leader alleged that BJP-appointed governors have violated the Constitution and have in the process "gravely impaired" parliamentary democracy, its conventions and traditions.
The special POCSO court in Muzaffarpur passed the order on Friday on an application filed by an accused.
India is seeking major investments in the manufacturing sector as a part of its effort to take the benefits of development to the poorest of the poor, Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar said.
The heart and stomach were missing as they had been taken out during the first autopsy conducted at Jinnah Hospital in Lahore.
The CBI team under Kumar had concluded that Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered by Krishna Thadarai- help at Talwar's clinic, his friend Rajkumar-- a domestic servant with Praful and Anita Durrani who were Talwars' friends, and Vijay Mandal, driver of Talwars' neighbour.
A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy said it is not inclined to entertain the plea of BJP spokesperson Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay after Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi submitted that the petitioner should file a proper application.
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