'Under this government, tax laws have become more draconian, and the government itself is setting stiff, unrealistic targets for tax officials, who have got more powers to harass us,' points out Debashis Basu.
Three suspected associates of Karti --Bhaskar Raman, Ravi Vishwanathan and Mohanan Rakesh -- are also being questioned
While the situation Sitharaman finds herself in may not be that good, how does it stack up against her three immediate predecessors Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram and the late Arun Jaitley?
In his attempt to revive a beleaguered Congress, Rahul Gandhi is trying to bring in new leadership in the form of Rajeev Gowda and BK Hari Prasad, whose names have been nominated for the Rajya Sabha, says Renu Mittal.
Is the 'caged parrot' at work again, asks Uttam Ghosh.
People like Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram, who as finance minister had fully supported the NPS, refuse to exercise their moral and political influence to try and stop Ashok Gehlot and others hell-bent on wrecking the states' finances, notes Virendra Kapoor.
The apex court, which stayed the Madras high court order putting on hold the look out circular issued by the Centre against Karti, repeatedly sought to know when he would make his appearance for questioning before the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Erstwhile RBI governors, including Raghuram Rajan never had cordial relations with the government.
Breaking from opposition ranks, the JD-U chief had supported the demonetisation move taken by the PM.
'Stand-alone' trip to North American nation and a strong track record in Gujarat open doors to business.
Adjusted for inflation, the earlier scheme would have collected Rs 25,000 crore.
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the high growth that Indian economy has logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal was on account of the UPA policies and the new government must give it the due credit.
While the Congress will firm up its strategy once the ruling alliance tables the Bill, initial comments by its leaders have been encouraging.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then finance minister, when the 2G Spectrum allocation was made, P Chidambaram, give "proper reply" to former Telecom Minister A Raja's claim that the issue of sale of equity by spectrum licencees was discussed with them.
Swaraj tore into the Congress, saying it had helped Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi and Bhopal gas leak accused Warren Anderson flee from India.
Under the GST regime, most manufactured goods will turn cheaper.
Joining the war of words on divestment, former minister and BJP leader Arun Shourie on Thursday launched a counter attack on Finance Minister P Chidambaram
The equation between the army and its countrymen in a democratic country should be one of mutual pride and implicit trust. Protracted deployment of the army on the home-turf tends to skew the equation. The people tend to perceive it as the occupation-army, says R N Ravi.
The move comes after CBI gets sanction to prosecute him in Aircel-Maxis case
Stressing the deal is underway, Chidambaram said India has not yet resolved the price of the gas.
'For a responsible person like him to utter such nonsense is shameful.' 'He is not fit to be a director on the RBI central board.'
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G scam will resume its proceedings next week when former Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar appears before it as one of the 'essential witnesses' before the panel starts writing the draft report.
Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan said, "Mersal was certified. Don't re-censor it. Counter criticism with logical response. Don't silence critics. India will shine when it speaks."
GST Bill needs a two-thirds majority in each House.
"When you (P Chidambaram) have given so much to others, including the farmers, why not sportspersons... and then how can you expect our sportspersons to win medals at the Olympics or put up good performance at other events," the former cricket captain told reporters in Chandigarh.
'For every person there is a different way that you show respect for your country...my mother-in-law will say karmayogi is the way to go - do your work.'
"There are problems with regard to the inadequacy of testing facilities and without more aggressive facilities of testing, we are not going to conquer this menace," Manmohan Singh said.
Amid demands by the opposition for convening of a special session of Parliament to pass stringent laws on crime against women, government on Monday said the decision could be taken after Justice Verma committee, set up for the purpose, submits its recommendations.
Right from the early days of liberalisation, there have been political controversies surrounding several cases that landed on the FIPB table and which, in turn, have often led to court battles.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram held informal consultations on Wednesday on possible candidates for the Reserve Bank deputy governor's post.
Given that the public is no longer willing to tolerate lack of transparency, politicians will see they have no alternative but to change, feels Raghuram Rajan, economic advisor to the prime minister. Interestingly, Professor Rajan made this hard-hitting speech at an event to release a book in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's honour.
The government will find it difficult to pass the Bill without the Congress's help
The CBI had summoned Karti to appear before it on October 4.
RBI will make a presentation on January 24 before the panel on the state of NPAs and stressed loans.
According to a reliable source, the names of 'Preneet Kaur' and a name similar to one of Narayan Rane's sons allegedly feature on the HSBC list of Indians with Swiss bank accounts, says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com
The new numbers show India's economic growth rate averaged 6.7 per cent during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance regime as compared to 7.3 per cent under the present government. Previous numbers had put the average growth rate during the 10-year UPA rule at 7.75 per cent.
The number of disgruntled leaders in the party is swelling.
Citing rising prices, slowdown in growth and depreciation of rupee among the problems facing the economy, the opposition members said in the Lok Sabha that they feared the repeat of the 1991 crisis when the country had to mortgage gold as it failed to meet short-term debt obligations.
Going by the number of changes Mr Jaitley's next Budget is likely to see, he will go down in the history of Budget-making as the finance minister who ushered in the largest number of changes in a single Budget, says A K Bhattacharya.
Green signal from Jaitley; CVC okays Hemant Contractor for head of PFRDA
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