Newly appointed army chief Joginder Jaswant Singh will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to take stock of the security situation and counter insurgency operations.
Party sources said the course of action against Shourie could be decided against the backdrop of the swift action taken against Jaswant Singh who was expelled last week. "The party has taken note of the utterances of Mr Shourie. It shall be responded to appropriately after discussions," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said in New Delhi.
BJP's former mascot Jaswant Singh, for long, could do no wrong and was fiercely defended even when he was caught on camera dozing in Parliament or indulging in feudal and obscurantist customs like offering opium in his cupped palm to his loyalists. But an infantile desire to play Herodotus has done him in.
The Centre has said the case must be referred to the Council of Ministers and not the President directly.
Parliament on Tuesday approved the long-awaited fiscal responsibility legislation after Finance Minister Jaswant Singh promised there would be no lowering of developmental expenditure.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that the unclaimed fixed deposits of banks are deposited in a separate fund of Department of Company Affairs after a period of seven years of maturity.
Enthused by over 8.0 per cent growth in the last two quarters, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday said the economy could achieve a 'double-digit' growth in the coming years.\n\n\n\n
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday launched the trading of Interest Rate Futures in stock exchanges, which would enable banks, insurance companies and provident funds to hedge risks on interest rate fluctuations.
The government has asked the Department of Company Affairs to make a detailed examination of allegations of economic frauds raised by Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy against the Reliance group of industries.\n\n\n\n
Expressing concern over India's rising inflation, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said on Thursday that macro economic situation remained 'comfortable' in 2002-03
The stage was on Friday set for a stormy Bharatiya Janata Party national executive meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, with senior leader Arun Shourie joining others in demanding an open discussion on the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle that has turned the party into a badly divided house.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh while presenting the Interim Budget for fiscal 2004-05 in Parliament on Tuesday said 50 per cent of dearness allowance of the pay will be merged with basic salary of central government employees.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said on Wednesday the value-added tax system cannot be implemented across the country until all preparations are completed.
Brushing aside criticism that the Budget was not growth-oriented, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Saturday said the focus on infrastructure and certain other sectors will provide "quick returns" for higher GDP growth and employment.
The discus thrower is likely to be found guilty after testing positive for pemoline at the World Athletics Championships at Helsinki.
Shiv Sena Member Eknath Thakur withdrew from the race.
The Rajnath Singh Committee on Kelkar recommendations on direct and indirect taxes on Monday submitted its report to Bharatiya Janata Party President M Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
The Sebi Act has been amended to further strengthen the capital market regulator, the finance minister said.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh assured the Rajya Sabha that no employee of the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction and Company Law board would be retrenched when these were disbanded and merged into National Company Law Tribunal.
Vajpayee held consultations with Deputy Prime Minister Advani, BJP president Venkaiah Naidu and Finance Minister Jaswant Singh in this regard on Monday night.
The discus thrower, suspended for a positive dope test at the World Championships, filed her written submission to the AFI panel hearing her case.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh will not attend the spring meeting of International Monetary Fund and World Bank, starting in Washington on March 20.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has indicated that the proposed 'Dada-Dadi' bonds for pensioners, scheduled to be launched on April, will run side-by-side with Life Insurance Corporation's Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana.
Punjab National Bank is believed to have clinched the deal for taking over the ailing Industrial Finance Corporation of India.
Referring to reports linking him to a Senator Graham in connection with the letter, which has been referred to by Singh in his book A Call To Honour, the soft-spoken former envoy said, "I knew of no Senator Graham."
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Friday virtually dismissed allegation that his ministry sat over the Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) fake stamp paper scam for over a year and said government plans to introduce a paperless system by 6-8 weeks.
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