Vajpayee was elected chairman of the BJP parliamentary party.
The government on Friday approved 34 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 30.98 crore (Rs 309.8 million).
The Indian team for the SAF Games in Islamabad will be chosen on the performance in the championships.
'The attacks made clear to all the Gulf States that Pakistan was the nursery and sanctuary of extremist violence and that this violence threatened all the countries in the region.'
The government on Thursday cleared 24 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 190.93 crore, including the Rs 140 crore investment by Korean confectionary firm Lotte to acquire resident shares via a public issue.
Jeremy shared an interesting story behind the tattoo he wears on his left arm.
Buoyed by the proposed public offerings in six companies, including Oil and Natural Gas Corp and Gas Authority of India Ltd, the government on Tuesday set an ambitious target of mobilising Rs 16,000 crore
The presentation of the Interim Budget (General) for 2004-05 was delayed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after Congress and other Opposition parties raised certain objections to its introduction.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has cleared 38 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 121.46 crore (Rs 1,214.6 million), including those of the United States-based Nalco Chemicals and French company FCI.
Manufacturers Association of Information Technology on Tuesday demanded that excise duty should be halved to eight per cent to provide necessary tax incentive to the languishing sector.
Late 'big bull' Harshad Mehta, largest car maker Maruti and liquor major Shaw Wallace are among top 20 corporate and individual income tax defaulters, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
The government on Monday decided to scrap the tenders for privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, and invite fresh bids within a fortnight, highly placed sources said.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday approved 23 foreign direct investment proposals involving Rs 40.76 crore (Rs 407.6 million) including that of US-based Pitney Bowes to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in India.
No confidence motions have been moved in the Lok Sabha 27 times in the past, and all of them have either been defeated or remained inconclusive, data compiled by a think tank shows.
The government on Monday cleared 18 foreign direct investment proposals involving Rs 118.93 crore including Standard Chartered Private Equity's plan to pick up 14.35 per cent stake in NDTV for Rs 52.88 crore.
As India's diplomatic tensions with the Land of the Maple Leaf escalate, so do the anxieties of countless Punjabis.
The government on Tuesday cleared 26 proposals envisaging foreign direct investment worth Rs 16.08 crore (Rs 160.8 million) including a Rs 5.03 crore.
The government has fixed a target of 1 lakh (100,000) subscribers under the pension scheme for senior citizens through the Life Insurance Corporation, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.\n\n
With Star and conditional access system stirring up a hornet's nest, a three-member Group of Ministers will now give a broader look at all broadcasting issues, including uplinking, and even possibly the need to revisit the Convergence Bill.
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