He also sought to know if Modi, during his recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, asked the latter about the 2017 Doklam standoff.
The prime minister's August 15 address was undoubtedly inspirational and outlined important economic and social objectives, such as making India a global hub for manufacturing, ensuring bank accounts for all poor families, major thrusts in sanitation and cleanliness, and a radical restructuring of the Planning Commission.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain DoPT, Atomic Energy as well as all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated.
'It is not simply demonetisation or GST, it is this government's failure to manage the financial sector crisis.'
West Bengal was the second-most industrialised state in terms of value added and first in terms of number of factories and employment even in the mid-1960s. With a severe and long process of deindustrialisation, it lost its primacy.
Opposition calls the Budget 'hollow and plain'.
Expectations were probably too high from Narendra Modi.
The collapse of an under-construction 11-storey building in Chennai which claimed 11 lives should serve as a wake-up call for the housing sector to have a regulatory mechanism for the construction industry, says N Sathiya Moorthy
'With the appeal of both the Left and the Congress fading, Banerjee fears the saffron brigade's inroads into her citadel,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
By region, Thiruvananthapuram leads with 247 defaulters, followed by Kolkata with 173 and Bhubaneswar with 115
The new Cabinet member says growth cannot come unless all sectors of the economy -- agriculture, manufacturing and services -- expand.
It was widely speculated that the mantle would fall on Nitin Patel.
'Bandaru Dattatreya shouldn't have blindly accepted what the ABVP told him.'
With the first salary date after demonetisation around the corner, will India's labourers be able to take their hard-earned wages home?
A group of students carrying placards and raising slogans protested in the tense University campus on Wednesday morning.
Mamata Banerjee said availability of land won't be a problem in Bengal as the state government has a land bank.
Her departure from the cabinet marks an abrupt halt to the meteoric rise of the Gujarati-origin MP, often touted as a potential future leader of the Conservative Party and a prime ministerial candidate.
'Since the bilateral deficit is a reality -- and a worry -- we need to find a way to deal with it,' says Ravi Bhoothalingam.
The government is by far the largest employer; job security is guaranteed for government employees, and their wages are set through once-in-10-year Pay Commission.
An ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh will be given per person to the next of kin of those killed in the floods.
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'Maharashtra has 34,000 active cases, of which 24,000 are asymptomatic, and hence need no medicines but are under quarantine.' '9,500 cases are showing mild to severe symptoms.' 'While 1,200 are seriously ill, only 200 of them are on ventilator support.' 'Let those claiming that the situation in the state has gone out of control, look at these numbers objectively before damaging the state's reputation for political gains.'
The formula for success of farm economy is very simple -- farmers should be able to produce more from the same piece of land at reduced cost while minimising risk and be connected to market to get higher realisation for their produce, points out Siraj Chaudhry.
V P Duraisamy's exit will in no way upset the poll scene in western Tamil Nadu, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
India Inc has high hopes from the upcoming Budget.
Retirees and labour officials acknowledged that the city's finances were in a shambles and they would have to share in the sacrifice to help Detroit recover.
The workers who were hired straight out of school as unskilled labourers are now struggling to find alternative employment because they lack skills.
Banks on mobilising support from Dalit and Muslim voters. Sanjay Jog reports.
Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government, accusing it of being against farmers, labourers, students and the poor.
'In the hands of a majoritarian government, with utter contempt for the cultural plurality and diversity of our great nation, the pipe dream of making Hindi the sole official language takes on nightmarish proportions.'
While looking to give a boost to the mutual fund sector with some contribution from about Rs 5.5 lakh crore (Rs 5.5 trillion) corpus being managed by Employee Provident Fund Organisation, Sebi feels that age restrictions would safeguard investors from 'unnecessary risks' during years closer to their retirement.
Fed policymakers' deepening uncertainty about their own projections has resulted in the central bank sending mixed messages
Beneficiaries to get hospitalisation cover up to Rs 30,000.
The government will also evacuate Indians on Friday from China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the deadly Coronavirus, which has spread to at least 17 countries already.
Exports are slowing and economic growth in major markets for Indian goods has taken a hit.
US trade deficit rose to its highest level since 2012.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the nation on the eve of 72nd Republic Day.
Around 90-100 people received burn injuries, and the condition of some of them was serious.
Hours after 21 ministers took the oath of office and became a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ministry, speculation began on which minister would be handed which portfolio. However, all speculation ended after the list was announced.
