Special status to Bihar: Nitish meets PC, Montek

A day after addressing a massive rally at the Ramlila Ground in New Delhi for demanding ‘special status’ for his state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Finance Minister P......

PM to discuss Food Security Bill with leaders

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of senior ministers on Tuesday to discuss the recommendations of the National Advisory Council on the Food Security Bill.The meeting would be......

Chidambaram to speak on terrorism at Davos

For the first time since the attack on the Twin Towers in New York in September 2001, the issue of terrorism will be a centrepiece at the annual World Economic Forum meet in Davos, Switzerland. The......

Modi is BJP's 'best product', says Murli Manohar Joshi

Hours before Bharatiya Janata Party’s Parliamentary Board meeting in New Delhi, senior party leader Murli Manohar Joshi had called Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as "chokh maal" (best......

No conflict over UIDAI project: Montek, Chidambaram

Home Minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia rejected reports that they were locked in a turf war over the ambitious UIDAI project to give every Indian......

FM crosses Montek hurdle, courtesy PM

The Gross Budgetary Support for Plan expenditure in Budget 2013-14 was finalised only last weekend -- after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped in to resolve a difference of opinion between......

Budget work on; Montek meets FM

After kicking off the Budget exercise early this week, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday had a brain-storming session with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on the......

Budget support for Plan

Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday held preliminary discussions on the Gross Budgetary Support for the next fiscal year."It......