TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

The nuclear liability bill needs a rethink

There is an urgent need for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to examine the current liability regime besides a high-powered trans-disciplinary independent experts committee to study the issue, says......

'Police intelligence in Mumbai is very poor'

Eight years after he retired as special secretary,Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency, V Balachandran spends a lot of time delving into security and intelligence......

'You can't stand on a podium and preach to India'

'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.''It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.''In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC......

US removes Indian carpets from restricted list

Observing that use of forced child labour has been significantly reduced in the production of carpets in India, the United States has removed the industry from its mandatory child labour free......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

PMO's policy thrust areas for ministries

In consultation with various ministries of the Union Government and based on the commitments made in the National Common Minimum Programme, the Prime Minister's Office has prepared a comprehensive......