Pranab to resign as finance minister on Sunday

Pranab Mukherjee, who has been selected as the UPA's Presidential nominee, will resign on Sunday as the Union finance minister. "I will resign on June 24", Mukherjee told reporters in Kolkata......

Time India Learnt From China Playbook

If India caves in to US pressure as Trump hopes it will, he will further try to blackmail it into submission, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: US President Donald Trump at a press conference with......

'I'm Not A Chor'

Breaking his silence after nine years, Vijay Mallya said he may return to India if assured a fair trial. IMAGE: Vijay Mallya outside the Westminster Magistrates Court in London. Photograph: Simon......

Family nod for Manmohan memorial at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal

Decks have been cleared to set up a memorial for former prime minister Manmohan Singh, with his family's nod to the proposed site at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal. IMAGE: Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh......

Pranab takes over as finance minister

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday took charge ofhis ministry, a portfolio he held 25 years ago in the government led by Indira Gandhi. The first task before Mukherjee, who was also in......

CHAT: Was Pranab a good finance minister?

Rediff.com's Senior Associate Editor (Business) Faisal Kidwai will discuss Pranab Mukherjee's performance as finance minister and who should be the next FM, at 2pm today. With Pranab Mukherjee......

How Pranab will be remembered as finance minister

While Indira Gandhi was Mr Mukherjee's political mentor, Dr Singh's equation with him was different, writes AK Bhattacharya. How will Pranab Mukherjee be remembered as a finance minister?......

Video: Finance minister's Budget speech

The 2010-11 Union Budget on Friday provided considerable relief to Income Tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products. The......