Did former PMO, finance minister bailout Vijay Mallya?

The office of former prime minister Manmohan Singh may have taken a special interest to try and keep afloat Vijay Mallya’s ailing Kingfisher Airlines against the run of play, e-mails and......

Chidambaram slams Modi, calls him encounter minister

In a fresh war of words, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday hit out at Narendra Modi dubbing him a compulsive liar and an encounter chief minister. In Chennai, Chidambaram said, “Mr......

Chidambaram granted protection from arrest till Aug 7

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday secured interim protection from arrest from a trial court in the Aircel-Maxis case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation but will have to wait......

Chidambaram tells party: 'Let's get it over with!'

The Supreme Court’s decision to take up the case on Friday, without granting him any interim relief, put to rest all the strategies being worked upon.  IMAGE: CBI officials take away......

Finance minister bets big on disinvestment

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley set the target for capital receipts from disinvestments for the current financial year to Rs 58,425 crore (Rs 584.25 billion).   This is 12.5 per cent higher......

Lessons for the Finance Minister on corporate tax

The challenge is to convince productive sectors that a lower general rate would benefit all and remove the prevalent system of favours targeted towards narrow industry and service sector groups,......

PM lauds Chidambaram's commitment for reforms

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was all praise for Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s conviction on economic reforms. He said this while releasing a book ‘An Agenda for......

Budget: Will Chidambaram try to please voters?

Interim Budgets are usually presented in an election year either just before the general polls or immediately after them. In his first interim Budget, will Chidambaram follow his......