Pranab takes charge of Finance Ministry

The newly appointed Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee took charge of his new office in north block, returning to it after a gap of 24 years. The Finance Ministry office, which has been sealed......

Centre Begins Historic Relocation of 30,000 Employees

The orders issued this month have selected ministries ranging from home affairs under Amit Shah to rural development, headed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to move to Building 3 -- currently named......

'We Carried BJP to Power, Now They Crush Us'

'If all of us (all the 57 Shiv Sena MLAs) stand together we can change the dynamic. We are not afraid of anyone.' IMAGE: Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis. Photograph: ANI Photo For months, the......

FinMin restricts media, Sitharaman says 'no ban'

The finance ministry has put in place restrictions on the entry of media persons into North Block, allowing access to only those accredited journalists who have a prior appointment with an......

The tussle: Finance ministry vs. regulators

The distance between North Block and Mint Road has been growing for quite some time. The latest evidence of tension is the finance ministry's decision to introduce a clause in the Banking......

Wipro to host finance ministry Web site

For Finance Minister Jaswant Singh, outsourcing begins at home. He has decided to ask Wipro to revamp the ministry's Web site and also host it.The National Informatics Centre, which hosts the Web......

Tarun Bajaj returns to finance ministry as economic affairs secretary

Tarun Bajaj, an old hand at the finance ministry, on Friday assumed charge as the economic affairs secretary.  He comes back to North Block at a time when the economy is facing headwinds due......

Pranab returns to North Block after 24 years

Through all his years in Delhi politics Pranab Mukherjee likes to follow a rule - never returning to an office he has occupied in the past. So, when he was deputy chairman of the Planning......