Office of Profit: BJP against diluting spirit of statute
In a sharp attack on Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party campaign centric around him, expelled party veteran Jaswant Singh on Sunday deprecated "veneration" of an individual and said world was full of graveyards of those who are considered indispensable to their nation.
Government on Friday assured the Parliament that "wrong doers" in the multi-crore stock scam would be "identified and punished".
"Advani, Fernandes and Yeshwant Sinha are trying to target me to make scorpene deal an election issue."
In an unbridled attack on the Congress party, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday warned of the 'danger' of an\ninstitution that considered family above the nation.
The two countries to resume a composite dialogue next month to resolve all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to announce the names of its candidates for over 150 Lok Sabha seats on Thursday.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Monday approved 34 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 77.11 crore (Rs 77.1 million).
Former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh said President George W Bush is the principal driving force in this regard.
Eminent economist Parthasarathi Shome will be the new advisor to Finance Minister P Chidambaram. He succeeds Vijay Kelkar, whose term ended on August 31.
'We want the prime minister to express public regrets over his attitude,' BJP Parliamentary Party spokesman Vijay Kumar Malhotra said.
Referring to reports linking him to a Senator Graham in connection with the letter, which has been referred to by Singh in his book A Call To Honour, the soft-spoken former envoy said, "I knew of no Senator Graham."
All athletes in the Indian team for Athens Olympics are clean, a top Athletics Federation of India official said.
Setting the economic agenda for the new year, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh Friday favoured speedy disinvestment, strengthening regulation, linking fiscal and monetary incentives to shore up productivity and growth.
The discus thrower is likely to be found guilty after testing positive for pemoline at the World Athletics Championships at Helsinki.
Former deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha Najma Heptulla would contest from Rajasthan.
A Bill to restrict voting rights of brokers as shareholders and their participation on governing boards of stock exchanges was on Monday passed in Lok Sabha without discussion and by a voice vote.
Raking up the snoopgate scandal allegedly involving Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday wondered if women of the country would like to have a person like Modi in their households, who is known for his "anti-women attitude".
He will visit Kabul on February 15 before flying the same day to Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Monday swung into action asking the RBI and the Sebi to take necessary action to improve the health of the bourses following the unprecedented crash that wiped out huge sums of market capitalisation.
Newly appointed army chief Joginder Jaswant Singh will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to take stock of the security situation and counter insurgency operations.
The government on Wednesday cleared 21 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 18.46 crore.
