Arun Jaitley cremated with state honours, hundreds pay last respect

BJP workers and mourners queued up in large numbers outside the party headquarters since morning to pay their last respects to the leader.   IMAGE: Rohan Jaitley, son of former finance......

Arun Jaitley takes oath for new Rajya Sabha term

The finance minister could not take the oath earlier in Parliament due to his ill-health.    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on Sunday sworn in as a member of the Rajya Sabha for a new......

Arun Jaitley, BJP's man for all seasons, passes away

The cremation will be on Sunday afternoon at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi. Arun Jaitley, who as finance minister ushered in India's biggest tax reforms and was the chief trouble-shooter of the......

'Tyranny of unelected': Kashmiri leaders 'locked up'

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that the 'unelected nominees of New Delhi locked up the elected representatives' of the people of Jammu and Kashmir after prominent leaders from ruling......

Jaitley raps UPA government on quality of fiscal management

Arun Jaitley raises allocation to rural jobs guarantee scheme by Rs 5,000 crore Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday accused the previous government of compromising with the quality of fiscal......

Steadfast Jaitley gets pat from Modi, colleagues

Divisions in the Congress on how the Bill should be handled were evident. Government strategists, particularly Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, received a congratulatory phone call from Prime......

India must build consensus on land reform quickly, says Jaitley

The government said on Wednesday a consensus was needed quickly to pass a business-friendly land reform law, or else a legislative deadlock would have to be broken by allowing federal states to......

Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda peppered Jaitley's Budget speech

Jaitley began his speech by saying that today is the auspicious day of Basant Panjami and that "spring is the season of optimism". It was a bumpy start for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley when he......