Ami Bera and Raj Shah create history, again

In a year of countless accomplishments, India Abroad for the first time chooses two icons as the India Abroad Person of the Year. Monali Sarkar reports from New YorkWith two Indian-American......

Rajiv had no sympathy for Anderson: Arjun Singh

On Wednesday, twenty-six years afterIndia's worst industrial disaster, the man in the eye of the storm, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh made a statement in the Rajya Sabha......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Bobby Jindal is India Abroad Person of the Year

Special messages from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President GeorgeBush were the highlight of the India Abroad annual awards conferred at a gala banquet at the Hotel New York Palace, which was......

80% jump in Social Justice Ministry funds

Aiming to give a boost to the social sector and especially the welfare of backward classes, the Union Budget for 2010-11 effected an almost 80 per cent hike in the allocation for the Ministry of......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Highlights of Union Budget 2008-09

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented his fifth Budget in Parliament on Friday. Following are the highlights: Changes in I-T slab. Threshold of exemption for all Income Tax assesses......

Flagship irrigation scheme to get Rs 43,700 crore

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved an outlay of Rs 43,700 crore for national projects under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programmes during the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2007-12). The......