Former telecom minister and veteran Congress leader Sukh Ram is dead

Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Sukh Ram has died, his grandson said on Wednesday. He was 94. He had suffered a brain stroke in Manali in Himachal Pradesh on May 4, following......

Indira asked Rahul to 'take charge' after her death

Then prime minister Indira Gandhi valued her grandson Rahul Gandhi's 'grit and determination' and often considered him mature enough to be taken into confidence on subjects she avoided discussing......

Stalin meets Modi, raises scores of issues

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the state and rescind the Centre's preliminary......

Covid fight: 4 faultlines India must address

Rather than worry about what picture of India is being painted in the foreign media, the focus must be on marshalling all our energies to provide relief and solace to our deeply wounded and......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

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......

Thank you, Mr Tata, for thinking of the common man

Mr Ratan Tata, thank you very much! You have created history, not because you have created the cheapest car in the world but because you have touched our emotions, our hearts. Thanks a million. For......

Karnataka too seeks IIT

After Kerala, it is now the turn of Karnataka to ask the Union human resources development ministry to sanction an Indian Institute of Technology for the state."The Centre has proposed to set up......