The government today said it is considering the request of British telecom major Vodafone for amicable settlement of the over Rs 11,217 crore tax dispute.
President Pranab Mukherjee today said reforms in judicial system should not disrupt the fine balance among the legislature, executive and judiciary.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today congratulated Pranab Mukherjee on being sworn in as the 13th President of India saying he has been a strong partner to American and the American people.
President elect Pranab Mukherjee today paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and other top leaders at their memorials here before heading to Rashtrapati Bhawan to take oath as the 13th President of India.
Prez poll: Pranab wins, set to be next President.The total value of votes in favour of Pranab Mukherjee so far is 5,18,689, while those in favour of PA Sangma is 2,32,558.
The total value of votes in favour of Pranab Mukherjee so far is 4,38,502, while those in favour of PA Sangma is 1,63,386.
The ballots of 17 states have been opened by far. A majority of the MPs had cast their vote in Parliament House, some of them voted in state capitals. The Parliament box and the boxes of 14 states where the MPs cast their votes were opened first.
The Election Commission (EC) has rejected Presidential nominee PA Sangma's demand for recheck of UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee's nomination paper.
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha has accused Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram of being negligent and allowing the economic situation to deteriorate.
Demanding rejection of Pranab Mukherjee's nomination papers on the ground that he held an Office of Profit, BJP today asked Congress not to bend rules over the issue to have its way as the matter concerns the highest constitutional office of the country.
Former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma is confident of winning the Presidential election despite UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee emerging stronger with more support.
In a strong message to a criticalIndia Inc, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government is "not sitting idle" and indicated that RBI may also cut interest rates on Monday to arrest slowdown.
The race to Rashtrapati Bhawan may be over but the hunt has now begun to find a replacement for Pranab Mukherjee in the Finance Ministry. But what is corporate India's expectation from the new minister in this crucial portfolio?
Following her meeting with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that the first choice of the Congress for the post of the president is Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Dismissing any comparison with the 1991 external debt crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the fall of rupee is a matter of concern but was confident it will not last very long.
The politics over petrol prices continues as the government today stuck to its guns despite public protests including by key ally the DMK today. Taking a cue from Kerala and Uttarakhand, Delhi also cut vat on petrol, but ironically hiked vat on CNG.
The Union Budget announced today seems realistic, credible and is a sincere attempt towards achieving fiscal consolidation.
The steel sector has plenty to cheer in the Budget 2012-13, as it has proposed increasing the import duty on flat-rolled steel to 7.5% and reducing duty on plant and machinery imports for iron ore beneficiation to 2.5%.
Though both Indian experts and FIIs are not betting high on the Budget, there are still hopes for some surprise. Nilesh Shah, MD & CEO, Envision Capital Services feels that the Budget may positively surprise the market.
Today is the big day. There is so much being said that this is not going be a no event for the market. The markets may light up or may go dim with what the Finance Minister announces, said CNBC-TV18's managing editor Udayan Mukherjee.
As India is eagerly waiting for the Finance Minister to present the Budget speech today, global market experts are not too hopeful of it.
With the budget session round the corner, Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that India may have to settle for a GDP growth of 7% in the coming year.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said India is a victim of the Eurozone crisis which is hurting export growth.
In a CNBC-TV18’s budget special budget show, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia, Chairman of Religare Sunil Godhwani and former advisor to the Finance Minister Parthasarathi Shome decode the budget.
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries is gung-ho about the Union Budget announced by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday.