United Progressive Alliance

PM Narendra Modi said during UPA’S 10-year rule, the country was gripped by terrorism from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and his government worked to eradicate it.

Will Triple Talaq Bill pass the Rajya Sabha test?

The bill's passage in Lok Sabha, where BJP-led NDA has an overwhelming majority, was on expected lines.

PM to now directly monitor stuck infra projects: Sources

CNBC-TV18 learns that this is a three prong strategy, where the Prime Minister himself will look into the stuck projects and will take active interest in resolving issues to fast track them.

Narendra Modi 'auction PM', not 'action PM': Congress

"Modi is not an action PM, but an auction PM. He auctioned coal blocks and spectrum. Day before yesterday he put Bihar on the auction block and made fun of the state. The people of the state will not tolerate the mockery of their self-respect," senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh told reporters.

Stalled projects declining, but fresh capex weak: CMIE

The number of stalled infrastructure projects has declined, but the pace of new capex has declined in the March and June quarters, Mahesh Vyas of Centre For Monitoring Indian Economy told CNBC-TV18.

Transparency in coal auctions linger despite govt rebuttal

The ministry rebuttal of 25 May 2015 says mining leases have been “wrongly” termed as permits. The government further claims that the Supreme Court did not “hand” over the cancelled coal blocks to Coal India Ltd.

NDA 'weakening democracy', renaming UPA schemes: Manmohan

While accepting that the economy had recovered in the past one year, Manmohan Singh claimed that the present government is using the schemes that were formulated by the United Progressive Alliance government during their regime.

Rahul hits out hard at Centre over contentious Land Bill

"We took two years to bring Land Bill and NDA government killed the Bill in a very short time, " Rahul Gandhi said while addressing the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

PM defends Land Bill, backs black money probe in Natl exec

Accusing the previous Congress-led UPA regime of not having right intentions, the PM asserted that his government was taking quick decisions to ensure faster economic development of the country.

FIIs mark biggest buy of Indian shares in 2-1/2 months

Foreign portfolio investors extended their buying streak to a 15th straight day totalling over $1 billion, helping BSE Sensex rise to record high on Thursday.

'Still a buy on dips mkt, Nifty may breach 6,200 level'

Siddharth Bhamre of Angel Broking believes investors or market participants have become complacent with the idea that the market is going to remain rangebound atleast for now. But he sees an upward breakout from 6,150 level on the upside to breach 6,200 level.

UPA may lose National Conference as Omar hints at split

Abdullah said that the NC might break away from the Congress ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir elections.

Modi unveils vision 2014, calls for good governance

Speaking at BJP's National Council meet, Modi listed out the need for better education in the country to stand at par with the growing economies in the 21st century. "If we need to keep our head high, we need to work on better education. Every state should have IIMs, IITs and AIIMS," he said.

AICC: FM hails UPA, Sonia in 'inclusive growth' rhetoric

Congress party chairperson Sonia Gandhi expressed confidence in the performance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government during its nearly ten years in office.

Cong aims to close pending decisions before Vote on Account

The agenda is fairly simple, this is the last lap as far as this government is concerned and hence there is a sense of urgency of wanting to get everything that they can possibly get done over the next three weeks because that is when the parliament session will kick off and then it will be time for vote on account.

BJP set to win in Chhattisgarh, MP, Rajasthan

While Raman Singh and Shivraj Singh Chouhan are riding high on a pro-incumbency mood in their states, Ashok Gehlot is paying the price for his government's poor performance.

Consensus may be exaggerating pro-BJP wave: Emkay's Sinha

The General election 2014 will be extremely crucial for both the BJP and the Congress. On the one hand, it will test Narendra Modi‘s credibility and, on the other, it will be a major test of leadership of Rahul Gandhi, and effectively that of the overall leadership of the Gandhi family in reinforcing the Congress‘ endurance.

Market not too keen on India Inc's Q2 performance: Udayan

Udayan Mukherjee believes market will be more focused on liquidity flows, global macros and domestic political developments.

Sonia Gandhi rolls out food security scheme in Delhi

Congress President Sonia Gandhi rolled out UPA's flagship Food Security Scheme in Delhi on Tuesday. Starting with the national capital, the Food Security Scheme will come into force in all Congress-ruled states from Tuesday.

Government doesn't inspire reforms confidence: Sardesai

The government‘s track record does not inspire any confidence. There was nothing in that cabinet reshuffle yesterday, which inspired confidence that this government means business, says Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief, CNN-IBN

Up Close & Personal with Parthasarathi Shome

Parthasarathi Shome, Advisor to FM is no outsider to the finance ministry. In his first term during United Progressive Alliance (UPA-I), he along with Finance Minister (FM) P Chidambaram was the brain behind new taxes such as the commodities transaction tax (CTT) and the fringe benefit tax (FBT).

Managing coalitions is not easy: PM

Days after DMK pulled out of the UPA, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today candidly admitted that managing coalitions is not easy and urged industry leaders to have faith in government's determination to revive the economy.

Mulayam may try to pull the UPA plug: Sources

After the DMK pullout, the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has signalled at pulling the plug soon on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. SP sources said Mulayam has made up his mind that he wants an early election in 2013.

See no threat to govt; DMK is posturing: Prabhu Chawla

Prabhu Chawla of The Indian Express feels the DMK is only posturing.Therefore, he sees no threat to the ruling government although, its position has weakened and its credibility is being doubted.

UPA wins FDI battle, says economic reforms on track

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Friday won its second battle on the issue of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail as it defeated the Opposition's motion in Rajya Sabha as well.