Tag: india politics
Book reveals Pranab Mukherjee’s views on Rahul
The late Pranab Mukherjee was known to be a man who kept most facts close to his chest. Given his years of experience, there were many who confided in him, and most of it was jotted down in his diary. Years after his death, his daughter Sharmistha Mukherj...
Harish Rawat on what democracy is doing to Cong
Congress has become “more democratic”, and it is “costing us like anything”, said former AICC general secretary and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Harish Rawat. While responding to the inner party conflicts witnessed particularly in the Hindi hea...
Senthil Kumar ‘withdraws’ derogatory ‘gaumutra’ remark
After being pulled up by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin over controversial remark, DMK MP DNV Senthil Kumar on Wednesday expressed regret over his statement made in Parliament a day earlier while attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party. Senthil added t...
Demand to name Nitish Kumar as convenor of INDIA Bloc
Janata Dal (United) leader Ram Nath Thakur Wednesday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should be made the convenor of the INDIA bloc. The JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP said Nitish Kumar has built his image such that makes him the best fit for being the conven...
Gehlot aide claims Sachin Pilot’s phone was tapped
The fates of one-time Congress rebels Sachin Pilot and TS Singh Deo could not have been more different. Deo, the outgoing deputy chief minister of Chhattisgarh, lost the Assembly election from Ambikapur constituency. Pilot, meanwhile, retained Tonk in Raj...
RBI Likely To Stay With Interest Rate Pause
MUMBAI: The RBI is expected to announce a continuation of its pause on interest rates after the bi-monthly review meeting of the monetary policy committee (MPC) scheduled for December 8. Analysts predict a fifth consecutive pause by the MPC because of str...
Gross Direct Tax May Surpass Budget By Over Rs 1 Trillion
NEW DELHI: Direct tax receipts will likely show a robust performance for the third year in a row post-pandemic, giving enough space to the Centre to keep the fiscal deficit within the targeted limit. This is despite additional spending expected on food, f...
India Inc Making Workplace More Inclusive For Persons With Disabilities
NEW DELHI: As the world celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) on December 3, corporate India has kept up with efforts to make workplaces more inclusive and accessible. Organisations across sectors are taking initiatives such as e...
Indian Oil Corporation Raises Panipat Refinery Expansion Cost 10%, Pushes Deadline By A Year
NEW DELHI: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation’s top oil firm, has revised the estimates of cost of expanding the Panipat refinery in Haryana by 10 per cent to Rs 36,225 crore and pushed back completion deadline by more than a year to December 2025....
COP28 Climate Summit 2023: Exxon, Aramco Lead Emissions Cut Pledge
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s largest private and state-sector oil companies, led a pledge by 50 oil and gas producers at the COP28 climate summit to cut emissions from their own operations. The deal is controversial given none...
Raut says INDIA banner contest would have produced different result
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that the outcome of the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections would have been different had the Congress shared some seats with constituents of the INDIA bloc. He also said the grand old party should revisit i...
Voters were miffed with BRS over jobs, housing, corruption
Anti-incumbency, non-delivery of promises, overplaying the Telangana sentiment, corruption charges and overconfidence define how the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) lost Telangana for the first time since the inception of the state in 2014. Since its...
Poll results shadow over Cong future in INDIA Bloc
The assembly poll results, which handed a 3-1 win to the BJP and Congress respectively, have cast a shadow on the future of the Grand Old Party in the opposition bloc. Partners of INDIA have begun training guns on the Congress, with the Trinamool Congress...
Man believed to be behind Congress success in Telangana
More than two years ago, Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) had invited Sunil Kanugolu to his farmhouse near Hyderabad to discuss the possibility of hiring him to handle the elections. Kanugolu had just finished working for the Tamil Nadu...
Legislation to replace IPC, CrPC among 21 items for winter session
A total of 19 bills and two financial items are likely to be taken up for debate at the upcoming winter session from December 4 to 22. These will include legislation to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Evidence Act,...