'If Pranab Was PM, Cong Would Have...'

'...still have lost the 2014 Lok Sabha polls but could have won 140 seats.' IMAGE: Then Congress president Sonia Gandhi, right, then prime minister Manmohan Singh, centre, and then finance......

The landmark 1991 budget was Manmohan's trial by fire

Dr Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, had to literally face a trial-by-fire to ensure widespread acceptance of his path-breaking Union Budget of 1991 that saw the nation......

Mani Shankar Aiyar: The Lonely Eternal Maverick

Very few know of his scintillating mind, the outpouring of fresh ideas, the attention to detail in every endeavour, the extraordinary administrative and organisational skills, and a limitless......

BJP leader files complaint seeking Mani Shankar Aiyar's arrest

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ajay Aggarwal on Wednesday filed a complaint against suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar seeking the latter’s arrest over his......

'By blocking GST, does Cong want liquor to be cheaper?'

Accusing the Congress of adopting an "obstructionist attitude" on the GST Bill, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday asked whether the INC wants alcohol to be cheaper by bringing it under GST......

Prices to come down in few weeks, assures PM

The results of the steps taken to control price rise would be visible within the next few weeks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in New Delhi on Friday. Singh gave this assurance at the Congress......

Parliament passes Companies Bill; Pilot terms it 'historic'

Parliament on Thursday approved the new Companies Bill that will make sweeping changes in the way firms operate and are regulated and replace a nearly six-decade-old legislation.The new bill, which......

Aiyar will be unhappy if CWG is a success

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said he willbe "unhappy" if the Commonwealth Games area success, andonly "evil" will patronise them, remarks which were quickly dismissed by both his......

Aiyar's statement is anti-national: Kalmadi

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Tuesday hit back at former Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar for his scathing criticism of the upcoming event, saying the senior......