Delhi grapevine: Narendra Modi's cabinet

Lutyens’ Delhi is agog about the possible shape of a Narendra Modi Cabinet. Amit Shah, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s chief strategist in Uttar Pradesh, is unlikely to find a place.......

How Finance Minister Jaitley helped out Defence Minister Jaitley

The armed forces are quite happy with the attention paid to their concerns, reports R S Chauhan.  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been kind to Defence Minister Arun Jaitley. He has upped the......

Full time defence minister in few weeks, says Jaitley

The defence modernisation had "slowed down" in the last few years and providing the required equipment to the armed forces in a speedy manner would be the top priority of the Modi government,......

Miss my friend a lot: PM on Arun Jaitley's death anniversary

The Bharatiya Janata Party paid rich tributes to party stalwart Arun Jaitley on his first death anniversary on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he misses his friend a lot and......

FDI above 26% in defence sector on case-by-case basis: Jaitley

Foreign Direct Investment beyond 26 per cent in defence sector may be permitted on a case-to-case basis in areas that can result in access to modern and state-of-the art technology, the government......

Sitharaman to ensure 'Ease of Living' during Modi 3.0

Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday assumed charge as the Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister for the second consecutive term and is slated to soon present the final Budget for FY '25 that is going......

Arun Jaitley enters his toughest quarter in years

A tightrope walk ahead, especially as govt's fiscal deficit has already reached 99% of full-year estimates Even as the rest of the world welcomes the new year with celebrations, Prime Minister......

Defence budget hiked by nearly 10%

The capital outlay for the three services, for modernisation, stood at Rs 78,586.68 crore The defence budget was on Monday increased by 9.76 per cent to Rs 2.58 lakh crore for the next fiscal as......

Aussie Deputy PM Plays Gully Cricket!

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, who we saw on Sunday night at the N D Modi stadium, played gully cricket on the premises of the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi on Monday,......