Chidambaram is FM, Patil gets home

Nearly 30 hours after the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government was sworn in, the announcement of portfolios was made on Sunday night. Contrary to expectations, Prime Minister......

BJP says Budget all-inclusive, Oppn terms it as anti-people, mere rhetoric

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday hailed the Union Budget as an "all-inclusive" document which reflects Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "farsighted" leadership to make a new India,......

UPA @ 3: Sonia should be PM, make Pranab the president

The three-year-old UPA 2 lacks energy. Sonia Gandhi can no longer afford to continue with the fiction that someone else can do the job and should take over from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The......

Are you running 'circus' or govt: Cong to FM on interest rate flip-flop

The Congress on Thursday hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after she ordered withdrawal of the interest rate slashing order and asked whether the U-turn was an "oversight" or an......

Sitharaman, 6th FM to present budget 5 times in a row

Other ministers who have presented five straight annual financial statements include Arun Jaitley, P Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, Manmohan Singh and Morarji Desai.  IMAGE: Union Finance......

Budget 2023-24: T V Somanathan to Ajay Seth, meet the FM's crack squad

The Modi government will present its last full Budget on February 1 as the 2024 Budget will be a vote on account because the nation will be heading for the hustings from April next year. Arup......

COLUMN: P Chidambaram as FM? PM hits a new low!

As a sentinel of the nation's finances, he failed to prevent the loot of our exchequer, writes M R Venkatesh.As luck would have it, I was seated next to a local Congress party leader at a local......

Chidambaram: 'Probe points to irregularities in 4 other firms'

Apart from INX Media and Aircel-Maxis, the four other firms which are under the scanner are Diageo Scotland, Essar Steel, Katara Holdings and Elforge Ltd. These firms were granted FIPB approval......