Morarji govt against state funeral for Jayaprakash

In a startling revelation, Jammu and Kashmir Governor S K Sinha has said the Morarji Desai cabinet had decided not to accord a state funeral to Jayaprakash Narayan.Sinha, who was in Bhubaneswar to......

Charan Singh opposed Nehru's socialist economy

Chaudhary Charan Singh, who on Friday was conferred with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, is popularly known as a champion of farmers. IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla greets......

Mr Advani visits Pakistan

L K Advani arrived in Islamabad on Monday.The Bharatiya Janata Party president was accompanied on this historic visit by his wife Kamala and daughter Pratibha.Advani, who was born in Karachi, is......

Women in Singh ministry: 11%

Women got only 11 percent representation in Dr Manmohan Singh's Council of Ministers, that is seven berths in the 68-member United Progressive Alliance government.Meira Kumar -- daughter of the......

Nirmala Sitharaman, only 2nd woman to present Union Budget

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only women till now to have presented the Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday became only the second women in the......

Note ban: Dec 30 cut-off ordinance likely

Such a move will help bring clarity to the Centre's estimates of the demonetised amount, reports Arup Roychoudhury.Illustration: Domninic Xavier/Rediff.com The Union Cabinet is likely on Wednesday......

Government likely to impose fine for holding old notes after Dec 30

The government is understood to be mulling an ordinance to impose penalties on anyone possessing the junked Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes beyond December 30 when the deadline to deposit them in banks......

Budget 2012: I'm ready to even bite the ballot, says Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Mukherjee admits the life of India's Finance Minister isn't easy. Few know it better than him. This Budget, after all, is the Congressman's seventh, only one less than Morarji Desai and on......