President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget speech

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also managing the finance ministry, presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday. Following is the text of the entire Budget......

FDI review draft to be ready this month: Nath

The government is reviewing the norms governing foreign direct investmentand a draft of the new policy will be ready this month, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said on Monday."The draft......

Lok Sabha passes Budget amid protests

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday confirmed that the Union Budget and the Supplementary Grants commended to the Lok Sabha were passed by the voice vote amid loud protests by the......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

I want to continue for another 3-4 years: Mary Kom

MC Mary Kom pulled no punches as the celebrated Indian boxer announced her intention to stretch her career by another "three-four" years and while the 2018 Asian and Commonwealth Games remain her......

Sports awards function on Aug 31; no Khel Ratna for Poonia

The Sports Ministry confirmed on Thursday that it will stick to the original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards, thereby dashing discus thrower Krishna Poonia's hopes of being......

Saina is PSPB Sports Person of the Year

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal walked away with the Sports Person of the Year award for 2008-09, while World billiards champion Pankaj Advani and cricketer Virender Sehwag shared the honour for 2007-08......

Baljit eyeing Commonwealth Games return

He was India's first-choice hockey goalkeeper before a freak eye injury jeopardised his career, but a determined Baljit Singh is in no mood to give up and is eyeing next year's Commonwealth Games......