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Alarm bells are ringing for the economy
4 Jun 2012 2:07 PM ISTIndia’s economy is now faring worse than during the global financial melt-down of 2008. That speaks a lot about the reverse turn in the fortunes of...
Who killed the Indian Rupee?
2 Jun 2012 2:39 PM ISTA national currency is a national pride. But, not in India. Not, at least, since its independence. In 1947, one Indian rupee was equivalent to one...
Petrol may burn the UPA
2 Jun 2012 2:13 PM ISTThe second innings of the UPA government at the Centre is turning into a disaster by each passing day. The government is riddled with scams that...
BJP, Left call nation-wide strike today
31 May 2012 7:04 AM ISTWith one of the steepest hike in petrol prices in recent times, the opposition has called for a Bharat Bandh on 31 May. The National Democratic...
Bharat Bandh over petrol, CNG price hike
30 May 2012 8:07 AM ISTBJP Delhi Pradesh President Vijender Gupta and Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra have claimed that more than...
Indian rupee woes show economic drift
29 May 2012 3:04 PM ISTIndia's rupee, which hit an unprecedented string of all-time lows last week, is set for more falls unless policymakers move quickly to put Asia's...
'RBI taking steps to check rupee slide'
28 May 2012 1:14 PM ISTAttributing the slide in rupee value to various domestic and global factors, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the Reserve Bank of...
Mamata, Left to protest against petrol hike
26 May 2012 1:58 PM ISTSaturday evening will see West Bengal Chief Minister and UPA partner Mamata Banerjee take to the streets again, protesting against the steep hike in...
Sheila offers cosmetic relief
26 May 2012 7:06 AM ISTAs a sop to consumers burdened with the steep petrol price increase, the Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday that the value added tax...
Jaipal more worried about oil firms' image
26 May 2012 7:04 AM ISTAfter the whole country erupted against the government's decision to increase petrol prices, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi convened a meeting of...
BJP to protest petrol price hike on 31 May
25 May 2012 1:24 PM ISTDelhi Pradesh BJP has announced a massive protest on 31 May in the capital to protest steep hike in petrol price in support of Bharat Bandh organised...
RBI to take steps to arrest rupee fall
25 May 2012 11:49 AM ISTAmid steep decline in the value of rupee, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said that it is monitoring the situation and will do whatever is...