Parents should promote attitude of sacrifice: Nirmala SeetharamanParticipating in the Bramhastana Temple anniversary, in the presence of spiritual leader Mathaa Amirthanandhamayee, she said, "The strength...
26 Feb, 2016, 02.29 AM IST
JNU: Freedom of expression should not be misused, says Nirmala SeetharamanAgreeing that freedom of expression was essential in higher education institutions like JNU, Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman said that i...
19 Feb, 2016, 11.19 PM IST
Commerce Minister Nirmala Seetharaman bats for a weak rupeeExports have fallen for the thirteenth straight month until December. “As a trade minister I would prefer a weak rupee ” union commerce min...
08 Feb, 2016, 10.27 PM IST
India, Pakistan look to tap trade as peace dividendIndia believes that Pakistan can greatly ease its foreign exchange constraints and provide stimulus to its exports with access to the India...
01 Jan, 2016, 11.15 AM IST
'Steel safeguard duty may hurt small enterprises'A delegation comprising several organisations has urged the government to take a relook at the safeguard duty imposed on certain steel prod...
01 Oct, 2015, 11.18 PM IST
Spinners appeal to announce interest subvention schemeIn a letter to Nirmala Seetharaman, ITF Secretary Prabu Damodaran said most of the small and medium sized mills were expected to make losse...
27 Aug, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman dares Rahul Gandhi to visit Congress ruled statesLashing out at Congress VP Rahul Gandhi for his interactions with farmers in non-Congress ruled states, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman t...
25 Jul, 2015, 06.41 PM IST
25% industrial land to be earmarked for SC/ST entrepreneursTelangana govt is planning to earmark 25 per cent of the land allotted for industrial use to SC and ST entrepreneurs, Chief Minister K Chan...
13 Feb, 2015, 07.43 PM IST
Check dam across Cauvery: Ramadoss demands Panneerselvam to lead all party delegation to meet PM"CM should take steps to convene all-party meeting & take leaders participating in it to meet PM Modi and take up the issue," Ramadoss said.
18 Dec, 2014, 05.59 PM IST
Swachh Bharat campaign launched in Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh Chief Secretary I Y R Krishna Rao administered the Swachh Bharat pledge to the government staff at the Secretariat.
02 Oct, 2014, 04.36 PM IST
After PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh likely to meet his Pakistani counterpartThe question on granting of MFN status to India by Pakistan will figure at the talks at Thimphu, according to Pakistani HC to India Abdul B...
21 Jul, 2014, 04.06 AM IST
Trade deficit, investment to top Nirmala Sitharaman's agenda in ChinaThe bilateral trade declined from around $75 billion in 2011 to $ 65.45 billion last year amid continuing decline of Indian exports.
25 Jun, 2014, 07.05 PM IST
India should not lay down any pre-conditions for talks: PakistanBasit said Pakistan was looking forward to a visit by Modi as Indian PM and hoped the two countries would resolve "differences and disputes...
19 May, 2014, 11.38 PM IST
BJP has no locus standi to comment on my father: Karti ChidambaramKarti Chidambaram, son of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, today said BJP has no locus standi to make a comment about his father "runn...
21 Mar, 2014, 06.41 PM IST
Gujarat snooping scandal: Cabinet gives nod for probe; BJP lashes out at CongressThe Home Ministry had prepared a note to be placed before the Union Cabinet for its approval for conducting the probe.
26 Dec, 2013, 02.57 PM IST
- Presidential elections: Decision to back PA Sangma in line with anti-UPA mood, says BJP
BJP today said its decision to back former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma was in keeping with "anti-Congress, anti- UPA mood" in the country.
21 Jun, 2012, 06.00 PM IST
- Congress calls BJP 'supermarket of corruption and pornography'
Congress likened BJP to a 'supermarket of corruption, pornography and misgovernance', a remark which drew a strong reaction.
09 Feb, 2012, 07.55 PM IST