Congress's Prime Ministerial candidate Rahul Gandhi is expected to spell out his economic vision for India as he is all set to address the annual general meeting of industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Not just the industrialists, but the Oppo...
New Hour | America's top business school Wharton has decided to cancel Narendra Modi's guest lecture at the Indian Economic Forum citing people's reaction towards Modi. The Indian faculty at the University launched an online petition to make sure that Narendra...
As a mark of protest against the cancellation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at the Wharton Indian Economic Forum, Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu who is a member of the India Economic Forum at Wharton, cancels his address at the Indi...
As a mark of protest against the cancellation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at the Wharton Indian Economic Forum, senior Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu, who is also a member of India Economic Forum at Wharton, cancels his address at...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi suffers a setback as his keynote address at the Wharton India Economic Forum was cancelled by Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania following protests by a section of students and professors. The top US business ...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who has been praised by BJP top brass, is gearing up to address the party leaders and activists at the BJPs' national council meet. Modi, in his keynote address, is likely to take up various issues like the economic crisis...
Much is expected of Finance Minister P Chidambaram as he is all set to present Budget 2013 which is significant from both economic and political points of view. The pressure to dole out goodies is strong as the general elections are near and so is the need to ...
The task cut out for Finance Minister P Chidambaram is a tough one as the Budget 2013 is about economy as well as politics. The Finance Minister will have to balance between reviving India's economy and ensuring UPA's political future. What are Finance Ministe...
The Reserve Bank of India announced its credit policy and slashed its key policy rates. However, it remains cautious about its concerns over inflation. The RBI cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points and also reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR), the share...
In this segment of Amazing Indians, Times Now has the story of Ayyappa Masagi who has helped thousands of farmers in Karnataka to improve the crops through water harvesting practices. Through this practice, Masagi has managed to boost the economic conditions o...
People from various walks of life gathered together at the India Gate to protest against the increasing crimes against women in the capital city. People have accused the government of failing to protect the women in Delhi. Protesters have alleged that there is...
Home Minister of Maharashtra, RR Patil, shocks everyone by stating that the economic survey on land under irrigation has printing mistakes. Speaking to the media, he said that the 0.1 % increase in irrigation, as mentioned in the economic survey is wrong and t...
Home Minister of Maharashtra, RR Patil, shocks everyone by stating that the economic survey on land under irrigation has printing mistakes. Speaking to the media, he said that the 0.1 % increase in irrigation, as mentioned in the economic survey is wrong and t...
While the senior leadership meet for a brainstorming session at Surajkund, near Delhi to discuss their strategy for 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the opposition BJP says that this was a futile exercise. Taking a dig at its title 'Samvaad Baithak', senior BJP leade...
The Congress party's day-long conclave began at Surajkund with over 70 senior leaders of the party attending the session. The meeting, called to discuss strategies for the government, saw the leaders arriving in buses to keep up their support of 'aam admi'. Th...
The Congress party's senior leadership will meet for a brainstorming session at Surajkund, near Delhi to discuss their strategy for 2014 Lok Sabha elections. All eyes, however, will be on party president Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi ab...
Congress leader and a Minister of State Manish Tewari has criticized the Comptroller and the Auditor General Vinod Rai for the comments he made at he World Economic Forum. The CAG had hit out at the Central government for the rampant corruption and brazen deci...
Al Gurnov discusses Obama's win with the Chief of Moscow Bureau Simon Schuster and Global Affairs Magazine's Fyodor Lukyanov. Democratic candidate Barack Obama was re-elected with around 60 million votes as against the 70 million votes in 2008. Schuster and Lu...
After investigations against him in the money laundering case have been downgraded from the Economic Offenses Wing to the local district police, former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh says that he has not asked SP chief Mulayam Singh to take him back in the ...
The UP Samajwadi government appears to be intentionally slowing down the probe on Amar Singh. The investigations into the money laundering case involving Amar Singh has now been further downgraded from the Economic Offenses Wing to the local district police. I...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says reforms are a continuous process and the FDI has nothing to do with the US. BJP, however, continues to oppose it and claims the Government is distorting the ecomony in the name of reforms. The Government's policy action has...
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal speaks at a news conference following the Supreme Court's clarification on the Presidential reference. The SC stated that the auction order was restricted to the telecom spectrum and not to all natural resources. This has strengthe...
In a statement to the media, Finance Minister P Chidambaram says that the government is focusing on preparing new economic reforms as it wants to boost the failing economy. He also said that many of the steps taken by the government, which have burdened the pe...
Standard and Poor's, a ratings agency lowers the GDP forecast of India to 5.5% for this fiscal year. The rating has been downgraded from 6.5 % that was projected earlier, citing 'volatile' global economic situation. The report said that the lack of monsoon rai...
The UPA Govt's decision on reforms receives strong support from India Inc and economists. They say the reforms are essential to revive the economy and they were long overdue. Rajan Mittal, Vice Chairman and MD of Bharti Enterprises, calls Prime Minister Manmoh...
The Opposition calls Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's message uninspiring. The PM defended the economic reforms as tough measures for tough times. He claims the decision was taken in the larger interest of the country and people should not be misled by those sp...
Newshour | Prime Minister has silenced his critics with his economic speech with a strong political subtext. He has asked the people to trust him and extend support for the government's policies and pleaded to people not to fall prey to the detractors. Has the...
Newshour | Defending the latest reforms by the government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remarks that these these measures are taken, keeping in mind the national interest and the long-term interests of the people. He has asked the people to extend support to ...
Danny Schechter's film 'Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Part 2' questions whether hedge funds brought down Wall Street. Schechter looks at the closure of Bear Stearns, and the credit-based economy and how it has caused disparity between the rich and poor. The e...
Danny Schechter's film 'Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Part 1' looks behind the financial crisis that shook America and the world. It is termed as a white collar crime in Wall Street and looks at how the investment and real estate sectors were interlinked. The...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affair's (CCEA) decision to clear Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Aviation, which allows foreign carriers to invest in domestic airlines, has been welcomed by the cash-strapped Air India. Union Minister of Civil Aviation Aj...
Shocking news on the economy front. The growth in India's industrial output was just 0.1 % in the month of July. Last year during the same month of July, this was 3.75%. The huge drop is shocking but not too unexpected given reports of sluggish growth and poli...
US President Barack Obama accepts the nomination for the President of the United States and kicks off the campaign with a rousing speech at the Democrat Convention in North Carolina. He says the election gives the Americans a choice between two different paths...
PM Manmohan Singh will meet Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadijenad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Non Alignment Movement Summit in Tehran today. Singh will also meet Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and other e...
NIIT's CEO Arvind Thakur joins Shaili Chopra at Jaypee Greens for a game of golf and talks about how NIIT Technologies is faring in the slowdown that has laid seige on the world economy since the Lehman crisis. Thakur feels the technology industry is mostly af...
Another 60-day-old economic blockade on NH-39, the border between Assam and Nagaland, has been lifted. This comes after Nagaland police retracted objections made against Assamese farmers, who were cultivating on 250 bighas of land. However, the fight for land ...
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council pegged the GDP growth for the current financial year at 6.7 percent, painting a better picture of the economy than by other think-tanks. It, however, added that inflation would remain high during the fiscal at 6.5...
The Techlife Lifestyle & Gadget Awards 2012 co-hosted by Mandira Bedi and Abhimanyu Radhakrishnan recognises the best gadgets Indian consumers have experienced in the past year across several categories. On the jury are Hitesh Raj Bhagat -- Editor of ET's Per...
The International Monetary Fund slashes down India's growth forecast from 6.9% to 6.1% for the fiscal year 2012. This comes as yet another embarrassment for India after US President Barack Obama stated that India does not have investor friendly climate. Even a...
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari remarks that the report by Standard & Poor betrays a poor appreciation of India's democratic system and governance processes. Defending Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee from the attacks by BJP based on the report by S&P, Te...
YSR Congress Chief Jagan Reddy's bail plea comes up for hearing amidst claims that his arrest is a political conspiracy to keep him off the campaign trail -- an allegation the CBI has countered by stating he is not a candidate in the upcoming bypolls.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee heads to Prime Minister's residence to talk about different issues including Presidential elections and bailout package for West Bengal.
In an interview with ET Now, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, talks about issues of governance, economic reforms, role of Opposition and Indian economy.
Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu's 'policy freeze' comment draws a huge controversy. Is the UPA Government really capable of pushing through fresh reforms?
Budget 2012 draws strong reactions against subsidies and entitlements with several parties accusing the budget of not being friendly to the 'common man'.
The Union Budget 2012-13 is not tough enough on subsidies and it will be diificult to bring the fiscal deficit down to 5.1 per cent, says ET's Swaminathan Aiyer.
With the Economic Survey stating that 'democratic politics' have slowed down growth in the country, there is pressure on the government to push for reforms in the budget.