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Cong core committee discusses Telangana 18 June 2011
Even as the core committee of the congress party met today at the residence of the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to discuss the issues of Telangana and Lok Pal bill, Congress MP of the Telangana region Mr Ponnam Prabhakar...
Keywords: Telangana state, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, T stir
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FDI decision put on hold, Parliament resumes normal business 07 December 2011
Yielding to unabated pressure from opposition parties and some quarters in the congress party, the Centre today said it has suspended the decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail market in the country. The government’s decision paved...
Keywords: Lok Sabha, FDI decision, FDI, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee
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No diesel price decontrol: Reddy 24 March 2012
Oil companies are currently losing Rs 14.73 a litre on diesel, Rs 30.10 a litre on kerosene and Rs 439.50 per 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder. For the full fiscal, they are projected to lose about Rs 1, 40,000 crore in...
Keywords: cash subsidy, decontrol of diesel prices, Jaipal Reddy, decontrol of diesel prices
Read More No leaving of Hyderabad: Lagadapati 18 June 2011
Lambasting the TRS and pro-Telangana elements, Vijayawada congress MP Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal said today that Hyderabad city belongs to all Telugu people and no one has got any exclusive rights on it. Addressing media persons in Hyderabad, Lagadapati said people...
Keywords: JAC convener Prof. Kodanda ram, Telangana agitation, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Ponnam Prabhakar
Read More Pranab says Govt erred on Dec 9 T statement 20 July 2011
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told a delegation of the Seema Andhra congress leaders that the December 9, 2009 statement on Telangana was made in a hurry based on incomplete information that the situation was going out of hand in...
Keywords: Telangana, 2009 statement, Telangana, Telangana
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Pranab opens Tax Training institute in Bangalore 09 April 2012
IFCI Financial City at Bangalore which is being developed at an investment of over Rs 1,000 crore would be a regional financial hub. The State government has allotted 50 acre of land, near the airport to IFCI Infrastructure Development Limited...
Keywords: IFCI Infrastructure Development Limited (IIDL), taxation policy, taxation policy, IFCI Infrastructure Development Limited (IIDL)
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Pranab asks private banks to improve service 12 March 2012
As per the report, 6,895 complaints were against ICICI Bank and 5,590 against HDFC Bank. There were 2,144 complaints against Standard Chartered Bank, 1,865 against HSBC, 629 against Barclays Bank and 967 against Citibank NA. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee asked...
Keywords: Ombudsman, Ombudsman, Pranab asks private banks to improve service, Barclays Bank
Read More Telangana discussed, but no decision as yet 18 June 2011
National news agencies reported that the congress party’s core committee discussed at length the Telangana issue today but has not taken any decision on the nagging problem. Reports said that the core committee meeting, which was presided over by party...
Keywords: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Telangana state, party president Sonia Gandhi, Core committee of the congress party
Read More Ponnam asks LR to get out of congress 18 June 2011
Accusing the Seema Andhra politicians of trying to suppress the Telangana agitation, congress MP of the Telangana region Mr Ponnam Prabhakar today asked Vijayawada MP Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal either to respect the party views and stay with congress or get...
Keywords: Telangana, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Vijayawada MP, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh
Read More VH raises Jagan issue in Rajya Sabha 30 August 2011
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today in Rajya Sabha that the government was ready to hand over to the CBI the particulars of bogus companies which invested in the companies owned by YSR Congress president Mr YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Answering...
Keywords: Telugu News Abn news, Jagan issue in Rajya Sabha, Andhrajoythi Telugu news papers, INEWs Live TV
Read More Don’t beg for T state but demand it… 18 June 2011
TRS chief Mr. K. Chandrasekhar rao asked the Telangana congress leaders not to bow before the congress leadership and beg for Telangana but demand it by quitting their posts and putting pressure on the high command. “If you beg for...
Keywords: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Telangana agitation, Ponnam Prabhakar
Read More No leaving of Hyderabad: Lagadapati 18 June 2011
Lambasting the TRS and pro-Telangana elements, Vijayawada congress MP Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal said today that Hyderabad city belongs to all Telugu people and no one has got any exclusive rights on it. Addressing media persons in Hyderabad, Lagadapati said people...
Keywords: Gorkhaland-like package for Telangana, Mr. K. Chandrasekhar rao, JAC convener Prof. Kodanda ram, KCR
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Diesel price hike likely after session: Pranab 20 March 2012
Pranab said that “after the Budget session of Parliament is over, I shall discuss with various state governments, chief ministers, leaders of political parties and try to work out an overall mechanism to deal with some of the very crucial...
Keywords: diesel price, Finance Bill, Budget session, Passage of reform bills
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Government allows more export of sugar 25 February 2012
The government has allowed export of an additional one million tonnes of sugar, over and above the exports allowed a few weeks ago. This has been done as per recommendations of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM), headed by finance...
Keywords: sugar, sugar, sugar, empowered group of ministers
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India to spend Rs. 50 crore on overseas Indians 17 March 2012
India will spend close to Rs.50 crore on welfare schemes targeted at overseas Indians in 2012-13, according to budgetary estimates proposed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) has been allocated a total of Rs.114.77...
Keywords: NRIs, Budget 2012, MOIA, Budget 2012 allocated NRIs
Read More Hyderabad getting ready for Vanta-Vaarpu 18 June 2011
Telangana political JAC today asked its supporters and pro-Telangana elements to organize the proposed Vanta-Vaarpu (cook and eat) programme on Sunday peacefully in Hyderabad and make it an unprecedented success. Speaking to media persons at the TNGO office in Hyderabad,...
Keywords: Seema Andhra politicians, Telangana agitation, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, T stir
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Pranab constitutes Committee to look into indirect tax suits 07 March 2012
As on March on September 2010, there were 83,213 litigations involving over Rs 59,000 crore of indirect taxes pending before Supreme Court, High Courts, CESTAT and Commissioner (Appeals). Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has constituted a committee to suggest steps to...
Keywords: services and excise duties, Central Board of Excise and Customs, services and excise duties, services and excise duties
Read More Pranab asks AP cong leaders to be united 24 May 2011
Even as the scheduled meeting of the Telangana congress MPs with the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee last night in Delhi was cancelled for reasons not known, Mukherjee was said to have advised the state congress leaders not to fight...
Keywords: MLCs, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Paladugu Venkat Rao, chief minister Kirankumar reddy
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