Finance Minister

RS departs from convention in paying tributes to Jaitley, others

Jaitley on life support; Nitish, Piyush Goyal and others visit AIIMS

7:32 pm August 17, 2019

New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley has been put on life support system at AIIMS here, sources said, as several leaders including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union minister Piyush Goyal visited the hospital. The 66-year-old leader, who was admitted at the hospital on August 9, has been put on life support system […]

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley continues to be stable

7:10 pm August 11, 2019

New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley, who has been admitted to the AIIMS here, continues to be stable, sources at the hospital said on Sunday. On Saturday, after Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to enquire about Jaitley’s health, his office said that the former minister is […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Sri Lanka says illegal UK waste offloaded to India, Dubai

10:24 pm July 26, 2019

Colombo: A Sri Lankan investigation into nearly 3,000 tonnes of illegally imported hazardous waste has shown that some of it was sent on to India and Dubai, a top minister said Friday. Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera told parliament the importer of the waste had reshipped about 180 tonnes of raw garbage to India and Dubai […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Parliament approves Modi govt’s FY20 Budget

8:20 pm July 23, 2019

New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday gave its approval to Modi-2.0 government’s maiden budget with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying tax proposals aim at redistribution of funds to bring more equitable development. The Appropriation (No 2) Bill, 2019 and the Finance (No 2) Bill, 2019 — cleared by Lok Sabha last week — were returned by […]

UK finance minister says will quit if Johnson becomes PM

11:14 pm July 21, 2019

London: British finance minister Philip Hammond said Sunday he would make a point of resigning before Boris Johnson became prime minister, saying he could never agree to his Brexit strategy. “I’m sure I’m not going to be sacked because I’m going to resign before we get to that point,” he told BBC television, assuming that […]