UPA, Cong ditch India with Budget 2012 to win election 2014

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, Mar 16 tabled the much awaited Union Budget 2012 which received mixed response from the people of the nation. After citing the finance ministry's proposal to raise income tax exemption limit to Rs 2 lac, it seems that the UPA government has tried to make Indiansi happy, though it has failed to impress the India Inc which has showed its disappointment with the budget.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said he was ready to call a special session of parliament to debate the need for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam.
"If they (the opposition) assure that there will be a debate, I am ready to call a special session of parliament before the budget session. So that let this issue be debated in the presence of the Indian public opinion..

Government convenes all-party meet to end impasse in Parliament

With the logjam continuing in Parliament over the opposition demand for a JPC probe into the second-generation mobile telephony spectrum controversy, government has convened an all-party meeting this afternoon to end the deadlock

Pranab sets at rest speculation on alliance

Shortly after witnessing one alliance, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee sought to strengthen another, at the wedding of Durai Dayanidhi, grandson of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and son of Union Minister M.K. Alagiri, who tied the knot to Anusha, on Tamukkam Grounds here on Thursday.

Chavan back home, Pranab says panel needs time

The Congress party panel set up to go into the Adarsh housing scam needed some time to examine the documents, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday as Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan returned home to Mumbai.

Yeoman services rendered by Subramaniam to nation recalled

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative coin of C. Subramaniam, former Union Minister and former Governor of Maharashtra, here on Saturday.