Pranab Mukherjee’s medicines reach three hours late

May. 25 | Normally when an Indian president visits Shimla for his summer sojourn, it is the common public which faces the side effects  of  the visit as vehicles are not allowed on a number of roads. Interestingly this time ( on Thursday) when the President reached...

Himachal gets Krishi Karman Award

Jan. 15 | Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday was awarded the prestigious ‘Krishi Karman Award’  for outstanding achievements in increasing production and productivity of wheat crop in the State. President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to Himachal...

Team Anna’s allegations malafide :Pranab Mukherjee

Jun. 18 | New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday slammed Team Anna for the “unfair” and “motivated” graft allegations against him, and that too after he was chosen as a presidential candidate. He also termed the allegations...

Manmohan Singh is acceptable prime minister: Pranab

Apr. 23 | Fun: Rightly said Pranab Da ! Manmohan Singh is acceptable to you and Sonia Gandhi !You say he is powerful but for BJP he is the weakest ! Washington: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has rejected a suggestion from corporate America that a leadership...

Budget:Service tax raised from 10 to 12 percent

Mar. 16 | New Delhi: Most services will become costlier as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday proposed to raise the service tax to 12 percent from the existing 10 percent that will yield an additional revenue of Rs.18,600 crore. “Looking at our vast...

India’s growth disappointing, but recovering: Mukherjee

Mar. 16 | New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday said the growth of the Indian economy estimated at 6.9 percent during this fiscal year was “disappointing” as he started presenting what was his seventh federal budget in the Lok Sabha. “The...