Hindustan Times
The mood at the Congress Core Group meeting last Monday was sombre as the apex body was hastily convened to discuss the political logjam in Parliament over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Cabinet decision to open up 51 % foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and 100 % in single brand retail. Read more
(17 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2g scam, Ahmed Patel, Chidambaram, Congress, congress core group, FDI, FDI in retail, hindustantimes, inside story, parliament, PM Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Shishir Gupta, Sonia Gandhi, UPA
A day before Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister, he was with Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, at his residence in Mumbai at 3 am waiting for word from party-designated central observers Pranab Mukherjee and A K Antony. Read more
(22 votes, average: 4.45 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ahmed Patel, AK Antony, ashok chavan, hindustantimes, inside story, Lavasa, Maharashtra, Manmohan Singh, mumbai, NCP, Pranab Mukherjee, Prithviraj Chavan, Rahul Gandhi, Shishir Gupta, Sonia Gandhi, sushil kumar shinde, Vilasrao Deshmukh
Political scientist and former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in her memoir “No Higher Honor” has shed light on behind the scenes action on three instances when India almost went to war with Pakistan. Read more
(24 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Atal Behari Vajpayee, Atomic Energy Commission, Brajesh Mishra, Cabinet Committee on Security, CCS, CIA, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, George W Bush, hindustan times, India, inside story, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jummu and Kashmir, Kaluchak, Kudankulam, Lashkar-e-Taiba, LK Advani, news, Operation Parakram, pakistan, Pentagon, Pervez Musharaf, Pranab Mukherjee, Shishir Gupta
On his return from the UN General Assembly session in New York on Tuesday night, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh desperately tried to paper over cracks within his Cabinet over a controversial finance ministry note of March 25, 2011 which surfaced through an RTI application from his very own office. Read more
(27 votes, average: 4.26 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:40 am
Filed under India · Tagged 2G spectrum scam, A Raja, CAG, Kapil Sibal, Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Shishir Gupta, Sonia Gandhi, UN General Assembly
Embedded in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s get-well-soon message to Anna Hazare, who is recuperating in a Gurgaon hospital, was a tacit admission by the UPA government that Gandhians should be won over with flowers, not force. Read more
(23 votes, average: 4.52 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9:53 am
Filed under India · Tagged AK Antony, Anna Hazare, Azhagiri, Cabinet Committee of Political Affairs, Congress, Congress Core Group meeting, corruption, Farooq Abdullah, Jan Lokpal Bill, Manmohan Singh, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Prithviraj Chauhan, Ramlila Maidan, Sharad Pawar, Shishir Gupta, Team Anna, UPA
