February 2013

New Delhi, Feb 28: Amid high expectations of reversing the sharp slowdown in growth, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented India's 82nd budget in the Lok Sabha Thursday, saying that challenges remained but there was no need for gloom.…

New Delhi, Feb 28: The government Thursday announced the setting up of a special Nirbhaya fund for women's safety with a corpus of Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 billion). "Recent incidents have cast a shadow on women's safety. It is our…

Washington, Feb 28: As Chuck Hagel took over as Barack Obama's new defence secretary amid a controversy over his comments on India's role in Afghanistan, Pentagon - the US defence department headquarters - said that Hagel will work to…

New Delhi, Feb 28: Calling education an area of priority, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday announced an increase of 17 percent in the budget allocated to this sector, to Rs.65,867 crore (over Rs.650 billion). "My idea is to…