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All dues to States cleared, asserts Finance Minister

NDA has done more than Congress-led UPA, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu · Mar 21, 2022

Double-engine govt. and increase in revenue collection have put State back on track after COVID-19: CM

The NDA Govt. has given more funds to Karnataka than UPA Govt., Bommai said

The Hindu · Mar 16, 2022

Vladimir Putin points to history to justify his Ukraine invasion, regardless of reality

Vladimir Putin’s interest in history is well known. He has accused Poland of starting the Second World War. He maintains that the Soviet Union liberated the western world from Nazism and any discussion over that view is “historical revisionism.”

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2022

Modi govt trying to take country from UPA's 'andh kal' to 'amrit kal': Finance minister in Lok Sabha

NEW DELHI: Taking the Congress head-on, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said 'Andh Kal' (dark period) prevailed during the UPA regime, while the Modi government is trying to steer the country to 'Amrit Kal' (golden period).

The Times of India · Feb 10, 2022

Budget session updates | February 10, 2022

Lok Sabha holds discussions on the Union Budget

The Hindu · Feb 10, 2022

New DPRs should decide State’s share in interlinking river projects: Bommai

He said the earlier project report prepared during UPA Govt. had reduced Karnataka’s share of water

The Hindu · Feb 1, 2022

UPA’s Devas deal a ‘fraud on people of India’, govt will use SC ruling to fight in foreign courts: Finance minister

NEW DELHI: Calling the Antrix-Devas satellite deal “a fraud on the people of India and against the country” by the then UPA government, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said liquidation proceedings against the Bengaluru-based company will go on as per the Supreme Court's order.

The Times of India · Jan 18, 2022

Antrix-Devas case was a fraud on people of India, says finance minister

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday lashed out at the erstwhile UPA government for allowing the deal between Antrix and Devas Multimedia back in 2005.

The Times of India · Jan 18, 2022

Why must the BJP government repeat the worst behaviour of previous governments?

Read Part 1 on how the Modi government systematically made Parliament irrelevant. And then Part 2 on how the Modi government has started an era of Ordinance Raj and avoided proving its legitimacy in Parliament.

Newslaundry · Jul 6, 2018

The new Babu in an exam-loving nation

There is an interesting conversation at the beginning of 1988 classic English, August, the debut novel by 1983 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Upamanyu Chatterjee. The novel begins with a chat in a car between young IAS probationer Agastya Sen and his Yale-alumnus friend Dhrubo.

Newslaundry · Jun 14, 2018