New Delhi: The proposed women’s reservation bill, which has been cleared by the cabinet, triggered a huge war of words between Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman today. Speaking in the new parliament, Mr Kharge alleged that the reservation will only be manipulated by political parties to choose uneducated voiceless women who […]
It is wrong to use words that may incite violence, said Nirmala Sitharaman. (File) Chennai: On the Sanatana Dharma row, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin should speak realising his responsibility as a state minister. Despite witnessing insult to Lord Rama in Tamil Nadu in 1971, Sanatana Dharma did […]
Nirmala Sitharaman is Finance Minister in the Narendra Modi government. New Delhi: The G20 declaration and Chandrayaan-3 are examples of women doing a “brilliant job”, but “we (do) need to have more and more women in the workforce”, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV Friday in an exclusive interview. The minister was asked about […]
Nirmala Sitharaman and Janet Yellen discussed key G20 priorities. New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday held a bilateral meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and discussed G20 priorities. The bilateral meeting took place a day ahead of the G20 Leadership Summit beginning on Saturday in Delhi. Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman and […]
Ms Sitharaman said she is “more focused on India’s moment”. New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said she would “rather play the India story” rather than talk about developments in China, which is witnessing an economic slowdown. She made the remarks at the B20 Summit in the national capital while responding to a […]
The hike in tomato price has impacted other things too. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday praised India’s economy, saying the country is in a unique position of being optimistic and positive about its future growth when the global economy is struggling. While replying to the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, Ms Sitharaman […]
Nirmala Sitharaman tore into the opposition today over not letting parliament function New Delhi: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tore into the opposition today over not letting parliament function by “changing goal posts” over the Manipur crisis. She said the government has agreed to discuss the Manipur ethnic violence in parliament, but the opposition has not […]
Ms Sitharaman said this while making an intervention during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha. (file) New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the government has instructed both public and private banks that harsh steps should not be taken when it comes to the process of loan repayment and that they should […]
