Politician Promise

It is now quite common to experience the practice of promises contradicting performance; and words being nothing more than rhetoric, especially in relation to governments and political parties in the Naga electoral politics. Ironically it is through the promises they make that political parties seek to win the confidence of people; and inevitably, it is [...]

The new pension system is proving to be a nightmare for banks who are selling it. Of the 21 nominated points of presence, 10 including banks like Central Bank of India and Union Bank of India, among others, are yet to get even a single customer for the NPS. Those who have opened their tally [...]

Question: has Anwarul Haq Chaudhury or any of the Muslim MLAs, or Congress, AGP, AUDF and Independent legislators who objected to the term “Islamic militancy” ever registered any objection to the names of the following terror groups? Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb Armed Islamic Group Egyptian Islamic Jihad Great Eastern Islamic Raiders’ Front Islamic Army of Aden Islamic Jihad Union Islamic [...]

ON BOARD PM’S AIRCRAFT: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has promised to bring in more Nandan Nilekanis to government when he said that he would like to involve more and more intellectuals in governance. “It is a process and we have made a beginning and it is my hope that we can enlarge this process,” he said [...]

Yesterday, delegation of Film Industry led by Mahesh Bhatt along with Amit Khanna, Mukesh Bhatt and Manmohan Shetty, met His Honorary Dr. Manmohan Singh, The Honourable Prime Minister of India. The Prime Minister was very appreciative of the Indian cinema and hailed it as an important cultural asset for the country. He also promised that he [...]

New Delhi  - India’s government unveiled its annual budget Monday which aimed to return to a growth rate of 9 per cent annually and promised to step up allocations for welfare schemes and infrastructure. The budgetary plans to hike spending to encourage growth, pushing fiscal deficit to a higher-than-expected 6.8 per cent of the gross domestic [...]

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee reiterates his faith on the India banking sector saying that the gvernment’s approach to the banking and financial sector has been to ensure robust oversight and regulation while expanding financial access and deepening markets. Despite the expansion of banking network in the country, there are still some areas that remain under-banked [...]

The much awaited Rail Budget of Mamata Banerjee promises to strengthen retail opportunity in railway stations across the country. With several other service offerings to the passengers, Banerjee’s initiative to modernise 50 railway stations to world class standards gets appreciation from the retailers. As part of the plan, the Government will develop multi-functional complexes (MFCs) in [...]

On a three-day visit to Russia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on sidelines of SCO summit, the first meeting between the two leaders following Mumbai terror attack, and urged Zardari to take strong and credible actions against anti-India terrorist outfits in his country. The prime minister said that such action by [...]

Days after the alleged rape of two women in Shopian town of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the government will take effective action against the perpetrators and offered to hold talks with all groups, including those outside the political mainstream, to bring peace and stability to the state. ‘It’s a very unfortunate [...]

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