Washington, May 17 (ANI): The Pentagon is planning to request the lowest-ever annual supplemental budget from the government, about 79.5 billion dollars, which is the lowest cost for anti-terror war ongoing since 2005.

New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): The negative outlook affirmation by S and P for India's BBB- status is unfortunate, Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has said.

New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has held the Congress Party responsible for the non-passage of the Food Security Bill during the budget session of Parliament.

Washington, may 10 (ANI): House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and White House chief of staff Denis McDonough secretly met over a beer last month at a Belgian restaurant.

New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, met President Pranab Mukherjee here today, and discussed the just- concluded Budget Session of Parliament which was adjourned sine-die two days ahead of schedule.

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): Both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die on Wednesday, two days before the scheduled end of the Budget Session.

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): In a major boost to the roll out of the women's self help group model across the country, the Union Cabinet has cleared important changes to the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (Aajeevika).

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The second half of the Budget Session of Parliament continued to face disruptions on Monday, as the opposition refused to allow any debate or transaction of business, citing various issues on which it could not agree with the government.

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Kazakhstan's Minister for Economy and Budget Planning, Yerbolat Dossayev, has said that his country is looking forward to hosting the 47th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Astana in the first week of May 2014.

New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): The government on Friday ruled out the sine die adjournment of Parliament before the scheduled end of the Budget Session, and expressed its determination to go ahead with key bills, including the Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill.

New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): The Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2013-14 by a voice vote on Tuesday in the absence of the opposition parties, who chose to walk out of the proceedings in the wake of the treasury benches refusing bend to their demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar for their respective roles in the coal block allocation issue.

New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): The Lok Sabha passed the Railway Budget 2013-14 on Tuesday, by negating all the cut-motions.

Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Business meetings are likely to be small and shorter, a new study has revealed.

New Delhi, Apr. 29 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Monday said the budget allocation of Indian Navy for 2013-14 is Rs. 34,212.33 crores out of which Rs. 22738.70 crores is earmarked for modernization.

New Delhi, April 22 (ANI): The second half of the Budget Session of Parliament resumed on Monday afternoon with the opposition confronting the government on various issues, including the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi.

New Delhi, April 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday urged all Members of Parliament to allow the House to function during the second half of the Budget Session, even as the opposition sought to disrupt proceedings over issues such as the coal allocation and 2G spectrum allocation scams, besides rising crimes against women.

New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari, on Sunday convened an all-party meet to ensure the smooth functioning of the house during the second half of the budget session of parliament that commences from Monday.

New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): The Congress party on Sunday hoped that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not to stall the second half of the budget session of parliament over the telecom scam.

New Delhi, Apr. 19 (ANI): UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi held a strategy meeting with senior leaders here on Friday ahead of the second phase of Parliament's Budget Session beginning on Monday.

Islamabad, Apr. 18 (ANI): The Pakistan government has finalised a defence budget of Rs 627 for next financial year.

New Delhi, Apr. 18 (ANI): Political parties have agreed to bring the Land Acquisition Bill in second half of Parliament's Budget Session beginning on Monday.

New Delhi, April 14 (ANI): Telly actor Husaain Kuwajerwala is all set to make his B-Town debut, after a successful stint on the small screen, with director Rajesh Bachchani's small budget movie 'Shree'.

New York, Apr 9 (ANI): The trial date for Osama Bin Laden's brother-in-law in a US court is facing a months-long delay because of budget cuts in Washington, a report has said.

New Delhi, Apr 3 (ANI): Expressing hope that the National Food Security Bill will be passed by Parliament in the second half of the Budget Session, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Professor. K.V Thomas on Wednesday said India will be known the world in the times to come for this important step towards eradication of hunger, malnutrition and resultant poverty.

Washington, Apr. 1 (ANI): A former adviser of Ronald Reagan has slammed George W. Bush and his previous boss, saying that their policies bankrupt the country.