New Delhi: Parliament deadlock is finally over after the government suspended its decision to bring 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. Parliament functioned for the first time in the 2011 winter session. After nine days of total paralysis in Parliament, there was finally some business after the government caved in to the demand of its own allies and the Opposition putting a freeze on 51 per...
08:33 PM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: It is a split wide open within the government and the Congress on the issue of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail. After six Days of pandemonium in Parliament over FDI in retail, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did some tough talking on Tuesday. "We are confident that the increase of FDI in the retail sector will bring the latest technology to India. The wastage of farm produce will...
09:13 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken's statement on appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as OC Chairman created pandemonium inside Parliament and outside as well on Tuesday as the BJP cornered the UPA Government on the issue of corruption in the Commonwealth Games. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely and Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha led the Opposition's charge inside Parliament. It all started in Rajya Sabha at 12 noon...
10:50 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Bihar Opposition stalled the assembly proceedings on Wednesday demanding Nitish Kumar's resignation, a day after IBN 7 exposed how the high and mighty of Bihar had all managed to get huge plots of land from the Bihar Industrial development Authority. They criticised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying that he had lost the moral right to rule. RJD leader Ram Kripal Yadav said, "the Chief Minister should...
10:29 AM, Jul 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Vidarbha farmer's widow whose plight was highlighted by Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in Parliament, has complained about the Congress led-government in Maharashtra to BJP's Rajnath Singh. With Rahul Gandhi citing her example, Kalavati soon became the face of struggling widows of Vidharbha's suicide zone in Maharashtra where thousands of farmers have died in the last one decade. Kalavati's grouse is that 4,000 other widows have not...
08:19 AM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: The storm over disgruntled BJP leader Gopinath Munde has blown over it appears. Munde, after meeting Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday declared he will remain in the BJP. Munde refuted reports that he was offered a Cabinet berth to switch to the Congress. He also flatly denied reports that he was actively in touch with top Maharashtra Congress leaders and was considering switching over. All is well that ends...
08:09 PM, Jun 22, 2011
New Delhi: Amidst allegations of links between corporate lobbyist Nira Radia and the NDA - the Pejawar Mutt Trust, which was allegedly allotted land by the NDA government after Nira Radia lobbied for it - has completely denied those allegations. While CBI investigates her role the 2G spectrum scam, the political battle lines are drawn on Nira Radia's links with the mighty and the powerful, both within and outside the...
05:26 PM, Dec 26, 2010
New Delhi: The NDA launched a countrywide agitation from the national capital and demanded that the Prime Minister either act or resign on moral grounds, on Wednesday. The opposition took its battle against the UPA out into the streets and the target at this rally, in the heart of the capital, was the Prime Minister himself. Two days after the PM offered to present himself before the Public Accounts Committee...
09:34 PM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: Hours after the Prime Minister spoke on phone tapping, on Tuesday, Senior BJP Leader LK Advani came out all guns blazing. Charging the UPA of being in the grip of lobbyists, he accused the PM of not knowing what was going on within the government. Quoting the Prime Minister's comments on looking for solutions for technology to prevent access of telephone conversations, Advani raised questions on the matters...
10:49 PM, Dec 14, 2010
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