New Delhi: In perhaps the last reshuffle before the 2014 general elections, the United Progressive Alliance on Monday inducted new faces into its Cabinet, but it seems like a clear sign that a fatigued UPA-II has run out of options. A classic example was the return of 85-year-old Sis Ram Ola, who lost his Cabinet berth 4 years ago because he was seen to be too old for the task....
09:10 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Union Ministers Ajay Maken and CP Joshi have resigned ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle on Monday. President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday accepted both the resignations. Meanwhile, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Ahmed Patel met on Sunday ahead of the reshuffle. Sources said that more ministers are set to resign in the next 24 hours which also includes Jairam Ramesh. The ministers...
12:59 PM, Jun 16, 2013
New Delhi: The decision on Food Security ordinance was deferred on Thursday by the Union Cabinet as the government said it wanted to make one more effort to get the Opposition on board. But sources say the decision to defer the ordinance was taken because Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the Samajwadi Party must be brought on board over the issue. Both UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh...
12:37 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: At a time, the Janata Dal United is exploring other options in Bihar away from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress seems to be hinting that it is willing to welcome Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for an alliance. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday said, "All secular parties are welcome within the UPA." He also said that there will be no early elections. Congress leader Rajiv...
03:22 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: A deeply divided government is now ready to push for an ordinance on Food Security in Cabinet on Wednesday. This despite strong opposition coming in from key ally and NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Food Minister KV Thomas. But an ordinance is being seen as the only way out as the Congress is getting ready for a possible pullout by the SP soon. The Congress is getting prepared...
01:01 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Congress leader and former union minister Vidya Charan Shukla, who was critically injured in a deadly Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh on May 25, was declared dead on Tuesday. The 84-year-old Congress veteran had suffered bullet injuries in his abdomen and had been airlifted to the Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon for treatment after the attack. Yatin Mehta, Chairman of Institute of Critical Care and Anaesthesiology in the Medanta Medicity...
03:20 PM, Jun 11, 2013
The war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is turning personal. On Friday, in an interview to CNN-IBN, Union Minister Salman Khurshid compared Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to a monkey, saying he pulls crowds as his rally is like a show of monkeys and people come to watch a monkey perform. Below is the transcript of the interview: CNN-IBN: The fact that he is...
07:35 AM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: The government may have reached a consensus and is now gearing up to bring in an ordinance on Food Security. Sources said the Cabinet Secretary has prepared a note on the ordinance post Law Ministry's approval. Some ministers like Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Food Minister KV Thomas want the Bill to be discussed in Parliament. Some other like Union Minister Kamal Nath and also those in the...
06:23 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: In a landmark decision, the Chief Information Commissioner ruled on Monday that all political parties come under the ambit of the Right to Information Act. The ruling provides for greater transparency in the working of the political parties as now the public has the right to get information about their functioning and funding. A Full Bench of the Commission comprising Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra and Information Commissioner...
05:11 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: India has asked the British government as to why it is not taking action against former IPL chief Lalit Modi who has sought refuge in London. Sources say Finance Minister P Chidambaram took up the issue of Lalit Modi during his meeting with the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer. Chidambaram reportedly asked why UK was not taking action despite the fact that Modi's passport has been impounded and...
12:33 PM, May 31, 2013
The Congress and the BJP have been trading charges ever since the gruesome Naxal attack that killed key Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh on May 25. ...
08:42 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Assembly Elections are just five months away in Chhattisgarh and the Congress is facing a leadership crisis in the state after most of its senior leaders were killed recently in a brutal Naxal attack. After a heated meeting with the Chief Minister, the Centre is now also looking at revamping the policy to combat Naxals. Within five days of the gruesome killing of the Congress leaders by Naxals,...
01:14 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has given its set of recommendations to the Law Ministry on the proposed anti-fixing bill and government sources claim that with cricket being included in the bill, the IPL comes under the ambit automatically. Earlier, sources had said that the IPL will not be brought under the new law. Meanwhile, sources said that the draft will not cover the Hockey League and club football leagues...
11:09 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Days after the deadly Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, Union Tribal Affairs Minister KC Singh Deo has admitted that the Salwa Judum was a wrong policy. He even said that politicians and corporate houses could be in tandem with the Naxals. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Deo said, "I have opposed the Salwa Judum much earlier, before I became a minister, when I was an MP. I've always been against the...
02:34 PM, May 29, 2013
New Delhi: At a time when India is facing its most acute internal security crisis, the country's Home Minister continues to remain in the US. Sushil Kumar Shinde attended a US Homeland Security dialogue from May 20 to 22 and then extended his visit until May 29. His officials, including Home Secretary RK Singh have returned. Had he come back as per schedule, he would have been able to travel...
02:35 PM, May 27, 2013
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