New Delhi: It's a blow which the government was quick to recover from. Less than 24 hours after Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the sub-quota for minorities, the government is adamant to pursue it. The government has proposed creation of a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for notified minority groups out of the 27 per cent reservation meant for OBCs - a move which the Opposition says smacks of votebank...
09:44 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Friday ruled out any immediate rollback of the fuel price hike. Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy, defending the move, said the government would wait and watch for a few days and that the country could not be run on popular sentiment alone. The Congress, however, is pushing the government for at least a partial rollback. Meanwhile, with the Opposition and allies announcing a street fight in...
09:43 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after returning from Turkmentistan. However, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) insisted that the meeting was not scheduled to discuss the petrol price hike. Reddy has also been summoned by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and he will meet her later on Friday to explain why the petrol price hike was necessary. Congress sources claimed that Sonia was unaware of the...
01:29 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy is likely to meet UPA chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday. Reddy was not in the country when the petrol hike announcement was made on Wednesday. The meeting comes against the backdrop of Congress President's concern over the Rs 7.54 a litre increase and the party hinting at the possibility of at least a partial rollback of the decision. Reddy who came back from his...
09:53 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Less than 24 hours after the steepest hike ever in petrol prices, there were reports on Thursday of a possible rollback. Sources said the hike could be rolled back by Rs 2 to 2.50. The Congress, among others, asked for the rollback. Party sources reportedly said that while the hike was needed, its timing, a day after Parliament session ended was all wrong. Sources also said that a...
08:57 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: A partial rollback in the petrol price hike is on the cards with the Central Government realising that the steep increase of over Rs 7.50 per litre could have a very heavy political cost. Sources say that while the Congress wants the rollback to be in the range of Rs 3-5, the government is likely to go ahead with a cut of around Rs 2-2.50 per litre. The...
02:56 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Is the Congress readying itself to dump Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and get Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to replace her as an ally? The Samajwadi Party chief was the star of UPA-II's third anniversary dinner. He was seen sharing the stage and then the high table with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, which is an honour reserved only for close allies....
07:25 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi get ready to present their report card for the UPA-II's third year, it seems there would not be much to celebrate. It has been a year of controversies for the UPA-II... attacks, couter-attacks... angry and sulking allies... and finally defeat. The fact that the PMO had to send repeated reminders to ministers to send their list of achievements...
07:29 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The government may slash spending on foreign travel by ministers and officials and on meetings in five-star hotels as part of austerity measures to cut down on budget deficit. Two days after announcing in Parliament, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced the first steps in that direction. This is another austerity drive from the government that is running out of ideas to the run the economy. There will...
09:43 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Standing Committee report on land acquisition is bad news for the corporates. It insists that land acquisition by the government can only be done for social projects and not for private-public partnership. The bill is aimed at protecting farmers and landowners from exploitation. The Uttar Pradesh government has already objected to it while industrialists worry that this would close their options. Will this be the end of...
08:56 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Government has denied a report that a senior officer in the Cabinet Secretariat was responsible for the leakage of Army Chief General VK Singh's confidential letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on shortage of equipment and ammunition. While the Army Chief has been vindicated, it is the government now which is under the scanner. Sources to CNN-IBN say the Army Chief's letter to the Prime Minister over India's...
07:32 AM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: There is still no clarity on who is in the running for the President's post. Though, at this point Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is emerging as the front-runner. Pranab, of course, still denies being in the know while the Congress is set to meet to finalise their choice for the post. Most political parties made it clear that the next President will have to be the one based...
06:40 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: In an another veiled warning to the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that she will wait and watch for her demand of a three-year moratorium on loan repayment to be accepted after which she will decide her future course of action. Sources say that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh no commitment to Mamata on the bailout package for the state, when the demand was...
09:31 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Renuka Choudhury insists that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee seeking a bailout to support the presidential nominee is not arm-twisting but a part of 'give-and-take' required in coalition politics. But government sources are worried that a concession to Mamata may lead to similar demands from other states including Bihar which too has asked for a bailout package. The West Bengal Chief Minister is in Delhi and...
01:44 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Antony Committee set up to look into the Congress's poll losses in the recent state elections has given a clean chit to Rahul Gandhi for Uttar Pradesh but has blamed the conflicting and controversial statements as a reason for its defeat. In Amethi, on his first visit to UP after elections, Rahul has put senior leaders on notice by saying that those who hurt the party will...
09:38 PM, May 02, 2012
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