Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Wednesday claimed that the disruption in the House is a tactic adopted by the UPA government and its allies in order to stay way from the FDI debate. Jaitley accused the government of diversionary tactics in the Rajya Sabha and said that the UPA constituents have been deliberately disrupting proceedings to avoid the vote. ...
01:10 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Maharashtra has been rocked by demands for memorials to political leaders in the last few days. Republican Party of India (RPI) President Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday warned of an agitation if the Indu Mills land in central Mumbai was not allotted for the construction of a memorial for Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar. ...
03:28 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Mumbai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said in Mumbai that Babasaheb Ambedkar is the Father of the Constitution and his government will ensure a befitting memorial for him. The Prime Minister told this to an all-party delegation led by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who called on him at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Saturday morning to request him for expediting the handing over process of Indu Mill Land for...
12:52 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Pune: There was chaos at a Cantonment-run school on Wednesday morning and the police had to be called in after a mentally deranged man roamed around the campus stark naked. The man identified as Rajesh from Orissa has been handed over to the Yerwada Mental Hospital by the Wanowrie police. Anita Salunke, principal of Pune Cantonment-run Dr Ambedkar Memorial School said that the individual entered the school premises around 11...
01:48 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Lucknow: The Comptroller and Auditor General has slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for incurring an "extra" expenditure of Rs 66 crore on her two dream projects - BR Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram memorials in Lucknow. The auditor said a sum of Rs 15 crore was wasted transporting stone blocks used in the memorials from Lucknow to Rajasthan and back. An avoidable expenditure of more than Rs 22 crore was...
02:43 PM, Aug 06, 2011
New Delhi: In a major U-turn the Central Government on Friday told the Supreme Court that environmental clearance is not required for the Ambedkar Memorial Park being developed by the Mayawati government in Noida. The Centre had been asked to explain whether the Ambedkar Memorial Park is a building project, construction project or an area development project. Earlier, the Centre had said it could not give environmental clearance for construction...
05:57 PM, Aug 13, 2010
Cleaning work was to be carried out to mark Ambedkar's anniversary on Dec 2. ...
04:07 PM, Dec 01, 2009
A stay order is already in force on all similar sites in Lucknow. ...
10:50 PM, Oct 09, 2009
