New Delhi: An all party meet convened to reach a consensus on the Land Acquisition Bill remained inconclusive on Tuesday with no headway being made at all. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), AIADMK and CPM gave their suggestions, other parties are expected to follow suit by April 15. After all the suggestions are made, there will be another round of meeting on April 18, by when there is likely...
03:39 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the government intends to amend the resolution on Sri Lankan war crimes, but was still holding talks with other parties to come to a conclusion. "The position of the party is that we intend to amend the resolution. The opinion among other parties so far is divided. We will continue to speak to other parties to come to a consensus," Chidambaram said....
10:56 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The Cabinet at its meeting in the evening on Monday agreed to raise the age of consent to 18. The new legislation was cleared after the Cabinet failed to achieve consensus on the anti-rape bill at the two all-party meetings held on Monday. Emerging from the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister said that the Cabinet had agreed to raise the age of consent and also made some changes to the Bill,...
07:26 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The all-party meet on anti-rape Bill has begun and the government will move the amendments, hoping to take it to the Cabinet by Monday evening. ...
09:52 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Political parties failed on Thursday to agree on how to compensate farmers for land acquired for infrastructure and industrial projects, dashing market hopes of a breakthrough. ...
02:10 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Amid sustained pressure by political parties from Tamil Nadu, Government on agreed to have a discussion on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue in Lok Sabha on Thursday. ...
03:20 PM, Mar 06, 2013
BJP on Tuesday said it will continue to raise in both Houses of Parliament the issue of diesel price hike, which is hitting the common man, but not stall proceedings. The matter was discussed at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting attended by its top leaders on Tuesday morning. ...
01:31 PM, Mar 05, 2013
The Rajya Sabha passed a motion for the formation of Joint Parliamentary Committee on chopper deal even as the BJP, the TMC and the JD(U) walked out of the House opposing the motion. ...
11:41 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a motion for the formation of Joint Parliamentary Committee on chopper deal even as the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Trinamool Congress and the Janata Dal (United) walked out of the House opposing the motion. The Opposition punched holes into the government's arguments that it was serious about the truth and nailing the culprits by pointing out that till now only a preliminary enquiry has...
06:28 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The government stood firmly behind Congress leader and Rajya Sabha deputy Chairman PJ Kurien as the Suryanelli rape case came up for debate in the House. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said that no evidence had been found Kurien by the investigating agencies and that the lawyer who represented the rape survivor in the Supreme Court had said that no case could be made against him. ...
02:45 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath spoke to Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate' on various issues that the government has on its hands right now like the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's clarification on Hindu terror remarks and Suryanelli gangrape case that has brought back Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien into the spotlight yet again. ...
09:00 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath has said that the statement issued by Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde expressing regret over his Hindu terror comment was cleared by the BJP before being released publicly. ...
02:24 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath has said that the statement issued by Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde expressing regret over his Hindu terror comment was cleared by the BJP before being released publicly. ...
07:49 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath will on Friday make a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the allegations levied against PJ Kurien in connection with the Suryanelli gangrape case. ...
05:45 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Speaking on the AgustaWestland chopper deal issue on the eve of the Budget Session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said that he has told all the political parties that the government was open to all kinds of investigations. "It is not just an issue of corruption but it is an investigation overseas which is a slur on India," Nath said. ...
11:19 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Even as Union Ministers Kamal Nath and Sushil Kumar Shinde met Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj to break the deadlock over the "Hindu terror" remark, Swaraj said, "If the BJP is indeed a terror outfit, then why have I been made the Leader of the Opposition? Why aren't we being investigated like terrorists are? We demand that Shinde withdraw his statement". ...
04:00 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday said that the government was open to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe on the AgustaWestland chopper deal. A Central Bureau of Investigation team on Tuesday reached Milan in Italy to probe the allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore deal. ...
04:47 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Bahadurgarh in Haryana will become the second town in Haryana to be connected with the national capital through Delhi Metro as the foundation stone for construction of a 12-km corridor was laid on February 2. ...
06:56 PM, Feb 02, 2013
A Sikh rights group has filed a criminal complaint against Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath, who is heading the Indian delegation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, with the Swiss Attorney General seeking his arrest and prosecution for allegedly conspiring in the 1984 anti-Sikhs riots. ...
09:01 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The government on Thursday said it will set up a committee to look into the allegations that US retail giant Walmart indulged in lobbying activities in India to gain entry in the country's market. Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot said the government will set up a committee to look into the matter. ...
07:12 PM, Jan 24, 2013
