Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam, has filed a fresh affidavit correcting his age to 80 prior to scrutiny of the nominations on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister submitted the fresh affidavit two days ago correcting his age to 80 from 82 as given earlier in his nomination papers for the May 30 election, Assembly sources said today.
According to the rules, contestants had time till Monday to submit affidavits for making corrections in their nomination papers, they said.
The Prime Minister had filed his nomination papers on May 15 at the State Assembly before the Assembly Principal Secretary GP Das, who is also the Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha elections. May 23 is the last date of withdrawal of candidatures....
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02:45 PM, May 21, 2013
Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not have any cash in hand and owns a 1996 Maruti car, unlike many of his colleagues. This was revealed by the affidavit he submitted to the returning officer in Assam on Wednesday while filing his nomination papers for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Manmohan Singh stated that his total annual income is Rs 40,51,964. The Prime Minister also declared his total movable assets...
03:06 AM, May 16, 2013
Guwahati: Claiming that Assam was like home to him, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said he would endeavour to work for the development of the state that he has been representing in the Rajya Sabha since 1991. Briefly addressing the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in the Assembly premises here, Singh said Assam was like home to him and expressed his gratitude to the MLAs here for giving him...
05:29 PM, May 15, 2013
Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for seeking re-election to the Rajya Sabha for the fifth successive time from Guwahati. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh. The elections are scheduled to be held on May 30 and Manmohan's present term ends on June 14. The Prime Minister, who has held this seat from the state since 1991, will address the...
12:40 PM, May 15, 2013
Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will arrive in Guwahati on Wednesday to file his nomination papers for seeking re-election to the Rajya Sabha for the fifth successive time from the state. The Prime Minister will be accompanied by Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh. The elections are scheduled to be held on May 30. Manmohan Singh present term ends on June 14. The Prime Minister, who has held this seat from...
06:05 AM, May 15, 2013
Rajya Sabha member Rekha at Parliament House in New Delhi on May 7, 2013 during the ongoing Budget session. PTI Photo. ...
10:34 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Daily disruptions and ruckus inside Parliament - that Vice President Hamid Ansari said has been described as "competitive hooliganism" - have become routine and both the government and opposition blame each other for it, but experts say it is a negation of democracy and probably a way to get media coverage. "The way parliament has been functioning, it is a total negation of democracy," Jagdeep Chhokar, a retired...
06:10 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has agreed to compensate Air India for the grounding of the Dreamliner aircraft due to battery-fire incidents, Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Minister of State for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal replied in affirmative when he was asked whether Boeing had agreed to pay the compensation to Air India. He, however, said the quantum of compensation could not be disclosed in accordance with the...
05:31 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Finance Bill taking in consideration all the amendments proposed even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked out of the House protesting against coal scam. The Bill was passed with 12 minor amendments. The passage of the bill effectively brought to an end the budgetary process that started with the budget speech by the Finance Minister P Chidambaram on February 28. The...
03:14 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday saw uproarious scenes for the seventh successive day over BJP's demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on coal block allocations and protest by SP against Chinese incursion, leading to two adjournments before lunch. The ruckus took toll of both the Question Hour and Zero Hour as members from the BJP trooped into the Well to demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over...
01:19 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Parliament was adjourned on Tuesday till noon without transacting any business as BJP members walked into the Well to demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over coal issue and alleged vetting of the CBI report on it. Question Hour could not be conducted for the seventh consecutive day in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha as Opposition members shouted slogans to press for their demands. As soon as...
11:40 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: 2.04 pm: Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have been adjourned for the day. 12.19 pm: The all-party meet called by Meira Kumar ends. 12.19 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm after uproar over demand for PM's resignation over coal scam. 12.09 pm: "I have been saying that China is preparing to capture Indian territory on the border but the government and the Chair has...
11:39 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Proceedings were washed out for the third consecutive day in Rajya Sabha as BJP created uproar on the coalgate issue demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and dismissal of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. Lok Sabha, which did not transact any business during the last two working days (Monday and Tuesday) on the coal block allocation and 2G spectrum issues, was adjourned for the day on Thursday as...
03:38 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha was on Thursday was adjourned till noon after opposition BJP and UPA ally SP created ruckus in the House over separate issues. While BJP persisted with its demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the coalgate scam, SP members trooped into the well raising the issue of Chinese incursion. Hardly had Chairman Hamid Ansari called the House to order, BJP, SP and Left members...
12:00 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: 2:05 pm: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day as BJP MPs continued to shout 'PM must quit' slogans. 1:00 pm: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has ruled out Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the coal scam or the 2G scam. Meanwhile, the Opposition is divided over the demand for PM's resignation. BJP ally JD(U) is not pushing for the PM's resignation and wants to wait for...
11:30 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The Left parties on Monday boycotted Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien by staging a walkout to protest his presiding over the proceedings of the House when it was debating the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi. As soon as Kurien assumed the Chair from EM Sudharsana Natichappan a little before 5 pm when the House was holding an impromptu discussion on the issue, the CPI and...
07:41 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The shock over gruesome rape and brutality of a five-year-old girl on Monday resonated in the Rajya Sabha with members cutting across party lines pressing for stern action, including death penalty, to deal with such crimes even if it needs a relook at the new anti-rape law. The House took up an impromptu discussion on the issue during which members also suggested an all-party meeting to find ways...
07:18 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Will suspending MPs who create indiscipline change the way Parliament proceedings are conducted? CNN-IBN's Deputy Bureau Chief Pallavi Ghosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. The real reason for disruption is not that these MPs are concerned about public welfare but there own petty politics as these disruptions have risen in coalition politics which breeds on horsetrading and corruption so many of these regional parties bargain...
07:13 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday sought to defuse tension over the recent Delhi rape case and said that crimes against women were not Delhi-centric, but happened across India. Laying down a statement in the House, Shinde said that prompt action had been taken in the case and added that reports of the police offering bribe to the survivor's family to hush up the matter would be...
02:40 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Sending a strong message against 'competitive hooliganism' among MPs, Rajya Sabha Speaker and Vice President Hamid Ansari said, "I have witnessed, as you have, the propensity in the House to dispense with decorum, disregard the rules of procedure, treat them with contempt, and violate them with impunity." Ansari called for tough measures including suspending members to curb indiscipline ahead of second half of Budget Session, however political parties...
03:01 PM, Apr 21, 2013
