Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi sought to quell perception that the budget presented by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was almost a non-budget. ...
02:36 PM, Feb 26, 2013
A day after twin blasts killed at least 16 people and injured 117 others in Hyderabad, all eyes are on an under-fire Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the man in charge of internal security in the country. Shinde is under fire for several ill-judged statements, with many now asking whether the Home Minister is up to the challenge of tackling terror. ...
08:00 AM, Feb 23, 2013
The Centre on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that the renewal of licences for 900 MHz spectrum of three leading mobile service operators would be decided within two weeks. "The government will decide their applications (for renewal of licences) within two weeks as per the law," Additional Solicitor General (ASG) AS Chandhiok told a bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher. ...
06:15 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress are now engaged in a war of words over Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju. The Congress has hit back at BJP leader Arun Jaitley for demanding Justice Katju's resignation over his remarks on Gujarat and Chief Minister Narendra Modi. ...
11:42 AM, Feb 18, 2013
In a dramatic turn of events, actor-director Kamal Haasan said on Thursday he would not move the Supreme Court against a stay on his film 'Vishwaroopam' by the Madras High Court even as Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari indicated that the government may consider amending the Cinematograph Act 1952. ...
11:29 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Decision on Congress scion Rahul Gandhi's leadership role has been deferred sources said on Saturday. The Congress is discussing other issues confronting the party at the moment added sources even as the clamour to make Rahul the party's prime ministerial candidate only grew louder on the second and final day of the Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur. ...
08:06 PM, Jan 19, 2013
New Delhi: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi is back on the party's panel of spokesperson. Singhvi had quit as the chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and as the Congress spokesperson following a CD controversy in April. After the CD allegedly featuring Singhvi surfaced, the Congress sidelined him and removed him from party's official spokespersons roster. Singhvi was the Vice-President of Congress's media cell. Claiming...
04:18 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Beed (Maharashtra): Anna Hazare on Friday said Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi should be hanged if found "guilty" in connection with the controversial CD purportedly showing him in a compromising position with a woman. "Singhvi should be hanged if found guilty," Anna Hazare said replying to a reporter's question. Anna Hazare is currently touring Maharashtra to campaign for a stronger Lokayukta Act in the state. Singhvi quit as Congress spokesperson...
10:38 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Days after resigning from various parliamentary posts and as spokesperson of the Congress in the wake of the controversial video, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has asked for leave from the Rajya Sabha for the rest of Budget Session citing poor health. Citing "illness and family commitment", the Rajya Sabha MP sought leave from April 24 to May 22, which was granted by the Upper House on Friday....
05:30 PM, May 04, 2012
Cyrus Broacha also talks about the Bofors scam, Abhishek Manu Singhvi's CD scandal and much more. ...
11:48 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been saved from more embarrassment in the controversial sex CD case. A public interest litigation (PIL) that sought action against Singvhi's driver has been dismissed. The driver will now not be called in for questioning and thereby ending the possibility that he will further embarrass Singhvi. The plea argued that action be taken on him for tarnishing the image of lawyers. The...
01:42 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Protests by MPs belonging to the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh over carving out a new state led to the Lok Sabha being adjourned till 12 noon on Monday. Parliament resumed for the second half of the Budget Session after a three-week long recess on Tuesday, but the constant slogan shouting by MPs from Telangana forced Speaker Meira Kumar to adjourn the Lok Sabha. The Opposition is likely...
11:38 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The post-recess budget session of Parliament resumed on Tuesday. The government is planning to bring in three key finance sector reforms " the Pension Regulatory Bill, the Insurance Bill and the Banking Reforms Bill " in the current session. The priority, however, will be to see that the Finance Bill is cleared by the House. It may not be smooth sailing for the government, however, as the Opposition...
11:14 AM, Apr 24, 2012
In the wake of the CD row surrounding Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, PCI chairman Justice M Katju has said that social media is totally uncontrolled. ...
08:51 AM, Apr 24, 2012
Abhishek Manu Singhvi quit as chairperson of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice as well as from the post of Congress spokesperson. ...
11:57 PM, Apr 23, 2012
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11:46 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has quit as the chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and as the Congress spokesperson following the CD controversy. ...
09:35 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events ahead of Parliament session that begins on Tuesday, Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Monday quit his official posts following the CD controversy. He quit as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and also as the Congress spokesperson. Sources say the BJP is likely to raise the issue in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday and Singhvi is also likely...
09:33 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Abhishek Manu Singhvi resigned as the Congress spokesperson on Monday following the CD controversy. ...
09:30 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Bar Council of Delhi on Monday said that the sleaze CD controversy surrounding lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi has lowered the dignity of the legal profession. Singhvi maintains that the CD's contents were fabricated and morphed. Rajiv Khosla, member of the Bar Council of Delhi and former president of the Delhi Bar Association, said: "Such incidents cause a great damage to the whole legal institution...
08:41 PM, Apr 23, 2012
