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11:53 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to step in to end the political deadlock over coal scam. Sources said the PM is likely to call an all-party meet to break the logjam in Parliament and try and pass the Land Bill and the Food Security Bill. A temporary truce on the Finance Bill was achieved on Monday and the Bill will now be taken up post noon. It...
10:24 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be a breakthrough in the efforts to end Parliament deadlock as the government has managed to get the Opposition on board to pass the Finance Bill. Sources say that the Finance Bill is likely to be taken up on Tuesday along with demands for grants. The demands for grants for four ministries were agreed upon in consultation with opposition parties. This came after Parliamentary Affairs...
12:41 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: As the deadlock in Parliament continues, Joint Parliamentary Committee Chairperson PC Chacko has said that the government is not stubborn, but too soft on the Opposition. He said that the date for the meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the 2G scam will be decided on Monday. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Chacko also said there is no provision to remove the JPC Chairman. This came as Opposition...
11:29 AM, Apr 29, 2013
In an apparent move to break the deadlock over its stalled project in West Bengal, IT major Infosys is sending a delegation to West Bengal to find a way to resolve the issue, Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said on Saturday. ...
07:30 AM, Mar 31, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress sources on Friday said that the Government is likely to give a relook into some coal blocks' allotments. It could also offer to let a judicial probe be conducted into the alleged coal scam. An indication to this effect was made after the Congress Core Group met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi to discuss their strategy to break the deadlock in Parliament...
11:58 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Rs 36,000 per minute, Rs 21 lakh per hour, nearly Rs 2 crore a day - that is how much a day in Parliament costs the tax payer. ...
09:00 AM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: While the government is under fire over the CAG report and the Opposition gunning for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation in the coal block allocations, UPA's reform agenda has been pushed to a corner. Over 90 bills are waiting for an approval by Parliament and the government's efforts seem to be losing steam as it tries to work against a deadline of the 2014 elections. With only adjournments...
07:21 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Hyderabad: In a spillover from the previous week, the Andhra Pradesh assembly remained paralysed on Tuesday with the Opposition parties insisting on a debate on the liquor syndicate and Telangana issues. Speaker N. Manohar had to adjourn the house for the day as the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and other opposition parties stalled the proceedings. As soon as the house met after a three-day break, TDP...
04:19 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Parliament was adjourned for the sixth straight day on Tuesday as no business was conducted in either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. ...
01:34 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New York: A brutal year for global investors may get even worse next week if Congress proves yet again it is too bitterly divided to deliver on its promise to reduce the gaping US budget deficit. How financial markets will react if a committee created to slash $ 1.2 trillion in federal spending over 10 years fails to strike a deal is a tough call, partly because investors have been...
10:30 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: Is it the end of the road for the Lokpal panel? Talks between the government and social activists could be headed for a collapse after they disagreed on all key issues " Anna Hazare's team has threatened a walkout if the prime minister is exempted from the bills ambit. Fearing a repeat of the Anna movement, the government is trying to persuade Baba Ramdev to call off his...
08:24 AM, May 31, 2011
Mumbai: With two rounds of talks between the striking pilots and the government failing to end the deadlock, both have agreed to meet again on Friday, even as the domestic operations of the national carrier Air India remaned crippled for the tenth consecutive day. With the strike still on, the airline has grounded up to 90 per cent of its operations and has been operating around 30 flights a day...
01:05 PM, May 06, 2011
New Delhi: Striking Air India pilots continue hold the country to ransom for the 9th straight day. There is still no respite for Air India passengers as talks between pilots and management remained inconclusive on Wednesday. However, Civil Aviation Secretary Naseem Zaidi said that the first round of talks had covered majority of the issues and that the remaining one or two points would be discussed in a second meeting...
07:21 AM, May 05, 2011
New Delhi: Veteran social activist and Gandhian Anna Hazare on Friday said that he will end his fast on Saturday after government agreed to issue a formal order to set up a joint committee for drafting an effective Lokpal Bill. The announcement of an agreement came from both sides late in the night on the fourth day of Hazare's last-unto-death that triggered a nationwide support for his anti-corruption campaign. "Government...
09:06 PM, Apr 08, 2011
New Delhi: There are indications that the government and civil society have reached an agreement after four rounds of talks on Friday. The four-day fast held by ant-corruption crusader Anna Hazare may soon be over. Sources have told CNN-IBN that an agreement has been reached in the latest round of talks between representatives of Anna and the government. Indicating progress in talks with the government on the proposed formation of...
06:49 PM, Apr 08, 2011
Anna Hazare's fast unto death against corruption has entered the fourth day on Friday, as the logjam between Hazare supporters and the government continues over who will head the panel to redraft the Jan Lokpal Bill. Activist Swami Agnivesh will meet Cabinet Minister Kapil Sibal at his residence on Friday to end the logjam. ...
07:51 AM, Apr 08, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's fast unto death against corruption has entered the fourth day on Friday, as the logjam between Hazare supporters and the government continues over who will head the panel to redraft the Jan Lokpal Bill. Activist Swami Agnivesh will meet Cabinet Minister Kapil Sibal at his residence on Friday to end the logjam. NAC chairperson Sonia Gandhi also appealed to Anna to give up his fast, but...
07:28 AM, Apr 08, 2011
New Delhi: Government began negotiations with Anna Hazare's supporters on Thursday but after two round of meetings, the talks hit a deadlock. The government agreed to form a joint committee to draft an effective Lokpal Bill but there was no consensus on who will head it and whether it should be notified. From Delhi to Jammu to Kolkata to Mumbai, an Anna wave has swept the nation and the government...
09:11 PM, Apr 07, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday expressed the hope that the deadlock between the party and the Congress on seat-sharing for the Tamil Nadu Assembly will be resolved soon. Kanimozhi parried questions on what the bone of contention between the two parties in clinching the poll pact was. "We have been allies for a very long time and I hope things will settle," she told reporters inside Parliament Complex...
04:36 PM, Mar 08, 2011
