
New Delhi: With an aim to finetune its media presence ahead of general elections, Congress' newly appointed television panelists will hold its first meeting in the national capital on Wednesday.
Several young leaders including Union ministers Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia as also Youth Congress chief Rajiv Satav were drafted by the party to put forth its point of view in the media.
Besides the eight party spokespersons, AICC secretaries Meenakshi Natrajan, Shantaram Naik, Ashok Tanwar, Arun Yadav, Deependra Hooda are among the 36 leaders who have been authorised the task of participating in debates and discussions in the media.
Manish Tewari, who has been putting forward Congress' case as party spokesman earlier and now as I&B Minister, is part of the team. Union ministers Shashi Tharoor, RPN Singh, Deepa Dasmunsi, Jayanti Natrajan and Rajiv Shukla are the other members....
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10:23 PM, May 28, 2013

Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said BCCI chief N Srinivasan must resign till his name was cleared in the IPL betting scandal. ...

10:18 PM, May 28, 2013

BCCI chief N Srinivasan has refused to resign from his post despite his son-in-law being a suspect in the IPL betting case. ...

06:49 PM, May 28, 2013

New Delhi: Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal will meet on Thursday to discuss a host of issues, including environment related matters concerning the two sectors and the quality of fuel being supplied. "We have identified four-five issues related to environment (clearance), which we will discuss with the coal minister on the April 18," Scindia told reporters. The coal quality issue will also be dicussed, he added....

03:45 AM, Apr 17, 2013

Congressmen in Madhya Pradesh will sink all their differences before upcoming Assembly polls in the state to prevent the BJP from coming to power again, Union Minister of State Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Sunday. ...

12:52 AM, Mar 11, 2013

Atrocities on SCs and STs have increased whenever the Congress got weakened in Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in Mandsaur on Monday. "Whenever the Congress got weakened in the state, atrocities on SCs/STs, backward castes and poor people increased," the Union minister of State for Energy (Independent Charge) said while addressing a public meeting after launching the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme. ...

10:05 PM, Feb 25, 2013

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday joined the chorus for Rahul Gandhi as Prime Ministerial candidate in 2014, saying the demand not only reflected feeling in the Congress party, but also those of millions of youth across the country. ...

05:28 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Asserting that India was a "shining star" with a growth rate of 6.5 per cent, which not many countries can boast of, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the country would emerge as a stronger economic force in next one year on the back of continuing reforms. ...

04:40 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Situation in Gujarat is different from what it is being publicised in media, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said and claimed that "a miracle would take place" in the forthcoming Assembly elections. "A miracle would take place in Gujarat this time as the situation in the state is not like that is widely publicised," Scindia who had gone to Gujarat for campaigning said. ...

12:11 AM, Dec 10, 2012

Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said the Congress party would return to power in 2014 and Rahul Gandhi would become the Prime Minister. "Congress will return to power under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and I wish Rahul Gandhi will become the Prime Minister in 2014," Scindia, who came here for campaigning told newspersons, responding to a query. ...

09:47 PM, Dec 02, 2012

Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia said in Indore on Thursday that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government would prove its majority in Parliament on the issue of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail markets. ...

10:29 PM, Nov 29, 2012

The Congress-led UPA got 17 new faces with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh going in for a major reshuffle of his ministry on Sunday. ...

11:57 PM, Oct 29, 2012

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new team assumed charge on Monday after 22 ministers, including 17 new faces, were sworn in the biggest reshuffle of Council of Ministers on Sunday. The new ministers are expected to give a firm push to the reforms agenda and help counter the government's image of being soft on corruption. The young brigade in the Council of Ministers is close to Rahul Gandhi even...

12:43 PM, Oct 29, 2012

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new team assumed charge on Monday after 22 ministers, including 17 new faces, were sworn in on Sunday. Jyotiraditya Scindia took charge as the Minister of State for Power. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Guna in Madhya Pradesh in 2002. He was appointed the Minister of State for Commerce in 2009. D Purandeswari also took charge on Monday. She was...

11:32 AM, Oct 29, 2012

New Delhi: From Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to celebrities like Nandita Das and Imtiaz Ali, the Dawat-e-Walima (wedding reception) of star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor here Thursday saw the who's who from politics and Bollywood in their finery. Dressed in elegant sherwanis and colourful ghararas, lehengas and saris, some of the country's noted personalities attended the grand event,...

11:54 AM, Oct 19, 2012

Indore: Stating that foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail is allowed only in cities with population of more than 10 lakh and not at villages, Union Minister of State for Industry and Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is creating a "negative mayajal" on FDI with Bharat Bandh. FDI in retail, as notified by the Centre, would only enter the cities with population of more...

08:00 PM, Sep 21, 2012

New Delhi: A Cabinet reshuffle is likely after the Prime Minister's announcement of big ticket reforms. Sources say the emphasis will be on performance and capability. For now, the big four - Defence Minister AK Antony, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will stay. Sources also say that the Rahul Gandhi will most likely not be a part of the government....

01:23 PM, Sep 15, 2012

The IAC members were denied intro into the venue of Jyotiraditya Scindia's press conference, following which they shouted slogans. ...

11:56 AM, Sep 11, 2012

Jyotiraditya Scindia polled 150 against his rival Kailash Vijaywargia who secured 73 votes. ...

09:21 AM, Aug 27, 2012

Bhopal: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries, Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said the BJP, which was strongly criticising recent hike in petrol prices, should not forget that the prices had gone up 35 times during the six years of NDA rule. When the BJP-led NDA was in power, a barrel of oil in the international markets used to cost only $ 12, Scindia said. The cost of an...

12:09 PM, May 26, 2012