Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked Law Minister Kapil Sibal over Vodafone tax case and said all the corrupt ministers have joined the Group of Ministers on CBI autonomy. ...
10:48 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked Law Minister Kapil Sibal over Vodafone tax case and said all the corrupt ministers have joined the Group of Ministers on CBI autonomy. "Kapil Sibal says he will sort out the tax liability on Vodafone and Hutchinson in an outside court settlement. We have learnt that Kapil Sibal's son is Hutchinson's lawyer," added Kejriwal. While addressing a...
02:42 PM, May 15, 2013
A week after the Supreme Court pulled up the Government over its control on the functioning of the CBI, the Prime Minister on Tuesday constituted a Group of Ministers to review the SC's directives on CBI autonomy. The GoM is headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and will include V Narayanasamy, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid and Manish Tewari. ...
07:14 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that the present collegium system of making appointments to the higher judiciary was "opaque" and "non-transparent", but nothing could be done to change it overnight. "The present system of appointment of judges is opaque and non-transparent," Sibal said in an informal interaction with mediapersons soon after assuming charge of the Law Ministry, given to him as an additional responsibility...
11:40 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: With Lok Sabha elections due next year, newly appointed Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said he would strive to achieve objectives in the run up, including making legal procedures help fuel economic growth and appointment of judges through a transparent process. Outlining his "broad objectives", Sibal said, "Legal processes and procedures should not be an impediment to economic growth, but must fuel it." He said simplification and...
02:19 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Days after Union Ministers Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar were sacked, there seems to be an apparent divide between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress party. The Congress has given full credit to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for the resignation of the Bansal and Ashwani. Sources say the party is upset with the Prime Minister's strong defence of Ashwani. Meanwhile, the BJP has upped the ante...
08:43 AM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: A mini Cabinet reshuffle is in the offing, according to sources, after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sacked Pawan Kumar Bansal as the Railway Minister and Ashwani Kumar as the Law Minister. Telecom MinisterKapil Sibal has got additional charge of Law Ministry while CP Joshi has once again got the Railways Ministry. A meeting of senior Congress leaders has been called by Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss the...
01:37 PM, May 11, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was forced to sack Ashwani Kumar as Law Minister and Pawan Kumar Bansal as Railway Minister, the Congress party has given full credit to party President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi for taking action against the tainted ministers. "Congress President and Rahul Gandhi never tolerate corruption and that is why they took the resignation of the two ministers," Congress...
12:06 PM, May 11, 2013
Bhopal: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday alleged that there was "rampant corruption" under the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh. At a press conference in Bhopal, he said crores of rupees had been recovered in raids on the residence of an IAS couple in the state and it appeared as if the entire bureaucracy was corrupt, but the state government was not doing anything about it. The people had now...
08:59 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress has hit back at Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj for her comments against Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Referring to Sushma Swaraj's comments, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the Congress does not expect Sushma to apologise since the realisation needs to come from within. "We don't expect Sushma to apologise because we can't expect anything from a party that doesn't believe in Parliamentary...
03:40 PM, May 01, 2013
Pune: Taking potshots at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Kapil Sibal said on Sunday that internal bickering within the BJP would frustrate Modi's bid for Prime Ministership. About Modi's aspiration to take central stage for the top job, Sibal said, addressing Congress workers, "Delhi is distant. Who will allow you to reach there? There are so many eying the post within that party, including the one who has...
09:04 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Mumbai: Terming as "a deadly attack on Hindus" the Gujarat government's nod for seeking death penalty for former BJP minister Maya Kodnani and nine others in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case, Shiv Sena on Friday said Hindus have different expectations from Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "There is a feeling that Modi is a protector of Hindus. Seeking death penalty for Kodnani and Bajrangi is a deadly attack on Hindus,...
05:22 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The government on Thursday dismissed reports suggesting that social media will influence at least 160 Lok Sabha constituencies out of 543 during the next general elections. Information & Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari and IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said voting preferences in a complex country like India is decided on issues and considerations more than anything else. "I tend to disagree with the suggestion that social media...
07:30 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has asked a committee, which is examining the conditions for allocation of spectrum to different entities, to submit its report soon. The Minister approved a note for expansion of the committee on April 1, 2013 and asked the panel to submit its report in one month from the date of its reconstitution, official sources said. "The issue (spectrum assignment) impacts other ministries such as...
02:15 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: Datawind, supplier low-cost Aakash tablet to the government, has said it expects to complete delivery of 1 lakh units of the device by end of this month. "We expect to complete supply of around around 70,000 units by end of the week. Rest of the units will be supplied in 14 to 15 days," Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli told PTI. Concerned over the tardy progress, the HRD...
09:33 AM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday hit back at Narendra Modi after the Gujarat Chief Minister called Rahul Gandhi's beehive comment an insult to the nation. The Congress said that the metaphor has gone over the head of a self appointed jingoist. Minister of Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari on Sunday morning tweeted, "Amusing- metaphors denoting energy, diligence, cohesion and focus, unity of purpose completely go over the heads of...
01:17 PM, Apr 07, 2013
The much-touted Aakash tablet project has been plagued by massive production delays, technical and delivery hitches. There have been complaints about its low memory, frequent system freezes and low-quality display and sound. So is this another of those showcase government projects gone wrong? joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Biztech2's managing editor Ivor Soans joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Guys, in 2k,...
06:40 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal is learnt to have approved a recommendation by two internal committees of the Department of Telecom (DoT) for imposing a fine of about Rs 104 crore on Vodafone for allegedly violating the licence conditions on routing of calls. "It was approved on March 23," official sources said. The fine is based on the loss estimated by internal committees of DoT to the national exchequer...
03:04 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal is learnt to have approved a recommendation by two internal committees of the Department of Telecom (DoT) for imposing a fine of about Rs 104 crore on Vodafone for allegedly violating the licence conditions on routing of calls. "It was approved on March 23," official sources said. The fine is based on the loss estimated by internal committees of DoT to the national exchequer...
09:10 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday charged BJP with buckling under pressure of Narendra Modi by including him in its top decision making parliamentary board, and said the Gujarat Chief Minister will pose a challenge to his own party. ...
09:36 PM, Mar 31, 2013
