New Delhi: It is a cartoon controversy that has almost no one laughing. After a furore by MP's over BR Ambedkar's caricature, the government has banned all cartoons in textbooks. The question is whether politicians take themselves too seriously. RJD chief Lalu Prasad's was the loudest voice in Parliament demanding a ban on cartoons in textbooks, following a 60-year-old cartoon on BR Ambedakr that united leaders across party ranks. But...
10:17 AM, May 17, 2012
Kumbakonam: Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday said Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee are able candidates for the President's post. "Hamid Ansari is a good friend of mine and a knowledgeable person. Pranab Mukherjee is a walking encyclopedia. Whoever occupies the post will follow law and precedents," Aiyar said. When asked to name his preferred candidate, he refused to take sides and said both are...
05:21 PM, May 05, 2012
Congress president Sonia Gandhi may be planning a major revamp by shifting ministers out of the Cabinet for party work. ...
08:51 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: After forcing a partial roll back in rail fare hike, key UPA ally Trinamool Congress on Monday attacked the government for not providing a bail out package to debt-ridden states like West Bengal. The attack came during the discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the Union Budget 2012-13 which saw Opposition targeting the government for raising certain taxes and seeking a relook. "When we look at the Budget,...
04:57 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said that Rahul Gandhi has made Uttar Pradesh his 'special turf' and the party's heavy reliance on him in the Assembly polls there would prove to be a 'risk worth taking'. He said that it will not be the end of the road for Rahul Gandhi if the Congress does not perform well in the Assembly elections in the politically-crucial state of Uttar...
06:15 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Kochi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was not 'sufficiently and vigorously prosecuted' as both Pakistani Government and Judiciary had taken the line of 'least resistance'. "I think he has not been sufficiently and vigorously prosecuted and the reason for that is that both government of Pakistan and the judiciary have taken the line of least...
06:21 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Islamabad: Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed appeared to lose his cool on a TV talk show on Thursday when parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyar questioned his contention that Indians did not accept Pakistan, and said he should be arrested and brought before a terrorism court. The host of the show suddenly introduced Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, on a phone link while Aiyar was in...
08:05 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: Whether Rahul Gandhi becomes Congress President or not, the Gandhis will remain the centre of the party, says Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar. Rahul's grandmother Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv Gandhi had taken over the reins of the party when they were 40. Interestingly, Jawaharlal Nehru also became the President of Congress at 40", Aiyar pointed out adding with a smile that "at this rate,, Rahul Gandhi is...
03:21 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, currently in the thick of political upheaval, called himself a "man of crisis" when pointed out that his Indian counterpart had rightly called him a "man of peace". During a meeting with a visiting Indian parliamentary delegation on Wednesday evening, the lawmakers, including former ministers Mani Shankar Aiyar and Yashwant Sinha, noted that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had "rightly said that Yousuf Raza...
04:50 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Islamabad: Indian and Pakistani parliamentarians on Tuesday discussed ways to improve trade and economic relations between the two countries. At the Pakistan-India Parliamentarians' Dialogue-III in Islamabad, the MPs from both countries agreed that they had a major role to play in influencing their governments to take a leap forward to normalise bilateral relations, the Online news agency reported. Pakistani Senator SM Zafar and Indian MP Yashwant Sinha, former minister for...
03:09 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Despite the political upheaval in Pakistan, an Indian Parliamentary panel will leave for Islamabad on Monday, looking to strengthen bilateral ties. The four-day visit is also aimed at improving trade between both the nations. The visit comes days after a Pakistani Parliamentary panel endorsed the decision to give India the status of Most Favoured Nation. Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, TMC Leader Derek O'Brien,...
08:17 AM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: The battlelines have hardened between Team Anna and the Government and a major confrontation looks imminent as the Cabinet cleared the Lokpal Bill draft on Tuesday evening, but has kept the CBI out of its ambit. The lower bureaucracy has also been kept out and will come under the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) with the Lokpal only providing oversight. Reacting from Ralegaon Siddhi, Anna Hazare rejected the bill...
07:18 AM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar said he would like to see a debate in Parliament on FDI in the retail sector, but is bound to vote for the Congress as he is a part of party. He however added that he has a mind of his own when it comes to FDI. "I will obviously be voting with the government if it comes up for a vote. As...
04:36 PM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: Team Anna is expected to meet the Standing Committee of Parliament and make a formal presentation of their viewpoints in a bid to demand constitutional amendments to widen the powers of the Jan Lokpal Bill. The team's viewpoints include the conduct of MPs in Parliament and doing away with the sanction for prosecution required for bureaucrats in the Bill. The meeting is said to take place on Thursday...
08:16 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Kumbakonam: Demanding the hanging of the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Tamil Nadu Youth Congress President M Yuvaraja on Thursday took exception to Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's stand that the capital punishment be commuted to life imprisonment. "The offenders in the assassination of the former prime minister must be punished. There is no law that delay in execution of the sentence would entail the...
07:47 AM, Sep 15, 2011
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