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: The Congress hit out at the NDA over the issue of prime ministerial candidate, saying while UPA stood for serving the common masses, only individual "voices of ambition" were being heard from the BJP-led alliance on Thursday. "It is a strange situation that all the NDA allies are singing different tunes. The crux is that on one hand there is UPA which has always held that the Indian...
02:31 PM, Apr 18, 2013
As Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi tried to woo West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari said, "The West Bengal Chief Minister like other political parties do understand the fundamental political fact that people are with secularism. The politicians have to decide where they want to stand between secularim and communalism." ...
03:34 PM, Apr 09, 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
Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel on Saturday created a flutter with his remark that the next government at the Centre will be formed under LK Advani's leadership. The Congress, which itself has been speaking in different voices on its prime ministerial candidate, has targeted the BJP over the race for the top post. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari said that the public is aware of who can run, ...
06:46 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Launching another sharp attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who recently made a pitch for the Prime Minister's post, the Congress has virtually called him 'Yamraj' (Lord of Death in Hindu mythology). "Had he intended to indicate Narendra Modi, he would not have referred to somebody riding a horse but somebody riding a buffalo (Yamraj's vehicle as depicted in Hindu mythology). Rahulji has talked about somebody coming...
08:17 AM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi virtually admitted to his prime ministerial ambitions saying "I have repaid the debt of Gujarat and now people want me to repay India's debt", the Congress hit out at him saying it hoped Modi doesn't want a repeat of 2002 Gujarat riots in other parts of the country. "I am worried about the comments of the CM of Gujarat. I...
01:46 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: The government will not extend the deadline for the second phase of digitisation of TV set-top boxes, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said on Wednesday. "We are not going to relax the deadline. We want digitisation to go through," Tewari told reporters. He added that transition from analogue to digital cable will be implemented in a sensitive manner. Thirty-eight cities across 15 states were required to switch...
01:05 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Against the backdrop of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's attacks on UPA and Congress, Union Minister Manish Tewari on Friday said the ruling party and the alliance know how to run a coalition. ...
09:43 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Even as SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav signalled at pulling the plug on the UPA government, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said the government is not in danger. "Third or Fourth Front is a permanent mirage of Indian politics," he added. ...
04:06 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The Food Security Bill envisaging entitlement of foodgrains for 67 per cent of the population will soon become a reality, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Sunday said. ...
08:17 PM, Mar 24, 2013
After promising prompt legislation to curb crime against women, the Cabinet failed to take a stand on the anti-rape law. The bill did not come up at the Cabinet meeting on Thursday. ...
05:42 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has constituted a committee to look into allegations of sexual harassment at an All India Radio channel office made by some news presenters. The panel will submit its findings within three days. ...
08:58 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Congress hit back at Narendra Modi for his comments on the UPA government during his address at the BJP National Executive meet. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said Modi's speech is full of lies. ...
03:32 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari said the government will check if there is a prosecution-accused nexus if the tapes carrying conversations between the CBI prosecution and accused is are found to be authentic. ...
02:48 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Terming as "unfortunate" the detention of journalist Iftekhar Gilani by Delhi Police, Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on Monday said if there is evidence against him, it should be brought on record or else action should be taken against responsible police officials. ...
06:24 PM, Feb 11, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday trained its guns on the UPA and demanded what action would it take against ally National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah for his remarks in a TV interview against Afzal Guru's hanging. The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister had said that the UPA now faced the grave challenge of proving to the world if this was not a selective execution and demanded to...
01:25 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Amid talks that general elections may take place this year, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Sunday said the UPA would complete its full term. ...
02:51 PM, Feb 10, 2013
Union Minister Manish Tewari on Saturday appealed the leaders in Andhra Pradesh to "observe forbearance" as the Congress high command will come out with a decision on Telangana issue soon. The statement from Tewari, who landed here this afternoon, came state Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana left for New Delhi on Saturday to discuss the Telangana statehood issue with the party high command. ...
03:58 AM, Feb 10, 2013
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday hit back at Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai after he blamed the government of crony capitalism during a speech at Harvard. Reacting to Rai's speech, Digvijaya said, "If not an accountant, what does he want to be? The Prime Minister? The Constitution has defined the role of the CAG. How will a democracy function if judiciary does the job of the...
02:51 PM, Feb 08, 2013
