Benghazi: Libya's rebels will agree to a ceasefire if Muammar Gaddafi pulls his military forces out of cities and allows peaceful protests against his regime, an opposition leader said on Friday as rebels showed signs that their frontline organization is improving. Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the opposition's interim governing council based in Benghazi, spoke during a joint press conference with UN envoy Abdelilah Al-Khatib. After meeting government officials on Thursday,...
10:38 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government was toppled by opposition after Parliament passed a no-confidence vote and the country appeared headed for elections in May, the fourth in seven years. The snap polls was forced following the passage of the no-confidence vote against the minority government engineered by the opposition Liberal Party and backed by two other opposition parties, on the heels of a historic contempt of...
06:10 PM, Mar 26, 2011
New Delhi: After sustained Opposition pressure and full scale drama in Parliament - the UPA has finally agreed on a discussion on the WikiLeaks cable that confirmed the cash-for-votes scandal. The Opposition has been gunning for the PM ever since he denied that no bribes were paid during that crucial trust vote in 2008 "No money changed hands, said Manmohan Singh in a statement on wikileaks made in the Lok...
07:24 AM, Mar 23, 2011
New Delhi: The scam-hit UPA faces another blow as the Opposition parties unite to pull the Government down after the latest Wikileaks cable revelations on cash-for-vote controversy. "This Government has no authority to continue. They must resign immediately," said Jaitley. The pictures of BJP MPs showing bundles of notes, which they alleged were given to them as bribe during the trust vote over the Indo-US nuclear deal in 2008, have...
09:41 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: Armed with the Wikileaks expose about 2008 trust vote, the Opposition on Thursday closed ranks in demanding the immediate resignation of the government, contending that it has lost moral right to continue as the country's democracy has been "maligned". NDA and Left along with other Opposition parties like Samajwadi Party, TDP and JD(S), which disrupted Parliament over the issue, launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
05:57 PM, Mar 17, 2011
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, on Saturday, lashed out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC), saying it cannot escape the sins of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as it was an important partner in the regime. "The Trinamool Congress cannot deny its responsibility and escape the sins of the central government. Why were they mum when corruptions issues like...
04:28 PM, Mar 12, 2011
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11:58 PM, Mar 08, 2011
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Saturday plunged into pandemonium followed by the Opposition walking out over alleged misappropriation and discriminatory allocation of funds in various Assembly segments in the state. During the Question Hour, as Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma was replying to a question by PDP MLA Choudhary Zulfikar Ali in connection with upgradation of various health institutions and allocation of funds, Opposition members - Harshdev Singh...
01:59 PM, Mar 05, 2011
New Delhi: After the Supreme Court quashed the appointment of CVC PJ Thomas on Thursday, the Opposition said it is vindicated and wants to know why Thomas was appointed. The Government, which tried and failed in getting PJ Thomas to resign after the case came up, is now focused on trying to defend the Prime Minister from the Opposition attack. "I disagree" was what Sushma Swaraj wrote on the file...
09:44 PM, Mar 03, 2011
New Delhi: Opposition on Monday dubbed the Budget as "futile" and "directionless", saying it brought no relief to the common man and nothing has been done to contain inflation. Trashing it as a "futile exercise", senior BJP leader Anant Kumar said it has no proposals to contain rising prices and offered no succour to the 'aam aadmi'. Terming the Budget as "timid", former NDA Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said it...
02:17 PM, Feb 28, 2011
Islamabad: A parliamentary panel has decided to begin construction of luxury suites for Pakistani MPs at a whopping cost of Rs 3 billion, despite an opposition leader objecting to the project as the country was facing a financial crunch. The Joint parliamentary committee for Housing and Library on Tuesday directed that construction should start on the suites costing Rs 3 billion (about $35 million), Daily Times reported on Wednesday. Prime...
01:53 PM, Feb 09, 2011
New Delhi: Two weeks before the crucial Budget session of Parliament begins, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will hold an all-party meeting in Delhi on Tuesday to break the 2G stalemate. The Congress' key troubleshooter has called an all-party meeting today in a bid to break the logjam. The move comes after three rounds of talks held by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Monday to build consensus proved futile. The...
07:15 AM, Feb 08, 2011
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday termed as an "after thought" Home Minister P Chidambaram's claim that he had not misled the CVC selection panel and his contention that the BJP leader was making "thoughtless allegations". "I have seen that (Chidambaram's) statement. I have to only say that if he knew the case was pending it was the primary duty of the government...
02:49 PM, Feb 02, 2011
Cairo: Facing mounting pressure to quit, embattled President Hosni Mubarak offered to open talks with opposition groups which have called a nation-wide general strike, demanding his ouster even as the powerful Army made it clear that it will not use force against the protesters. "The president has asked me today to immediately hold contacts with the political forces to start a dialogue about all raised issues that also involve constitutional...
08:39 AM, Feb 01, 2011
New Delhi: With PJ Thomas refusing to quit, just how difficult is it for the Government to remove the Central Vigilance Commissioner. The CVC Act of 2003 says that he can be removed only if there is a case of proven misbehaviour or incapacity during his tenure. Under fire from the Supreme Court and the Opposition over the appointment of CVC PJ Thomas, the Government is in a quandary because...
11:06 AM, Jan 31, 2011
New Delhi: Finance Minister and Leader of the House in Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee has convened a meeting of leaders of political parties in an apparent bid to break the deadlock in Parliament. The meeting has been convened over lunch for "mutual consultations" over the budget session of Parliament, sources said. With the winter session of Parliament washed out over the Opposition demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into...
09:43 PM, Jan 27, 2011
New Delhi: Liechtenstein has declined help in India's quest for suspected black money trail to the small but rich European country bordering Switzerland, citing absence of a bilateral treaty for such information exchange. The Indian government is facing intense pressure from the opposition parties as well as the Supreme Court to take action against those having stashed illicit wealth in foreign banks, mainly in Switzerland and other locations such as...
06:45 PM, Jan 23, 2011
New Delhi: Government Sources have told CNN-IBN that the UPA could consider agreeing to a JPC on 2G Spectrum scam. The UPA could consider agreeing to a JPC on 2G Spectrum scam because the Government is worried that the adamancy of not having the JPC could send out the message that - it is the Government which is stalling Parliament from functioning. The crucial Budget Session is coming up and...
09:44 PM, Jan 22, 2011
Guwahati/New Delhi: Opposition parties on Saturday slammed as bizarre, flawed and a cover-up exercise Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal's stand that there was no loss at all on account of the controversial 2G spectrum allocation after debunking CAG estimates of a Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss. The Opposition leaders, including PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, also hit out at Sibal for his strident criticism of the CAG saying it was highly...
06:19 PM, Jan 08, 2011
New Delhi: A day after meeting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Friday hosted a lunch for a clutch of non-BJP opposition parties in a renewed effort to break the logjam over the demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam. Leaders of Communist Party of India-Marxist, Communist Part of India, Janata Dal (United), All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam (AIDMK),...
03:19 PM, Dec 31, 2010
