Former Telecom Minister A Raja has told a Joint Parliamentary Committee that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was fully aware of telecom policy decisions and has accused Attorney General GE Vahanvati of telling a "series of untruths" against him. Responding to a questionnaire sent by the committee, Raja said both Prime Minister and the then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee were kept informed on the licensing policy. ...
02:18 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy has written to the Prime Minister asking for the setting up of a special fast track court in Kollam to try the two Italian marines who are charged with the murder of two Kerala fishermen. ...
09:34 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Israel and Turkey agreed to restore full diplomatic relations on Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized in a phone call for a deadly naval raid against a Gaza-bound international flotilla in a dramatic turnaround partly brokered by President Barack Obama. Joint interests between the two countries, including fears that the Syrian civil war could spill over their respective borders, and some cajoling by Obama made the time ripe to...
11:57 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Sanjay Hegde, Senior SC lawyer joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Rome's decision to send the undertrial Italian marines back to India. ...
03:04 PM, Mar 22, 2013
India's two main national parties are facing distinctly contrarian leadership dilemmas: while the BJP is confronted with managing the vaulting ambitions of its multiple leaders, ...
12:04 AM, Mar 22, 2013
In a bid to strengthen bilateral ties, India and Egypt on Tuesday signed seven key pacts after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi held wide-ranging talks in New Delhi, exploring ways to promote ties to the level of "strategic partnership". The two leaders also agreed to enhance cooperation in defence and in international forums like the UN. ...
08:35 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister and the Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia to discuss granting of special status to Bihar. Nitish said the meeting with the Prime Minister has given him a hope that the issue would be taken up at a higher level. ...
06:22 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today parried questions on whether he wanted to become the Prime Minister, saying he had never even dreamt of becoming the Chief Minister. "I have never dreamt of becoming someone in life. I have always tried to do something. Mostly people dream of becoming someone and die. I have never followed this. Till I had become Chief Minister, I had never dreamt of becoming so....
11:47 PM, Mar 16, 2013
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09:15 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday said he would do everything to stop Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from becoming the country's prime minister. ...
03:58 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, known for his quiet demeanour, unleashed scathing attacks on the BJP on all fronts in Parliament. Was it just a flash in the pan or he is an underrated prime minister? ...
11:54 PM, Mar 07, 2013
An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to a one-year jail term for making public the taped contents of a confidential phone call in a case related to a 2005 banking scandal. The sentence, which was read in court by the judge, came as Berlusconi is facing two other trials for alleged tax fraud and paying for sex with an underage prostitute. ...
05:55 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Forty-three per cent of Indians backed Narendra Modi as the leading choice for the next Prime Minister, according to an opinion poll by a market research agency. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi emerged as the second choice in the survey. ...
10:24 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Hitting back at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his unusual offensive against the main Opposition in Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh said the PM's attack was a good sign because "the flame is the brightest before it goes out". ...
09:15 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the political instability in Maldives and hoped that it will have "free, fair and credible" elections in September, which India would support. With Maldives witnessing a tussle between the Waheed government and former President Mohamed Nasheed, Singh said India wants all stakeholders in the island nation to resolve the issues "through dialogue". ...
08:00 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took jibes at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on his comments that becoming Prime Minister is not his priority, saying he has realised that there is no chance of his becoming the PM. "Rahul Gandhi has realised that he will not become the Prime Minister as BJP-led NDA will form the government after the next elections," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters in reply to...
05:42 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Widely seen to be the Congress's Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2014 elections, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appeared to distance himself from such talk saying building the organisation was his priority. "Asking me whether you want to be Prime Minister is a wrong question," he told party MPs in an informal discussion. ...
09:53 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who is being pitted as the frontrunner to be the UPA's Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, has made it clear that he is not interested in becoming the Prime Minister. "Asking me whether you want to be Prime Minister is a wrong question," Rahul Gandhi said. ...
03:17 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy slammed the Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi for his direct attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress. Modi, while addressing the BJP's National Executive meet in New Delhi on Sunday called PM Manmohan a "night watchman" appointed by the UPA and Congress "termites". ...
08:02 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking during BJP's national Executive meet in New Delhi, said President Pranab Mukherjee would have been a better prime minister instead of Manmohan Singh. Modi also called PM Manmohan a night watchman appointed by the UPA. ...
12:00 PM, Mar 03, 2013
