Calling the UPA government a symbol of "flop governance", senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ram Naik said inflation, rampant corruption and external security will be issues raised by his party during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
03:40 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Hyderabad: The biggest representation statewise in the Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday was perhaps from Andhra Pradesh. Five new faces have been inducted into the Cabinet including two from the Telangana region. Meanwhile, Pallam Raju, who has been the minister of state for defence since 2006, has been elevated to the cabinet rank. The question is whether this move was to placate the demands of a separate statehood. For the state...
09:38 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: From a humble police constable to a first time MP from Telangana and now at the centrestage as a Union Minister of State, Porika Balram Naik has come a long way and is being rewarded for his discipline and loyalty to the Congress High Command. One of the few MPs who did not go against the views of the Congress on the contentious Telangana statehood demand, 48-year-old Naik...
06:39 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Panaji: Constant reportage on illegal mining in Goa in the national and internationl media would drive tourism to Malaysia and Thailand from the popular beach destination, a Congress MP said here on Monday. "Who will visit us if people try to project a wrong image of Goa to achieve political objectives? Tourists would prefer Kerala or Rajasthan and, outside India, places like Malaysia or Thailand," Goa's lone Rajya Sabha member...
03:35 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: MPs from Telangana regions of Andhra Pradesh indulged in slogan shouting and waved placards in Parliament once again on Monday forcing the adjournment of the Lok Sabha till 12 noon. The BJP asked the Congress-led UPA government to explain its stand on the statehood issue. The MPs from the region raised slogans and displayed pro-Telangana banners. Leader of Opposition and BJP MP Sushma Swaraj criticised the protests while...
11:41 AM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: After their suspension from Lok Sabha for obstructing proceedings, eight Congress MPs on Thursday protested by blocking Parliament's main gate for 30 minutes and raised pro-Telangana slogans. The suspended Congress members - Ponnam Prabhakar, Madhu Yaskhi Goud, M Jagannath, KRG Reddy, G Viveknanda, Balram Naik, Sukender Reddy Gutha and S Rajaiah - sat on the steps of the main gate of Parliament and raised slogans in support of...
02:48 PM, Apr 26, 2012
NCW's Girija Vyas termed the remark as 'derogatory' and 'irresponsible'. ...
04:37 PM, Dec 16, 2009
Congress Rajya Sabha MP asks media not to play up rape cases. ...
07:19 PM, Dec 15, 2009
Ram Naik questioned the merits of a night-life oriented tourism. ...
05:39 PM, May 28, 2009
A food packet was thrown at Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik. ...
12:56 AM, Apr 20, 2009
Ram Naik, who is BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat. ...
12:27 PM, Apr 08, 2009
Karachi: The ICC and the Metropolitan police in London thoroughly investigated the alleged involvement of several Pakistani players in spot-fixing during last year's tour of England before clearing them to play for their national team. A Pakistan cricket Board official said on Wednesday that players including Wahab Riaz and Kamran Akmal were only cleared to play for Pakistan after the ICC told the PCB it had no objection to them...
08:13 AM, Mar 09, 2008
