New Delhi: A panel of experts, reacting on the story of the army units movement reported by the Indian Express, on Wednesday said that there was indeed a widening fissure between the Indian Army and the UPA government. During a discussion on CNN-IBN with IBN18 Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, former diplomat KC Singh said that the lack of trust was visible on both sides, be it over naming the successor to...
12:12 AM, Apr 05, 2012
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11:57 PM, Apr 04, 2012
The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta said that the government's denial on the newspapers' report is outdated. ...
11:48 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the report on 'suspicious' movement of Army troops, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday criticised the UPA government, saying the Army has become a victim of lack of leadership and governance. "We must ensure that there is no room for any apprehension for sponsored story. Relationship between the Army and political leadership is at all time low. It's a matter of concern. I...
03:32 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and party general secretaries Ravi Shankar Prasad and Jagat Prakash Nadda are among the candidates nominated by the BJP for election to the Upper House of Parliament. Jaitley will contest for another term on a BJP ticket from Gujarat while Nadda has been given the ticket from Himachal Pradesh. Prasad will get his fourth term in the Rajya Sabha from...
12:30 AM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Budget 2012 evoked mixed responses from the political class and the corporate sector alike. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the Budget against the backdrop of a slowing economy, predicting a 7.6 pc growth rate in 2012-13. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Budget will only serve to enhance inflation, instead of curbing it. "This Budget will only enhance inflation. There is no big vision of...
02:03 PM, Mar 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress has reportedly pulled up Law Minister Salman Khurshid for taking on the Election Commission saying it expected its leaders to respect and work within parameters of the Constitution and institutions. Sources told CNN-IBN that the government or the Law Minister was expected to issue a clarification saying that he never meant to show any disrespect to the EC, that he valued the Commission as an institution...
12:30 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: The opposition on Saturday said the trial court verdict granting relief to Home Minister P Chidambaram will not change the "corrupt" image of the government, and the recent court orders on the 2G scam shall have "far reaching" implications on its collective functioning. "This verdict will not change the corrupt image of the government or the intensity of our campaign. The issue of political accountability of Chidambaram remains...
04:44 AM, Feb 05, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the trial court's dismissal of the case against Home Minister P Chidambaram on the 2G spectrum issue, BJP on Saturday said it would continue to target him and the Government on the issue and await the decision of the higher courts in the matter. "This judgement has come from the lower court. There is a hierarchy of courts and there are two higher courts. There are several...
06:09 PM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, while reacting to the 2G trial court's order on Saturday dismissing Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy's plea against Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam, said that the order was not going to impact their campaign against the UPA and Chidambaram. "BJP will continue to insist on the accountability of the government both inside and outside Parliament. We have ample evidence...
02:19 PM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday hit out at Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal for defending the government on 2G issue following the Supreme Court judgement, saying he should not run away from reality and insisted that the Prime Minister was very much in the know of the decisions taken by his ministers. "It was a command performance by Kapil Sibal. 122 licenses have been cancelled by the court. But he...
07:18 PM, Feb 02, 2012
Ravi Shankar Prasad said that P Chidambaram and A Raja were privy to the decision making process in 2G case. ...
01:11 PM, Feb 02, 2012
The Prime Minister even gave the certificate of innocence to Raja inside and outside Parliament, said the BJP leader. ...
01:02 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: In a sharp reaction to Defence Minister AK Antony's comments on the Army chief's age row, BJP on Tuesday said the defence forces fall under the jurisdiction of the government and it cannot run away from its responsibility in the "failure" to sort out the matter. "The Army works under the defence ministry. Army is an institution and the way the government has handled this whole issue is...
12:31 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday accused the Rajasthan government of playing an "active role" in author Salman Rushdie cancelling his visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival while the Congress termed the BJP "hypocritical" and said it was playing a "dangerous game". The BJP also accused the Congress of using the controversy surrounding Rushdie to gain political mileage in the Uttar Pradesh polls. Talking to reporters here, BJP...
03:56 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Dubbing the controversy surrounding controversial author Salman Rushdie as a case of "match fixing" between intelligence agencies and "jehadis", the BJP on Monday accused the Congress of using it to gain political mileage in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. "It is a clear case of match fixing between intelligence agencies and jehadis in which the Congress government of Rajasthan played a supportive and active role," BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar...
06:06 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday attacked the government for its "failure" in handling the age matter of Army Chief Gen VK Singh, who has dragged the government to the Supreme Court on the issue. "The Government of India has displayed a serious failure of statecraft in the handling of the age related matter of the Army Chief," said BJP's chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad. He said, "The Army is...
05:00 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Chandigarh: The war of words on sub-quota for minorities further flared up on Sunday with BJP accusing Congress of indulging in worst form of communal propaganda to garner votes in poll bound Uttar Pradesh and other four states. "It is unfortunate for the country that the Congress party is indulging in communal politics to garner votes in poll-bound states," BJP National General Secretary and Chief spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad told...
05:05 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Lucknow: The BJP on Thursday said that it will not enter into a post-poll alliance with SP and BSP in Uttar Pradesh and asked the Congress to announce the same. Claiming that the SP and BSP have adopted "Delhi me pyar aur Lucknow me takrar (Love in Delhi and fight in Lucknow)" tactics for Congress, BJP Chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Congress could not make an announcement that...
10:07 AM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Thursday hit out at Congress and the government on Batla House encounter, alleging that they were engaged in double speak on the issue with Home Minister P Chidambaram maintaining it was genuine while party leader Digvijay Singh insisting it was fake. "If Chidambaram as Home Minister says the Batla House encounter was genuine then how did Digvijay Singh term it fake in the presence of Rahul...
06:18 PM, Jan 12, 2012
