New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav was detained on Thursday in Bihar while he tried to enforce the Bharat bandh. JD(U)'s women's wing also stalled traffic on rail route in Patna. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also courted arrest in Delhi. He tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). In Allahabad, Samajwadi Party workers, too, jammed the Delhi-Howrah rail route...
10:30 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: In the race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan it was RJD chief Lalu Prasad's turn to make a political statement. The RJD chief said that he was willing to back Vice President Hamid Ansari. But in the Opposition, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met NDA convenor Sharad Yadav to sort out differences on the Presidential candidate. This comes a day after cracks appeared in the NDA over Ansari's candidature. The...
09:31 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav met the BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday in connection with her statement on Monday that the NDA opposed Congress's Presidential nominees Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari. Yadav had reacted sharply to her comments saying that she had no right to speak on behalf of the NDA. Swaraj reportedly clarified her statement to Sharad Yadav...
05:34 PM, May 02, 2012
Even as the Congress is hoping to build a consensus, cracks are emerging within the NDA over the candidature of Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari for the President's post. ...
11:58 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Congress is hoping to build a consensus, cracks are emerging within the BJP-led NDA over the candidature of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari for the President's post. JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, who is also the NDA convenor, has said that his party doesn't endorse BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's dismissal of both the candidates. The Left seems to be open to their...
08:53 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Differences appeared to have cropped up in the NDA over the Presidential election with JD(U) saying that the BJP's stand on the contest was not its view. NDA Convener and JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav said that his party doesn't endorse BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's dismissal of both Pranab Mukherjee and Hamid Ansari as Presidential candidate. "Whatever Sushma Swaraj has said is the opinion of the BJP. This is...
05:30 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: In the latest in the debate over the next President, Janata Dal-United (JDU) chief Sharad Yadav on Tuesday dismissed the statement of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj, terming it as a personal opinion. Sushma had on Monday refused to accept the names of Rajya Sabha President Hamid Ansari and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the presidential candidates. Reacting to it, Yadav said that it...
12:41 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: India decided to allow fresh cotton exports after a Group of Ministers meeting convened by the Prime Minister discussed the issue on Monday. Post meeting, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said that India will allow "fresh cotton export registration". The GoM will now review the situation based on revised estimates and figures of crop size. The Opposition raised the issue in Parliament on Monday with JDU leader and NDA...
01:25 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the Prime Minister's meeting on food stock, cotton and sugar, the issue was raised in Parliament on Monday. JDU leader and NDA convener Sharad Yadav demanded that the government open a war room to deal with the crisis faced by cotton farmers. He pointed out that although there had been record production of cotton over the past one year, there was no proper storage space and...
12:59 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: The number of projects undertaken by the urban development ministry for transition to quasi-urban society has not been accompanied by a commensurate increase in the supply of basic urban services, a report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development said on Wednesday. The committee chaired by Member of Parliament Sharad Yadav said that the urban population has increased from over 28 crore in 2001 to 37 crore...
02:18 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously censured Team Anna over its attacks on MPs. ...
10:21 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Initiating a politicians vs Team Anna debate, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav on Tuesday criticised the anti-corruption activist and his team members for using derogatory language against Members of Parliament. "I don't have an objection to what they said about me. I request the Chair who is the custodian to request the Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj or Parliamentary Affairs Minister PK Bansal to ensure that institutions like Parliament...
05:42 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: Raising its pitch against MPs, Team Anna on Tuesday asked lawmakers whether the "good MPs" will support 162 of those with criminal background or demand cleansing of Parliament. The Team also warned lawmakers that people were watching them. The reaction came as Parliament was set to take up JD(U) Chief Sharad Yadav's notice for motion to censure members of Team Anna following their utterances against MPs. "Will 'good'...
01:31 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will take up JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav's demand to move censure motion against Team Anna after 4 pm on Tuesday. The government said that it was ready for a small duration discussion if Lok Sabha members demand so. Earlier, Sharad Yadav demanded suspension of the Question Hour to discuss the Team Anna issue and gave a notice in this regard to the Speaker. "Speaker is...
11:27 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U)chief Sharad Yadav on Tuesday demanded suspension of Question Hour to discuss the Team Anna issue. Sharad Yadav has given a notice in this regard to the Speaker. "Speaker is the custodian of the House. People should speak within limits while talking about the MPs and Parliament. I have given notice for suspension of Question Hour. I have also spoken to Pranab Mukherjee," Yadav told CNN-IBN. Team Anna's...
11:05 AM, Mar 27, 2012
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