New Delhi: The first meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to ensure greater independence for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take place on Thursday in the Finance Minister's office.
The government had set up the GoM after the Supreme Court had pulled it over the lack of functional autonomy to the CBI.
The Supreme Court in its order has asked the government to bring a law which gives the central agency a functional autonomy and also stops interference in its functioning.
The GoM will be chaired by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and will include V Narayanasamy, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid and Manish Tewary....
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02:20 PM, May 23, 2013
A week after the Supreme Court pulled up the Government over its control on the functioning of the CBI, the Prime Minister on Tuesday constituted a Group of Ministers to review the SC's directives on CBI autonomy. The GoM is headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and will include V Narayanasamy, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid and Manish Tewari. ...
07:14 PM, May 14, 2013
Taking on the BJP for repeatedly asking for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress MP V Narayanasamy on Monday said that the main Opposition party has double standards and it doesn't want Parliament to function. ...
11:58 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be a spat between the top two women in the Indian political establishment. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj's all out attack against Congress President Sonia Gandhi has drawn severe criticism from the Congress and even the Samajwadi Party. Congress leaders say Sonia is upset after Sushma Swaraj accused her of subverting democratic institutions. Criticising Sushma for her comments on Sonia,...
11:20 AM, May 01, 2013
The Budget Session of Parliament resumes on Monday. Despite the fact that Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday sent out a strong message against MPs disrupting Parliament, the scene is unlikely to be any different. ...
09:45 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The government will "soon" decide on the new CAG and would take a call whether to make it a three-member body at an "appropriate time", Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy has said. "It (name of CAG) will happen soon. The Finance Minister will recommend a candidate to the Prime Minister, who will approve it and send it to the President for announcing," he told...
08:43 PM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: Power production by the first unit of the Kudankulam atomic plant will start in April 2013, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said on Wednesday. He said that the second unit would start production by October 2013. Narayanasamy told reporters in New Delhi that Indian and Russian scientists had checked the parameters of the plant and the system was working well. "All parameters are...
02:50 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Amid a nation-wide controversy, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has withdrawn changes suggested by it in civil services mains examination, dropping mandatory English language paper requirement. ...
03:59 PM, Mar 28, 2013
The contentious anti-corruption Lokpal Bill will come up for discussion in April in Parliament after the ongoing one-month recess of the Budget Session, Union Minister V Narayanasamy said on Sunday. ...
04:31 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Under attack over recent CBI raid at DMK leader MK Stalin's house in Chennai, government on Sunday said the agency's action was not "targeted" at any individual though its timing was "wrong". ...
03:17 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The Opposition on Wednesday attacked the government over the corruption allegations in the 2010 Italian helicopter deal saying the government was doing a cover up. ...
06:39 PM, Feb 13, 2013
The central government is committed to passing a strong Lokpal (ombudsman) bill in parliament to curb corruption, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) told social activist Anna Hazare via a letter, sources said on Monday. ...
02:20 AM, Jan 22, 2013
MoS PMO V Narayanasamy on Saturday justified the police crackdown on protesters at India Gate. ...
05:43 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Samajwadi Party member Yashvir Singh, who had stunned the Lok Sabha on Wednesday by snatching a copy of the quota bill from Minister V Narayanasamy, on Thursday expressed regret over the incident. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said the member had expressed regret over the unfortunate incident which had shaken the foundation of democracy. ...
01:49 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Unfazed by Samajwadi Party's strong protest which led to a scuffle in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the government said the bill for providing quota in government job promotion will be taken up in the House on Thursday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath termed as 'deplorable' the incident in which SP member Yashvir Singh snatched the Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill from Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy. ...
06:44 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Union Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy on Sunday alleged that the Rangasamy led AINRC government in Puducherry had "failed to collect taxes due from dealers in petrol and diesel and power consumers" leading to financial crisis in the union territory. ...
04:18 AM, Dec 03, 2012
Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned till noon after uproar by opposition NDA which demanded discussion on allowing FDI in retail sector, under a rule that allows voting. ...
11:47 AM, Nov 29, 2012
The Centre on Saturday made it clear there was no plan to dump Uranium waste from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in defunct gold mines at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Karnataka. Amid media reports that Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has decided to dump the uranium waste in KGF, Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy said the waste will not be taken to KGF. ...
03:01 PM, Nov 24, 2012
The Select Committee's report on Lokpal Bill was tabled in Rajya Sabha on Friday. ...
01:20 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: The government will try to pass pending education bills soon to develop a proper education system in the country, V Narayanasamy, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in the Prime Minister Office (PMO) said on Monday. "In Parliament, we are trying to pass three, four important education bills so that a proper education system is developed in the country," Narayanasamy said at the 27th Foundation...
08:40 PM, Nov 19, 2012
