Government on Sunday rejected noted playback singer S Janaki's claim that artistes from south were generally neglected in Padma awards. "There is no bias towards any state in selecting the awardees. But she had stated she was not interested in receiving the award because south Indians were neglected. It is not so. There is no question of south Indians being neglected," Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanaswamy said....
03:21 AM, Jan 28, 2013
New Delhi: In the backdrop of Trinamool Congress and SP countering Congress with three names for Presidential race, Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanaswamy met Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Wednesday night. There was no official word from either Mukherjee or Narayanaswamy on what transpired at the nearly 15-minute meeting held at Mukherjee's Talkatora Road residence. Narayanaswamy did not speak to mediapersons present outside Mukherjee's house. Earlier...
11:36 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Madurai: The Centre on Saturday said it is confident of commissioning the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project to generate 1,000 MW of power in two months as 99 per cent of its works are over. Talking to reporters in Madurai, Union Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanaswamy said, "We only need to load uranium in the first unit for its functioning". Regarding the second unit,...
08:40 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Karaikal/Chennai: The Union Government will take steps to commission the stalled Kudankulam nuclear power plant "as early as possible", Union Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy said on Sunday, adding it was incurring a loss of Rs 750 crore per month by lying idle. "In coordination with the Tamil Nadu Government, the Union Government will jointly work out the mechanism to open the Kudankulam nuclear power plant as...
10:20 PM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: In fresh development in connection with the Kudankulam nuclear power plant controversy, Minister of State (PMO) V Narayanasamy has written to anti-nuclear activist Uday Kumar, asking him to explain his links to the Sweden-funded NGO called IDEA. Narayanasamy has said that foreign currency accounts of three NGOs spending money on the anti-nuclear movement have been suspended. The PMO has decided to file a counter to Uday Kumar's defamation...
05:47 PM, Feb 25, 2012
MPs from across the political spectrum are delivering impassioned speeches in the Parliament on the contentious Lokpal Bill. Rate the speeches: ...
11:51 AM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that that he would not comment on the 2G note until he discussed it with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Finance Ministry note obtained through an RTI suggested that P Chidambaram, as finance minister, failed to prevent the 2G scam. The Finance Minister is also expected to brief the media on the developments so far in the 2G scam case. "The...
01:41 PM, Sep 27, 2011
