New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday referred the $ 9.6 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal to a group of ministers after sharp differences emerged at its meeting on Wednesday. "It has been referred to a Group of Ministers (GoM)...the GoM will be headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee," Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy said. On Tuesday, the UK-based Vedanta Group had said it has received market regulator...
07:25 PM, Apr 06, 2011
New Delhi: A day after social activist Anna Hazare launched his fast-unto-death on the Lokpal Bill issue, Government on Wedensday said it was was open to any suggestion on the proposed legislation and had not turned down his demand for a joint committee. Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said that the government was open to suggestions even though it was "anxious to introduce the Bill in the next session". He...
05:36 PM, Apr 06, 2011
Shashi Tharoor, Shiela Dixit, Veerappa Moily, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Murli Deora and Narendra Modi share a few words after India won the ICC World Cup on Saturday night, leaving the entire nation feeling proud. ...
10:40 PM, Apr 03, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: With electioneering for the Kerala polls moving to top gear, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and several other leaders are slated to visit Kerala next week to seek votes for the party-led UDF. KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala said Sonia will address UDF rallies on April 6 at Harippad, Thrissur and Kozhikode. Chennithala is the Congress candidate for Harippad in Alappuzha district. The Prime Minister would address...
01:41 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: With electioneering for the Kerala polls moving to top gear, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and several other leaders are slated to visit Kerala next week to seek votes for the party-led UDF. KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala said Sonia will address UDF rallies on April 6 at Harippad, Thrissur and Kozhikode. Chennithala is the Congress candidate for Harippad in Alappuzha district. The Prime Minister would address...
01:41 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: With electioneering for the Kerala polls moving to top gear, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and several other leaders are slated to visit Kerala next week to seek votes for the party-led UDF. KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala said Sonia will address UDF rallies on April 6 at Harippad, Thrissur and Kozhikode. Chennithala is the Congress candidate for Harippad in Alappuzha district. The Prime Minister would address...
01:41 PM, Apr 01, 2011
New Delhi: Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said there were no plans for any fresh law or changes in existing laws to deal with publications which cast aspersions on national heroes like Mahatma Gandhi. Reacting to media reports which quoted him as favouring a ban on the latest book on Gandhi, Moily said he was in favour of self-regulation. "My stand is that since the author has himself...
08:20 PM, Mar 31, 2011
New Delhi: Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday questioned BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh government's objection in handing over the murder case of RSS activist Sunil Joshi to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), saying the party should clarify its stand on terrorism. "I can't speak on the point of view of BJP. But one question I would like to ask them. Are they in support of terrorists? That is the question...
02:44 PM, Mar 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed Law Minister Veerappa Moily for his statement on Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas' resignation. The party said that if the Supreme Court had quashed Thomas' appointment as the CVC then the question of him resigning does not exist. "I don't know what the honourable Law Minister wants to say? How can there be a resignation from CVC PJ Thomas? If...
12:32 PM, Mar 04, 2011
Jaipur: Government is mulling making bailable offences under Section 498-A of IPC, which allows police to arrest the husband and in-laws of a woman for subjecting her to cruelty. Union Minister for Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily has voiced concern on the misuse of the provision during a meeting of the Law Commission of India on February 18. "Efforts have been initiated, we are taking opinion of police administration...
08:28 PM, Feb 23, 2011
New Delhi: Finally, the government citing 'strategic interest' has scrapping the Antrix Devas deal. The Cabinet Committee on Security that decided to annul the contract India's Space Research Organisation's commercial arm Antrix entered into with Devas Multimedia was clear - the country's security forces needed the spectrum. The crucial S-band spectrum is needed for national needs including defence, paramilitary and railways and can't be handed over for commercial use. The...
08:50 PM, Feb 17, 2011
Hubli: Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday blamed the policies of Pramod Mahajan and Arun Shourie, former communications ministers in the NDA government, for the 2G spectrum allocations scandal. "UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government cannot be faulted (for the scandal)," he told reporters in Hubli (Karnataka), a day after Shourie said he would appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to give his version of the developments...
11:35 PM, Feb 14, 2011
Bangalore: A comprehensive amendment to electoral reforms will be brought about in the next three to four months, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday. "A comprehensive amendment is the need of the hour and will be brought about in the next three to four months after a national consultation on the issue," he said at the Sixth Regional Consultation on Electoral Reforms here. He said the recommendation...
06:20 PM, Feb 13, 2011
New Delhi: Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) Chief Chiranjeevi decided to merge with the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. He met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the capital and made the announcement on Sunday. Law Minister and Congress leader Veerappa Moily said that the merger will strengthen the Congress party in the state. Chiranjeevi said that the merger is unconditional. "Whatever I do is for the betterment of the people. It is...
05:20 PM, Feb 06, 2011
New Delhi/Bangalore: The Centre has backed Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj and sharpened its attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that allegations of corruption against the BS Yeddyurappa government are on the record. Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram blasted the BJP saying that the party was defending a corrupt government in Karnataka. "There is a rule of law in the country. Nobody...
03:51 PM, Jan 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is under pressure from all quarters over the Aarushi Talwar case closure. The investigating agency is ready to reopen the probe if need be. Sources say they now willing to reopen and even re-investigates the case if need be. Clearly public outrage and mounting political pressure has forced the CBI to reconsider. The onus is now on the special CBI court in...
07:20 AM, Jan 01, 2011
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has stepped in the Aarushi Talwar double murder case after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a closure report in the case. Moily met CBI Director AP Singh on Friday and told him that the case should be re-investigated. "It is very clear that someone has killed Aarushi in a brutal way. We need to take it very seriously. Today, I invited...
07:06 AM, Dec 31, 2010
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has hit out at the former chief justices who spoke out against the Binayak Sen verdict. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Moily said, former chief justices criticising court judgments was not the right trend. He also said such comments would lead to trust deficit A M Ahmadi and V N Khare had expressed concern over Binayak Sen verdict on Tuesday. Taking exception to the criticism...
07:13 PM, Dec 29, 2010
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has hit out at the former chief justices who spoke out against the Binayak Sen verdict. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Moily said, former chief justices criticising court judgments was not the right trend. He also said such comments would lead to trust deficit A M Ahmadi and V N Khare had expressed concern over Binayak Sen verdict on Tuesday. Taking exception to the criticism...
07:13 PM, Dec 29, 2010
Bangalore: Amidst a demand for a probe into charges that former Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan's son-in-law had amassed disproportionate assets, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said the matter needs to be verified. "The demand by (former Supreme Court judge) Justice V R Krishna Iyer...how far the former CJI, Justice Balakrishnan was involved in it. Whether he has misused his office as CJI - these matters have to...
01:22 PM, Dec 28, 2010
