The government may have passed the FDI test but it still has to work hard to push its other economic legislations with the BJP unwilling to concede an inch on the banking law amendment bill. On Monday, the Lok Sabha witnessed a direct confrontation between the Opposition and the government over the banking bill. ...
08:38 AM, Dec 11, 2012
There was an uproar in the Rajya Sabha over news reports on Walmart lobbying for its entry into India. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad raised the issue in the Upper House and said, "There should be an inquiry into who was paid by Walmart." ...
12:32 PM, Dec 10, 2012
After winning the battle for FDI in retail with the help of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, the UPA government is planning to introduce an amendment bill for reservation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in promotions in government jobs in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. ...
09:03 AM, Dec 10, 2012
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the city government to shift temporary night shelters for the homeless and the poor closer to their work places. ...
08:28 AM, Dec 09, 2012
People in remote Kashmir villages struggle severely due to acute power, water and fuel shortage as temperatures plummet below zero degree Celsius. A distraught Mohammad Khaliq and his wife take stock of the massive destruction a fire has caused in their village in south Kashmir in which scores of houses were gutted at a time when freezing temperatures have made life miserable. ...
07:59 AM, Dec 09, 2012
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that FDI in retail should have been decided through a referendum. He was speaking in Kolkata. ...
08:01 PM, Dec 08, 2012
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has said that FDI in multi-brand retail is now a reality and the government will look to build consensus on the pension and insurance bills. Speaking to CNBC-TV18 Executive Editor Shereen Bhan, Anand Sharma also said that the Opposition was graceless in its defeat. ...
07:40 AM, Dec 08, 2012
The UPA government won the vote on FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha as well getting 123 votes in its favour. While the UPA got the support of 123 MPs, 109 MPs voted against it. ...
10:08 AM, Dec 07, 2012
The UPA government looks all set to win the winter test in both Houses of Parliament. This comes after Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati declared that she will vote for the government on FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha. This has assured the UPA of the much-needed numbers ahead of the vote. The other fence-sitter from Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party, has announced it will stage a walkout. ...
07:55 AM, Dec 07, 2012
BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday declared that her party will support the UPA government on FDI vote in the Rajya Sabha. "The government's proposal on FDI has some loopholes but the plus point for the current FDI policy of Central government is that states won't be forced to implement it," said Mayawati. ...
11:47 PM, Dec 06, 2012
High drama was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday after Congress MP Prabha Thakur broke into tears over a remark senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader M Venkaiah Naidu made against her. Though the BJP leader initially refused to apologise but after the woman MP left the House, Naidu regretted his statement and said it was not deliberate. ...
10:43 PM, Dec 06, 2012
Emphasising that foreign investment in retail will prove the death knell for small traders, the Shiv Sena on Thursday accused the government of selling the country to foreigners. ...
09:09 PM, Dec 06, 2012
Strongly opposing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said the policy will make India a country of "sales boys and sales girls". ...
05:32 PM, Dec 06, 2012
The country was not ready for foreign investment in retail, the Trinamool Congress said Thursday while blaming the government for keeping "international opinion" above national interest. "Trinamool is against seeing India only as a market but the Congress-led minority government has rejected this idea. FDI is a Foreign Direct Instruction," Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien said in the Rajya Sabha during a debate on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail....
05:26 PM, Dec 06, 2012
The Trinamool Congress has compared the debate on FDI to match-fixing saying that a minority government has no locus standi to fix the debate. "Match fixing won't do, minority government won't be allowed to fix debate. The government has to go," TMC leader Derek O'Brien said. ...
11:20 AM, Dec 06, 2012
The UPA-II government has won the winter test in the Lok Sabha, defeating the Opposition motions over FDI in retail and changes in Foreign Exchange Management Act. But now its time for an acid test in the Rajya Sabha, where the government is not in a majority. ...
07:55 AM, Dec 06, 2012
It was joy all over the Treasury benches as the opposition motion to withdraw the decision on FDI in retail was defeated in the Lok Sabha. Soon after the vote, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath for their efforts in ensuring the government's victory. ...
09:56 PM, Dec 05, 2012
After a heated debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the government remains confident of winning the vote on FDI in both the Houses. With Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal leading the government in the FDI debate against BJP's Sushma Swaraj, the government expects to gain the numbers in a vote which will happen on Wednesday with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) likely to bail the government out....
07:50 AM, Dec 05, 2012
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday suspended the Indian Olympic Association citing government interference. ...
09:24 PM, Dec 04, 2012
The Lower House turned into a battleground on Tuesday as the government and the Opposition had a heated debate over FDI in multi-brand retail. ...
08:59 PM, Dec 04, 2012
