Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi on Friday has said that the BJP and the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi were busy dividing society in their quest to retain power. He said, only the Congress ideology could take on the BJP and the RSS. He also took potshots at the saffron government on[Read More…]
Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the killing of senior Kannada journalist-activist, Gauri Lankesh. “It is a philosophy…anybody who speaks against the ideology of BJP and RSS, is pressurised, beaten, attacked and even killed”, Gandhi said. “People say that the PM[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president, Amit Shah will address the ‘biggest ever town hall’ in the nation in Ahmedabad to launch party’s poll campaign for Gujarat assembly polls in the state. Gujarat BJP has already started substantial marketing drive ahead of the mega town hall programme of Shah. At[Read More…]
Days after losing water resources and Ganga rejuvenation portfolio, union minister Uma Bharti said that her term in the position cannot be dubbed as a failure. Bharti insisted that there had been no failure in implementing the Ganga programme. “I have not failed in the Ganga programme. Yesterday after Gadkari[Read More…]
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said he held “fruitful talks” with Chinese President, Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit on Tuesday. “Met President Xi Jinping. We held fruitful talks on bilateral relations between India and China,” PM tweeted after their meeting. “Healthy and stable relations” between the[Read More…]
Ever since the cabinet rejig happened on 3 September, Nitish Kumar’s party, JD(U)’s non-entry into the Modi cabinet has remained a big talking point. The Bihar CM has played it down saying that it was never discussed. However, sources said that the PM spoke to Nitish at least twice ahead[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi accused Narendra Modi government of promoting crony capitalism at a cost to the small and medium enterprise. “The debt of farmers in Gujarat is to the tune of Rs 36,000 crore, but Tata Nano has been given Rs 60,000 crore loan at 0.01 per cent,” Gandhi[Read More…]
Trinamool Congress MP, Sultan Ahmed died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Monday at the age of 64. Ahmed was chosen to the 15th Lok Sabha from Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency) on a TMC ticket and had also served as the union minister of state for tourism during Manmohan Singh[Read More…]
Nirmala Sitharaman as defence minister is an “excellent” choice in the cabinet reshuffle feels defense expert PK Sehgal. “I think it is an excellent choice. She is focused, committed, hardworking leader,” he said. Sitharaman will prove to be an outstanding defense minister and has established herself as a persevering leader,[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi will be meeting several party workers and district unit presidents during his visit to Ahmedabad on Monday. His meeting is planned in view of the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections. This will be his first public engagement since his return from Norway. During his visit, Gandhi will[Read More…]
The Congress on Sunday took a jibe at the induction of four former bureaucrats in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet, and said that this showed he did not trust his political colleagues. Manish Tewari, Congress spokesperson, described the 9 new ministers as a “senior citizens’ club”, pointing out that[Read More…]
After being promoted to the union cabinet today, Nirmala Sitharaman has been made the country’s new defence minister. She takes charge of the ministry from Arun Jaitley, who has been saying for a long time that he would like to focus his attention entirely on the finance ministry. Sitharaman is[Read More…]
According to the reports carried by leading various houses, presently Union Minister for power, Piyush Goyal is all set to for an elevation to a full-fledged cabinet portfolio. The Minister of State with independent charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, has been considered for long as among the[Read More…]
The Janata Dal United (JD(U)) on Sunday clarified that no one from the party is going to be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet. “Our National President has already made it clear, so there is no question of me or anyone from the JD(U) joining the cabinet,”[Read More…]
Four ministers were promoted to the cabinet rank and nine new ministers took oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday morning following the cabinet reshuffling. The focus is now on who PM Modi will pick to be the new defence and railways ministers. Ministers from the Janata Dal United, will[Read More…]
In his first official visit, President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Gujarat on Sunday and will stay there till Monday. According to a statement released by the President’s secretary, the President will visit Sabarmati Ashram on Sunday. On the same day, he will be the chief guest at the launch[Read More…]
If the speculation turns out true, these names will be included in the Modi’s cabinet 3.0. Here’s a glimpse into the background of the expected new cabinet ministers. Shiv Pratap Shukla Shiv Pratap Shukla is a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh. He is a Member of the Parliamentary Standing[Read More…]
In what is being seen as an attempt to accommodate Janta Dal United (JD(U)) in the cabinet, the Modi ministry is set for a major rejig on Sunday. This is the third and speculated to be the last cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the general elections in[Read More…]
If sources are to be believed, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is “very happy” with the performance of highways minister, Nitin Gadkari, and has decided against tinkering with his portfolio in Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday. PM Modi and BJP chief, Amit Shah, had earlier toyed with the idea of moving Gadkari[Read More…]
As the centre is ready for a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, the Congress on Saturday said that if it is being done on the basis of work, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi should also be included in it. “If reshuffling is happening on the basis of work, then Prime Minister[Read More…]
BJP MP, Nana Patole, on Friday said that PM Modi does not like to be asked questions. The Bhandara-Gondiya MP said the PM had got angry with him when he tried to ask about the OBC Ministry and farmer suicides at a meeting of BJP MPs. Speaking at a programme[Read More…]
Senior ministers Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Uma Bharti reportedly resigned from the Narendra Modi government on Thursday, ahead of the much awaited Cabinet reshuffle, expected to happen on Saturday. Reportedly, union minister, Arun Jaitley may be given the defence portfolio that he was heading after the resignation of Manohar Parrikar.[Read More…]
Eight union ministers met with BJP president, Amit Shah, on Thursday, leading to an increased speculation about an impending cabinet reshuffle. Though the ministers met with Shah possibly about the upcoming Gujarat polls, finance minister, Arun Jaitley dropped hints about a reshuffle. Jaitley even jokingly remarked that he hoped he[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided ‘Garje Gujarat’ as its slogan for Gujarat assembly election 2017. It will be launched soon, said sources. The assembly polls in the state are scheduled to take place in December. On 24 August, BJP president, Amit Shah appointed finance minister, Arun Jaitley as[Read More…]
Taking a swipe at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 35th Mann Ki Baat over his remarks that violence in the name of faith would not be tolerated and the guilty would be punished, BSP supremo, Mayawati on Monday asked why the Haryana government has not been dismissed after violence by[Read More…]