Jhargram (West Bengal): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday claimed that the opposition leaders, who have no connection with the country’s development or people’s welfare, came together at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s mega opposition rally in Kolkata last week out of[Read More…]
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Smriti Irani dares Rahul Gandhi to repeat ‘anti-India’ slogan
New Delhi: Days after Congress leader Kapil Sibal questioned the need for a sedition law, Union Minister Smriti Irani dared his party President Rahul Gandhi to repeat the slogan ‘Bharat tere tukde honge” in public. “The Congress President publicly stood with such forces (anti-India) and publically supported the statement of[Read More…]
Smriti Irani goes all Game of Thrones over her ‘Tuesday blues’
Union Minister Smriti Irani, who has shared funny GIFs, pictures and captions to talk about her Monday blues, has now attacked the Tuesdays with a pinch full twist of Game of Thrones and fans are simply loving it. In the past, Ms Irani has often amused her Instagram followers with[Read More…]
Smriti Irani slams Rahul of spreading ‘more lies’ on Rafale; raises Vadra’s PA issue
New Delhi: Amid rancorous politics on Rafale fighter jet issue, Union Minister Smriti Irani took a dig at Rahul Gandhi accusing him of telling “more lies” on the matter after he called Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharama a “liar”, and alleged that Gandhi’s brother-in-law Robert Vadra had a plush 1.9 million[Read More…]
BJP accuses Kerala government of detaining Sabrimala devotees
New Delhi: Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Kerala government accusing it of detaining Sabarimala temple devotees for raising voice against it, and condemned the bomb attack on the ancestral home of former BJP state President and Rajya Sabha MP V. Muraleedharan. Kerala witnessed[Read More…]
Women in science largest minority: Textile Minister Smriti Irani
Jalandhar, Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said women in science are the “largest minority” in the country, with only 14 per cent of them contributing to the profession. She spoke about an inherent gender bias against women in the society, hampering their entry in the highly competitive world[Read More…]
BJP has forced Rahul to visit Amethi more often: Smriti Irani
Lucknow, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday took a dig at Congress President Rahul Gandhi for visiting his parliamentary constituency Amethi more often and said this was because she had done a lot of work there and in the process rattled Gandhi. On a brief halt outside the Lucknow airport[Read More…]
Smriti Irani announces sops for Amethi, targets Rahul
Amethi: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Monday announced sops for Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Targeting the Congress leader, she said he was bluffing all along, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wrong-doings while he himself could not ring in development in his own parliamentary[Read More…]
Like Sister Nivedita, youth should strike balance between science, faith: Smriti Irani
Kolkata: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said Irish educationist, social activist and Swami Vivekananda’s disciple Sister Nivedita was nothing less than a revolutionary whose life can inspire today’s youth to strike a balance between science and faith. “Sister Nivedita expressed her faith towards God and spirituality. She was also[Read More…]
Smriti Irani has everyone confused with this Instagram post
The 42-year-old Union Cabinet Minister, Smriti Irani, who is known for her humorous stint on the social media, has once again answered to the trolls in her canny style Sharing a still from her decade-old TV show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi , Smriti Irani took to Instagram to post her[Read More…]
#MeToo: Women don’t go to work to be harassed, says Smriti Irani
Mumbai, Oct 11, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday supported women coming out with their stories of sexual harassment at workplace, saying that they go to work to live their dreams and earn their living respectfully and not to get harassed. Irani was interacting with the media at a[Read More…]
Akbar under #MeToo cloud: Irani says ‘the gentleman in question’ should respond
New Delhi: Amid allegations of sexual harassment against former editor and Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said the “gentleman in question would be in a better position to answer.” Irani is the second minister in Prime Minister Modi’s team, after[Read More…]
Smriti Irani attacks Odisha government for depriving people of Central schemes
Bhubaneswar: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday took a jibe at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging that he is not letting people of the state avail benefits of the Central schemes. At the two-day extended executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here, she said the Biju[Read More…]
Union Minister Smriti Irani shown black flag by Swarn Sena in Bihar
Patna: Union Minister Smriti Irani was shown black flags on Thursday by Swarn Sena activists in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, following which angry BJP and its Yuva Morcha workers severely beat up a protestor, police said. “Some youths waved black flags at her and shouted slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party.[Read More…]
Need to innovate marketing, design and packaging in crafts industry: Irani
Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday emphasised on the need to propagate new means of marketing, design and packaging in the crafts industry. Speaking here at the ‘Meet and Greet with the Export Fraternity of Jaipur’ she said: “In the international market, small countries are expanding their markets through[Read More…]
Smriti Irani trying to find lost political relevance, allegations are foolish: Congress
As BJP leader Smriti Irani attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the party said she was trying to find “lost political relevance” as she had become quite irrelevant, as it noted that BJP was seeking ‘personal vendetta’ against the party leadership in the Income tax case. Accusing the Gandhi family of consistently dedicating itself to only[Read More…]
Smriti Irani refuses to pay parking fee after arguments with parking staff in Delhi
Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani had gone to Delhi’s Rajiv Chowk locality on Tuesday when according to a report her driver got into an argument with the parking attendant of E Block. Later the BJP leader left the area without paying any parking fee. According to a report, the duo[Read More…]
Smriti Irani accuses Sibal of being involved in land scam
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday accused former Law Minister and Congress leader Kapil Sibal of being involved in a “land scam” claiming that he bought a piece of land in Delhi worth crores for a “very small price” from an accused in a money laundering case. Referring to a report[Read More…]
Single-window clearance for filmmamkers in two months: Smriti Irani
Mumbai: Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani said on Sunday the government is planning to set up a single-window clearance system for filmmakers to facilitate all types of clearances faster and under one roof. In a conversation with filmmaker Karan Johar at the inaugural session of “Ficci Frames 2018”, Irani also[Read More…]
India’s media, entertainment sector to cross $31 bn by 2020
Mumbai: The Indian media and entertainment sector revenues reached $22.7 billion in 2017, and are expected to cross $31 billion by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.6 per cent, said a study released here on Sunday. The report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and[Read More…]
Amitabh Bachchan thanks Smriti Irani: Here’s why?
Amitabh Bachchan thanked Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani, who presented the megastar with the Indian Film Personality of the Year at the 48th International Film Festival of India. “Thank you Smritiji Honourable Minister for Information and Broadcasting and the trouble you took in organising a most memorable evening[Read More…]
Serving news sans drama big service to democracy: Smriti Irani
New Delhi: One of the biggest services a broadcaster can render to the democracy is to present news sans the “element of drama”, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani said on Thursday. “How many of us in the private sector are always told that news in some medium or the[Read More…]
It is PM Modi, not Rahul Gandhi, who insulted India on foreign soil: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday said that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who “insulted” India on foreign soil after the BJP accused Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, of disrespecting PM Modi in his speech at a US university. “We are surprised at the criticism that is unwarranted and unjustified made by[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi is a ‘failed dynast’: Smriti Irani
Responding to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the US today, union minister, Smriti Irani, took a jibe at him and said that him attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a foreign country was “deplorable.” She described Gandhi as “a failed dynast” who “chose to speak about his failed political[Read More…]
Amit Shah, Smriti Irani sworn in as Rajya Sabha MPs
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president, Amit Shah and union minister, Smriti Irani, took oath as Rajya Sabha MPs, in New Delhi on Friday. Vice-president and Rajya Sabha chairman, M. Venkaiah Naidu, administered the oath of secrecy to both of them. This is for the first time that Shah has[Read More…]