Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the UPA will reserve 33 per cent government jobs for women and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill giving 33 per cent of seats in the Lok Sabha if it wins the Lok Sabha battle. Interacting with students of Stella Maris College for[Read More…]
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NDA meeting in Delhi: RLSP Chief Upendra Kushwaha likely to miss
New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders are meeting in Delhi today and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party Chief Upendra Kushwaha who is disappointed over the seat-sharing formula of BJP in Bihar, in all likelihood is going to miss it. Kushwaha has called for a press conference at 2 pm at[Read More…]
Is Upendra Kushwaha joining hands with Aam Aadmi Party?
New Delhi: Amidst the speculation of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha quitting National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a close source to RLSP suggested that he can join hands with Aam Admi Party (AAP). Kushwaha who is miffed with Bhartiya Janata Party over seat sharing issue in Bihar has[Read More…]
‘Mother of Telangana’ Sonia Gandhi says Congress paid price for creating new state
Hyderabad: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the Congress carved out Telangana state, though it had to pay a political price for it. On first visit to Telangana after it came into being as a separate state in 2014, the former Congress president said it accorded[Read More…]
Telangana Assembly Polls: Sonia Gandhi to make grand show of TRS exodus in Medchal rally
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leaders’ exodus to Congress in Medchal is all set to place under the leadership of Former Congress Chief and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday in a grand show. The major opposition party Congress is leaving no stone unturned to make the grand show a spectacle[Read More…]
Delhi: United opposition show of strength against PM Modi on 22nd November
New Delhi: All the major opposition parties are going to meet in New Delhi on November 22 for an Opposition Conclave to showcase their strength against Prime Minister Narendra Modi Led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Congress leaders have already held several rounds of talks with likeminded opposition party’s leaders and[Read More…]
Modi accuses UPA government for delaying Police memorial
New Delhi: Dedicating the National Police Memorial to the nation in recognition of the supreme sacrifice made by police personnel since Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the UPA government of its failure in constructing the memorial and said “had the earlier government wanted and tried by its[Read More…]
UPA to blame for HAL’s ouster from Rafale deal: Sitharaman
Rebutting Congress’ charges against the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday held the erstwhile UPA regime responsible for Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) being overlooked for the jet deal. “All these attributes that are being put to us about HAL…it’s not for us but[Read More…]
Bihar politics heats up with Upendra Kushwaha’s demand for new CM face
Union Minister of State for HRD, Upendra Kushwaha has demanded to change the Chief Minister face in Bihar for 2019 assembly elections. According to reports, he doesn’t want Nitish Kumar to continue to be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the state. Heating up the politics in Bihar, the Rashtriya Lok[Read More…]
BJD revealed its stand by walking out before no-trust vote
The ruling BJD in Odisha revealed its stand on the no-confidence motion against the NDA-led Centre on the floor of the Parliament. In the last 14 years, Odisha has witnessed both a NDA and a UPA regimes have done injustice to the people of Odisha, said The Biju Janata Dal[Read More…]
Know about no-confidence motion?
After four years of chairing the ruling seat of the government, Narendra Modi faced the first no-confidence motion from the opposition, approved by the Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan. On Wednesday, the first day of the monsoon session, the Congress and TDP gave notice of the motion of no confidence,[Read More…]
UPA’s incompetence, hidden motives damaged India’s defence: Modi
Thiruvidanthai (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his “bold action” in meeting the country’s critical military requirements were contrary to the Congress-led UPA government’s “laziness, incompetence or perhaps some hidden motives” that damaged India’s defence. Inaugurating the DefExpo 2018 on East Coast Road near Chennai, he blasted the[Read More…]
High Court seeks CBI response on Karti’s bail plea
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file reply on the bail plea of senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case. Justice S.P. Garg also sought a status report from the probe agency and listed[Read More…]
Digital economy cannot be forced on people: Former minister Pallam Raju
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has “twisted” some of the things in the digital revolution, such as “forcing digital transactions” on people and insisting on linking Aadhaar with everything, says M.M. Pallam Raju, a minister in the earlier Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. He contends that[Read More…]
Rajya Sabha – Current Composition & Upcoming Polls
Our Constitution has laid down the maximum strength of Rajyasabha as 250 under Article 80. In this, 238 can be representatives of States & 2 UTs namely NCT of Delhi and Puducherry and Rest 12 can be nominated Members. The present strength of Rajya Sabha, however, is 245, out of[Read More…]
Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani announces retirement, slams NDA, UPA govt
Jurist and former Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Ram Jethmalani announced his retirement from the decades-long legal profession. The 94-years-old Jethmalani has been a lawyer for over 70 years. “I am here just to tell you I am retiring from the profession but I am taking on a new role as[Read More…]
What is common between Kochi Metro and Dhola Sadiya Bridge?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the much-awaited Kochi Rail Metro on Saturday. The internet is flooding with posts and pictures Modi inaugurating the project and him travelling in the metro with some other leaders. There has been such a lot of hype about the new metro rail because of[Read More…]
Modi has given unemployment to India: Rahul Gandhi
While talking to National Herald recently, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, talked about the current situation of the country under the BJP regime and underscored the challenges that are still faced by the people of India, despite the promises made by the Modi government. The major concern of the conversation[Read More…]
BJP president Amit Shah slams UPA’s ‘policy paralysis’
On Friday, as the BJP led NDA government completes three years in power, BJP party president Amit Shah on Friday launched a sarcastic attack on the 2004-14 UPA government. “In 2014, BJP replaced a regime suffering from policy paralysis and gave the people a decisive and transparent government,” Shah said at a press conference. As[Read More…]
Witch hunt against Chidambaram and family still alive
So here are some facts. The Aircel-Maxis case has been quashed by Judge O P Saini in February this year. Therefore, any rational person would think that there is no further investigation is possible. Hence, Monday’s news reports that the CBI will file a status report on the Aircel-Maxis case on[Read More…]
Shashi Tharoor reacts on petition nominating him as UPA’s PM candidate in 2019
Days after an online petition proposed the name of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)’s prime ministerial candidate for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the veteran congress leader finally reacted on it seeing the huge sentiments of people attached to the idea and the amount of[Read More…]
3 surgical strikes during UPA regime: Shinde
E Ahamed, the skilled diplomat who played pivotal role in India’s relation with Middle East
E Ahamed, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) president and former Union minister who died at RML hospital in Delhi early Wednesday was a political stalwart and a skilled diplomat who played pivotal role in India’s diplomatic relation with middle-eastern countries. Ahamed, member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 18 years[Read More…]
UPA delivered 7% job growth: P Chidambaram
PMO files: Sonia Gandhi ruled country through NAC during UPA rule?
Government will soon publicize 710 files of the National Advisory Council (NAC) that provide thorough details of how NAC, created by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, influenced the UPA administration between 2004 and 2014. The files show how Gandhi ruled the country from the backdoors while Manmohan Singh remained a ‘dummy[Read More…]