New Delhi, BJP ministers on Friday came down heavily on the Congress for carrying out a misleading campaign on the Rafale fighter jet deal, with Home Minister Rajnath Singh rejecting the opposition party’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Probe on the issue. Singh said the government was confident that the[Read More…]
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Portfolios allocated to Karnataka ministers
Bengaluru: Portfolios of the ministers in the JD-S-Congress coalition government in Karnataka were allocated on Friday, two days after the ministry was expanded. Governor Vajubhai Vala has allocated the portfolios to all the 27 cabinet ministers, including the Deputy Chief Minister of the Congress, on the advice of Janata Dal-Secular[Read More…]
Manipur able to meet only 40% of potable water needs: CM Biren Singh
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday asked his Ministers to work for public welfare, pointing out that the state was able to meet less than 40 per cent of the drinking water needs of the people. He was speaking at the Bharatiya Janata Party office here to celebrate[Read More…]
PM Modi gives pep talk to ministers
Apparently worried about his government’s image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a pep talk with his council of ministers, telling them to spread the good word about the government’s policies and initiatives at the ground level. At a meeting of his Council of Ministers on Friday night, Modi asked his[Read More…]
PM Modi cautions ministers against staying in five star hotels
Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned his ministers against staying in five-star hotels and availing any benefit from public sector undertakings attached to their ministries. As per sources, he is reported to be unhappy with the tendency of some ministers’ preference to stay in five-star hotels instead of government accommodations. PM[Read More…]
Odisha Cabinet reshuffle: 12 ministers take oath
EC in favour of restricting convicts from contesting polls for life
The EC on Monday said to the apex court that it favors the idea of not allowing people convicted of a criminal offense to contest elections. This news comes soon after the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms found that an average of one out of four freshly elected[Read More…]
Assembly polls: Most ministers bite dust in Goa
Most of the ministers in the BJP-led Government headed by Laxmikant Parsekar in Goa were defeated on Saturday. Six of the eight ministers who were in the fray lost the polls to their rivals, adding to the poor performance of the BJP, which in 2012 emerged victorious in the coastal[Read More…]
Gujarat: Govt proposes 80% boost in salaries and perks for CM, ministers
The Gujarat government has proposed an enormous 80 per cent boost in salaries and perks for the CM and ministers in the 2017-18 budgets from the 2016-17 budget estimates. While in the 2016-17 budget estimation, the Gujarat government made provisions of Rs 3.21 crore for salary expenses of the chief[Read More…]