Bengaluru: Urging teachers to teach students moral values and ethics, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday advised educational institutions to make social service mandatory for their wards. “Make social service or service to armed forces or voluntary organisations like National Service Scheme (NSS) and Scouts & Guides mandatory for[Read More…]
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Naidu sends privilege notice against Rahul Gandhi to LS Speaker
Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu has referred the privilege notice by BJP MP Bhupendra Yadav against Congress President Rahul Gandhi to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Yadav had raised the issue of a tweet by Gandhi and said that the Congress leader had “twisted” the name of Finance Minister[Read More…]
‘No begging’ to ‘no cross talking’ – a look at Venkaiah Naidu’s first full session as Chairman
The just-concluded winter session of the Rajya Sabha, the first session for new Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu, saw a few “firsts” as part of reforms he brought in the proceedings in the upper House. On the very first day of the session on December 15, Naidu, who was elected as[Read More…]
Rajya Sabha disrupted over 2G, Modi’s Pakistan remark
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. on Thursday after Congress leaders asked the BJP to come clear on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh and the saffron party’s smear campaign against the UPA in the 2G spectrum case. A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted[Read More…]
Caste, community gaining in public life over character, capacity: Naidu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday expressed concern over “caste, community and cash” gaining prominence in certain sections of public life and said that people of the country expected better performance from the elected representatives in parliament. Naidu, who gave away the 12th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards,[Read More…]
Belated criticism of NDTV India ban politically inspired says Naidu
Information and Broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday attacked those criticising the one-day ban on NDTV India saying the ‘belated criticism’ is clearly ‘ill informed and politically inspired’ to create a controversy. He said people should know that the UPA Governments, during 2005-14, ordered several TV channels to go[Read More…]