Days after being sacked as Central Board of Film Certification chairperson, Pahlaj Nihalani made a series of sensational allegations. In fact, he passed some disparaging remarks about recently appointed union information and broadcasting minister, Smriti Irani and the home ministry in an interview with Lehren TV. “Indu Sarkar was the[Read More…]
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[Video] Smriti Irani caught sleeping during PM Modi’s speech
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the countrymen on the occasion of 71st Independence Day. He tweeted a video of his address, which included excerpts from his speech. Interestingly, in the video, union minister, Smriti Irani was seen sleeping. There is no question of tolerating corruption in India. pic.twitter.com/qXUYZhBamK[Read More…]
150-seat target for BJP in Gujarat assembly election: Amit Shah
The Bharatiya Janta Party chief, Amit Shah, asked the party workers to work towards achieving the target of winning 150 of the total 182 seats in Gujarat in the upcoming Assembly polls. He said, “Mission 150” would ensure that the BJP wins three Rajya Sabha seats in the state next[Read More…]
PM Modi congratulates Smriti Irani, Amit Shah for being elected to Rajya Sabha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated union minister, Smriti Irani and BJP chief, Amit Shah on being elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. With the victory, Shah has made his maiden entry into the upper house. Polls for the Rajya Sabha seat were held on Tuesday. “Congratulations to BJP[Read More…]
Gujarat braces for Rajya Sabha polls today: Congress shaken as NCP to support BJP
Gujarat braced for the high stakes polls to three Rajya Sabha seats from the state on Tuesday. In the fight are BJP party president Amit Shah, union minister, Smriti Irani and Congress defector Balwantsinh Rajput from BJP. The Congress is trying to ensure the return to the upper house of[Read More…]
Union minister Smriti Irani yet to graduate, shows affidavit
Union minister, Smriti Irani’s degree row or her education qualification is once again in the news. She has not completed her graduation, according to her affidavit for the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat. On the other hand, Balwantsinh Rajput, who recently resigned from the Congress, has emerged as the richest[Read More…]
Smriti Irani gets additional charge of Information and Broadcast Ministry
On Tuesday, the additional charge of the Ministry of I&B has been given to Smriti Irani. Smriti Zubin Irani is currently the Minister of Textiles in the Government of India. This announcement was made public by the Prime Minister’s Office’s official Twitter handle. This comes soon after Venkiah Naidu’s resignation as he is[Read More…]
Smriti Irani shares paragliding video, caption wins hearts
We hardly can imagine our political leaders having fun and being happily involved in adventure sports. But one such politician is breaking the stereotype. Yes, we are talking about Union minister of textiles and former television actress Smriti Irani. The BJP leader had a very thrilling experience and used a[Read More…]
HC stalls Irani’s move to shutdown vocational centre for women
Just when the Union Textile Affairs Minister Smriti Irani and the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh Government was trying to shut down the Jais vocational centre, the High Court of Allahabad (Lucknow Bench), on Thursday passed interim orders that will allow the Vocational Training Centre in Amethi, to continue its activities. The[Read More…]
Smriti Irani’s #CottonIsCool campaign trends on Twitter
More and more people seem to be following campaigns and trends on social media and our Indian ministers are definitely not lagging behind. Following the trend, tech savvy Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Irani has started a new campaign and Twitterati seems to be intrigued by it. Celebrating the cotton[Read More…]
Here’s how Twitterati reacted to Congress’ women’s wing bangle protest
Following the Congress’ women’s wing protest on Friday outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarter in Delhi with bangles over a recent attack that claimed lives of security personnel in Kashmir, Twitterati are debating about the significance of using bangles in the protest. While a section of people called it[Read More…]
Attacks on jawans: Congress women’s wing protests with bangles outside BJP office
Congress women’s wing protested on Friday outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarter in Delhi with bangles over a recent attack that claimed lives of security personnel in Kashmir. Recently, the opposition lashed out at Union minister Smriti Irani over the “barbaric” killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers saying,[Read More…]
Will Smriti Irani send bangles to PM now?
Taking a jibe at Smriti Irani, the opposition lashed out at her over the “barbaric” killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers. Slamming Irani, Congress leader Sibal on Tuesday wondered if Union Minister Smriti Irani would now “gift bangles” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as she had wanted to send[Read More…]
Smriti Irani says Rahul Gandhi has no time for Amethi people
Taking a jibe at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said that the Amethi MP has no time for the people of his constituency. She also alleged the Congress family for not doing enough for the district. She addressing a bakery training programme on the[Read More…]
Exclusive: Four youth detained for eve-teasing Smriti Irani
BJP leader and Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani on Saturday lodged a complaint against four youngsters, who were travelling in a Honda City, for eve -teasing. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in the capital city. Sources told Newsd that the youngsters have been detained at Chanakyapuri police station[Read More…]
SP is a protector of rapists: Smriti Irani
Congress lashes out at Smriti Irani who attacked Priyanka Gandhi for not campaigning in Amethi
The Congress on Friday lashed out at the Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani who attacked Priyanka Gandhi over not campaigning in Amethi so far, asking the minister to stay out of its campaign plans as it was “none of her business.” While taking a dig at Congress top brass, Irani[Read More…]
Smriti Irani asked DU to conceal her education information
The Central Information Commission (CIC) was recently informed that Union minister Smriti Irani had refrained Delhi University from disclosing information related to her degree, the School of Open Learning (SOL). The commission has now directed SOL to produce all documents related to Irani’s educational qualification as a show-cause notice was issued on January 10 to the[Read More…]
An act to remember! Smriti Irani gives cobbler ₹100 for fixing slippers
In a sweet gesture, union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday paid ₹100 to a cobbler in Coimbatore for getting her slippers repaired and the latter, who had demanded only ₹10 for the job, happily put in additional stitches on it with the incident going viral on the social media. The[Read More…]
Court relief for Smriti Irani in fake degree case
In a relief to Union minister Smriti Irani, a Delhi court on Tuesday decided not to summon her in the in the fake degree case. Smriti Irani has been accused of giving false information about her educational qualification to the Election Commission. The court dismissed the case and observed that the complaint was filed to[Read More…]
Here’s what Smriti Irani should be doing instead of #IWearHandloom campaign
After ‘Selfie with beti’, we now have India’s ‘beti‘ taking the selfie. Smriti Irani the Union minister for textiles has been posting pictures of her Bihari silk and ‘kanjeevarams’ in her latest campaign, #IWearHandloom, to promote Indian handloom and textile industry. While the campaign grabbed a lot of eyeballs with[Read More…]
The minister that should have our attention isn’t Smriti Irani but Maneka Gandhi
Social media is a great disrupter in the field of communication. It is slowly turning other means of communication obsolete. Twitter and Facebook have become major sources of information for many of us now. I use Twitter as my primary source of news. In fact, I have created a Twitter[Read More…]
PM Modi’s Cabinet makeover: The complete list
Former human resource development minister Smriti Irani has been shifted from the to the textile ministry. Prakash Javadekar, elevated to a Cabinet rank, will hold the portfolio now. List of Cabinet Ministers: Arun Jaitley: Finance and Corporate Affairs Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs Manohar Parrikar: Defence Venkaiah[Read More…]
After IIT, Centre hikes NIT fees to ₹1.25 lakh
The human resources department ministry has approved a proposal to hike the fees in National Institutes of Technology (NITs) from ₹70,000 to ₹1.25 lakh per annum. This will be levied for new entrants. Similarly, the fees for the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) have been increased from[Read More…]