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After Natarajan’s charge, Jaitley seeks review of UPA projects

India January 30, 2015 at 4:31 pm 0 comments

New Delhi,  Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday sought a review of environmental projects granted clearance or rejected permission during the UPA regime after former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan accused Rahul Gandhi of interference in green clearances for projects.Natarajan’s letter to Sonia Gandhi “conclusively establishes” that it was not theRead More

BJP should apologise for ‘killing Anna’ in its ad, says Kejriwal

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines January 30, 2015 at 4:30 pm 0 comments

New Delhi,  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday lashed out at the BJP for its newspaper advertisement featuring a garlanded sketch of Anna Hazare, accusing the saffron party of “killing” the “second Gandhi” on Martyrs’ Day, and demanded a public apology from it. The party also accused the BJPRead More

Govt to push for passage of bills to replace ordinances

India January 30, 2015 at 4:19 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: The government will try to push for the passage of six bills to replace ordinances in the first half of the Budget Session of Parliament beginning February 23. A meeting of secretaries of various departments, convened by the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, today decided that the main thrust ofRead More

Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi pay floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi

India January 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 67th death anniversary at Raj Ghat. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and shared his reverence for the FatherRead More

Arvind Kejriwal slams BJP ad carrying Anna cartoon

India January 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party Friday took a swipe at the BJP for its newspaper advertisement, in which Anna Hazare’s cartoon has been shown with a garland, prompting AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to cheekily ask whether the saffron party had “killed” the veteran anti-corruption crusader. In a series of tweetsRead More

Jaipal Singh appointed PS to MoS Home

India January 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Jaipal Singh, a Gujarat-cadre IFS officer, has been appointed Private Secretary to Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary. Singh, a 1991-batch Indian Forest Service officer is presently working as Director in Department of Higher Education. He has been appointed for a period of upto SeptemberRead More

‘Socialism and secularism underlying spirit of constitution’

India January 30, 2015 at 4:16 pm 0 comments

Mehta:”Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday described the twin principles of ‘socialism and secularism’ as the underlying spirit of Indian Constitution, saying any deviation from these two basic tenets would be against the interest of the country. Stating this on the sidelines of ‘Sangat Darshan’ programme in PhagwaraRead More

Shazia Ilmi more beautiful than Kiran Bedi, could have won BJP Delhi polls: Katju

India January 30, 2015 at 4:15 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Justice Markandey Katju has done it again. After suggesting to make Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif ‘President of India’, the former chairman of the Press Council of India on Friday said that BJP leader Shazia Ilmi is much more beautiful than the party’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi. Katju,Read More

Congress to wait and watch on Janata Parivar merger issue

India January 30, 2015 at 4:14 pm 0 comments

Patna: Congress on Friday said it will adopt a wait and watch approach on the Janata Parivar merger issue and will take a decision in May on a tie up in the Bihar Assembly elections. “We are keeping a close watch over the events in Bihar and will take aRead More

Mamata challenges BJP to amend secular Indian Constitution

India January 30, 2015 at 4:14 pm 0 comments

Kolkata: Amid the raging controversy over alleged conversion by Hindu outfits in Birbhum district in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday threatened to take “strong action” against those promoting forcible conversion and launched a veiled attack on the BJP, challenging it to amend the secular Indian Constitution. “IndianRead More