New Delhi : After former Telecom Minister A Raja told a parliamentary panel probing the 2G spectrum allocations that he took major decisions after consulting the Prime Minister, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appear before the panel, saying his silence will “confirm” his involvement in the 2G scam. “Is […]
New Delhi : Angry protesters staged a second day of demonstrations here Sunday to voice outrage over the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl — storming the barricades outside the residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The girl, whose private parts have suffered mutilation due to the savagery of the […]
New Delhi : A media report that showed the UPA government had “vetted” the coal scam probe status report before its submission in the Supreme Court was a “very serious matter”, said BJP leader Sushma Swaraj Saturday. Sushma Swaraj alleged that the vetting was part of an attempt to save Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “This […]
New Delhi : Ahead of his visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he intends to seek greater business ties with Germany as India continues to take steps to boost domestic investments, attract foreign capital and spur the economy back to its long-term growth potential of eight per cent. Singh, who left for Berlin on […]
New Delhi : Days after DMK pulled out of the UPA, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today candidly admitted that managing coalitions is not easy and urged industry leaders to have faith in government’s determination to revive the economy. Acknowledging that there were deficiencies in governance, Singh said the advantage of being a democracy is that […]
New Delhi : With Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi preferring to stay behind the scenes and strengthen his party for the upcoming General Elections in 2014, sources claim that Dr Manmohan Singh may become the party’s choice for the prime minister’s post for a possible third term. Reports, Friday, claimed that Congress high command may […]
New Delhi : Congress on Tuesday rubbished its general secretary Digvijay Singh’s remarks that the model of two power centres has not worked well and said this is an “ideal model” even for the future. The party at the same time kept on the suspense over who will be its prime ministerial candidate in the […]
Chennai: As protests in support of the Sri Lankan Tamils continued, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said IPL matches would be permitted in the state only if there were no Sri Lankan players, umpires, officials or support staff in these matches. “In view of the popular antipathy and anger in Tamil Nadu against […]
Chennai/ New Delhi : Hardening his stance against the Centre over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, DMK president M Karunanidhi on Sunday went a step ahead, warning that the party will pull out altogether from the ruling UPA if the government failed to move amendments to the US-sponsored resolution on the issue at the United […]
Patna : BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying he frequently used the expression “India stands tall as a nation”, and alleged that it was the country that had been “dwarfed” under a “weak” PM. “Prime Minister is often heard using the expression India stands tall as a nation. But, […]
