New Delhi: Both houses of parliament were Tuesday adjourned till noon after an uproar over the formation of Telangana state. As soon as the Lok Sabha began itrs sitting, members opposed to the proposed Telangana state raised slogans, demanding a united Andhra Pradesh. Amid the din, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till noon. Similar […]
New Delhi: The government appears determined to push through the Telangana Bill in Parliament, despite clear opinion by two law officers that a constitutional amendment is required to create the new State by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. After the oral opinion by the law officers, the government on Wednesday referred the matter to the Law Ministry, […]
New Delhi: The interim budget for Railways which will be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday may have some passenger-friendly measures besides introduction of new trains. A soft budget is being expected from Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge in view of the upcoming polls. Though Railways is facing an economic crisis following a reduction in both freight […]
Bangalore: Declaring its commitment to provide a “clean, efficient and transparent” administration, the Congress government in Karnataka on Wednesday said it was taking action to “adopt” the Centre’s Lokpal Act. “My government welcomes the Lokpal bill of the government of India and action is being taken to adopt it in our state,” Governor H R […]
New Delhi : Union Ministers from Seemandhra, who exited the government in protest against the move to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh state, are in a bind as their resignations are yet to be accepted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Congress party also appears to have given the cold shoulder to their posturing in the wake […]
New Delhi : The projection of Narendra Modi as the BJP’s prime-ministerial candidate on Friday virtually marked an end to the era of L K Advani, who had played a key role in the growth of the BJP in the 1990s. Advani, 85 years old, on Friday was left ploughing a lone furrow as one-time […]
New Delhi: Ahead of GDP numbers to be released later in the day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the economic growth in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal will be relatively flat. “Growth has slowed in recent quarters. I expect growth in the first quarter of 2013-14 to be relatively flat, but […]
New Delhi: Congress chief and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi may speak on her pet welfare legislation, the Food Security Bill, when it comes up for discussion in the Lok Sabha Wednesday, party sources Tuesday said.However, this would not be her first speech in the house as she took part in a special discussion on 60 […]
New Delhi : The last vestige of the Janata Party, formed in the aftermath of Emergency, was silently buried on Sunday with Subramanian Swamy announcing his party’s merger with the BJP. Making the announcement in the presence of BJP president Rajnath Singh, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and the former […]
New Delhi: Telangana, one of the three regions of Andhra Pradesh, will be carved out as India’s 29th state; the industrial hub of Hyderabad will be a common capital for the next 10 years, the Congress said today. The decision to create a Telangana state, a process that’s likely to take six months, was cleared […]
