New Delhi : The BJP will hold nationwide protests from today against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s “Hindu terror” remarks, Rajnath Singh said after being elected party president on Wednesday. “The recent statement of Shinde shows the government is not serious in its fight against terrorism,” he said, addressing party workers here. “Just for vote […]

New Delhi: The UPA government managed an easy win in the Rajya Sabha when FDI in multi-brand retail came up for voting on Friday. The government’s victory was scripted by Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. While Mayawati chose to vote in favour of the UPA government, Mulayam Singh’s party MPs staged a walkout […]

New Delhi: The deadlock in both Houses of Parliament ended on Thursday with presiding officers of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha allowing a debate on FDI in multi-brand retail under rules that entail voting. The Opposition had been pressing the government to hold a debate on FDI in Parliament with voting. While Lok Sabha […]

  New Delhi : While the UPA government has been maintaining that it is not averse to a vote in Parliament on the FDI issue and would leave the decision to the Lok Sabha Speaker, it is reported to have agreed to a debate on the matter under Rule 184. Under Rule 184, voting is […]

Mangalore : District in charge minister C T Ravi said that during AICC President Sonia Gandhi’s visit to city, she has not put forth any development schemes to the state as well as city from the UPA government. He was speaking at the press meet held at Circuit House on Oct 23, Tuesday. Flaying AICC […]

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who withdrew support from the UPA after FDI in retail was cleared last month, is on the warpath again. She has been pushing for a no trust motion and appealing to other UPA constituents to quit the alliance. The DMK has refused while the Samajwadi Party is buying […]

New Delhi: The UPA government is set for a second push for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reform measures. The Cabinet is expected to clear 26 per cent FDI in pensions and 46 per cent in insurance on Thursday. Currently, no foreign investment is allowed in the pension sector and only 26 per cent FDI is […]

Bangalore : The UPA government  which has already struck a severe blow on the common man by hiking diesel prices  and by allowing FDI in retail sector, is all set to strike another blow by planning to hike the price of sugar distributed through PDS. Interestingly, the price of sugar supplied through PDS has been […]

Bangalore : Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily on Saturday said the entire nation wants the All-India Congress Committee general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi to be either in the Union Government or in a top post in the Congress. Speaking to presspersons after attending the coordination committee meeting at the KPCC office […]

Mangalore :  The   Mangalore South East unit of the Shakti Kendra of the BJP staged a  protest near the KSRTC bus stand in the city on Thursday  urging the government to reject what it termed as  an ‘anti-national report’ submitted to the Union Home Ministry by the three member committee formed by the UPA government […]