New Delhi, A Delhi court on Tuesday asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and others to appear on December 19 in connection with a complaint filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the National Herald newspaper case. Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen also granted them exemption from personal appearance on Tuesday. The Delhi High […]
New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday the decision of allowing private vehicles with even-odd registration numbers on alternate days was contingency step and would be discontinued if it inconvenienced the public. He said before taking the drastic step the city government wanted to strengthen public transport, but had to resort to […]
New Delhi, The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Narendra Modi government with former prime minister Manmohan Singh saying the economic recovery was fragile and job creation inadequate while party vice chief Rahul Gandhi said the real meaning of growth and progress need to be understood. The top Congress leaders’ remarks came a […]
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Delhi assembly on Friday passed the Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015, which the AAP government has described as the “strongest” anti-graft legislation in the country. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hinted another confrontation with the centre, saying that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not approve the bill, then appropriate […]
New Delhi, The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi on Thursday tabled an amendment in the assembly, seeking a whopping 400 percent increase in the salary of legislators and ministers. The Member of Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Salaries, Allowances, Pensions, etc) (Amendment Bill) proposes the hike from the present Rs.88,000 to […]
Kathmandu, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke over telephone with Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Wednesday and Thursday and discussed the present status along the international border, and political initiatives taken by the government to address the demands of agitating parties. Officials said the talks were “very positive”, and Oli apprised Sushma […]
New Delhi, The Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed three adjournments in the pre-lunch session after an uproar over former union minister and Congress member Kumari Selja’s remark that she was asked about her caste at a temple in Gujarat. Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien adjourned the house for 20 minutes at 12.17 p.m. after the leaders […]
New Delhi, Congress on Wednesday asked the government to come clean on the reported “secret meeting” between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Kathmandu last year. The Congress also wanted to know from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government if issues of concern had […]
New Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the government won’t allow intolerance at any cost and urged intellectuals who have returned their awards to take them back, as Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of silence over remarks justifying intolerance by some of his colleagues. Rajnath Singh, who wound […]
New Delhi, A purported comment by Home Minister Rajnath Singh that India had got “a Hindu ruler after 800 years” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi triggered turmoil in the Lok Sabha on Monday. As the opposition and treasury benches debated over “intolerance”, the house was adjourned thrice after CPI-M leader Mohammed Salim quoted Singh as […]