New Delhi | 1 day ago
MPs should live up to standards of founding fathers: Sonia
New Delhi, May 13 - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday said that integrity and independence of parliament must be protected at all cost and the the conduct of MPs should rise to the highest ethical standards that were followed by the founding fathers of our nation.The integrity and independence of parliament must be preserved and protected at all cost, with no room for compromise. Our conduct ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
BJP says Chidambaram's clarification violates rules
New Delhi, May 11 - The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party - Friday again attacked Home Minister P. Chidambaram, this time for reading out in the Lok Sabha Thursday a clarification from his son on his business interests in telecom operator Aircel, saying it was against the rules.As the house met for the day Friday morning, BJP members were on their feet raising the issue, with Yashwant Sinha, who h ... read more

Chandigarh | 3 days ago
BJP wing to hold Kisan parliament in Delhi Saturday
Chandigarh, May 11 - The Bharatiya Janata Party's - Kisan Morcha will hold a two-day farmers' parliament Saturday and Sunday in New Delhi to discuss the issues faced by the agriculture sector, a party functionary said Friday.Kisan Morcha national president O.P. Dhankar said the issues related to agriculture, especially the increasing number of farmers' suicides, would be discussed at the special K ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
BJP says Chidambaram's clarification violates rules
New Delhi, May 11 - Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party - Friday protested Home Minister P. Chidambaram reading out a clarification from his son on his business interests in telecom operator Aircel in the Lok Sabha Thursday, saying it was against rules.As the house met for the day, BJP benches were on their feet raising the issue, with Yashwant Sinha, who had raised the matter Thursday, leading the ... read more

New Delhi | 7 days ago
No new Tatra truck purchased after 2008: Antony
New Delhi, May 7 - Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday said Tatra trucks were purchased to meet the special needs of the Indian Army but no vehicle had been procured from the company after 2008.The defence minister told the Lok Sabha during Question Hour: 'Indian government bought 6,500 vehicle from Tatra from 1986 onwards to 2012. Out of that, owing to special circumstances nearly 1,950 vehicles ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Difficult to support Congress candidate, says Patnaik
New Delhi, May 4 - In remarks pointing to the possibility of a contest for presidential elections, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said it will be difficult for him to support a Congress candidate.Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate programme on CNN-IBN news channel, Patnaik said he would hold consultations with leaders of parties such as AIADMK and Samajwadi Party on the preside ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
BJP, JD-U go different ways on next president
New Delhi, May 1 - Differences in the National Democratic Alliance - over the presidential candidate became apparent Tuesday with the JD-U stating bluntly that it does not stand by its ally BJP, which has announced that it supports neither Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee nor Vice President Hamid Ansari.The Bharatiya Janata Party denied there was a rift but Janata Dal-United leader and NDA conven ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
BJP, JD-U not on same page over next president
New Delhi, May 1 - Differences in the National Democratic Alliance - over the presidential candidate emerged Tuesday with the Janata Dal-United - refusing to stand by the Bharatiya Janata Party -, which the day before declared it supports neither Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee nor Vice President Hamid Ansari for the top post.There had been no discussion on the presidential candidate in the BJP ... read more

New Delhi | 14 days ago
NDA walks out of Lok Sabha over slow wheat procurement
New Delhi, April 30 - The National Democratic Alliance - led by the Bharatiya Janata Party Monday walked out in protest in the Lok Sabha saying the government should help the farmers suffering due to procurement problems across the country.What do we do in here when the leader of the house has left, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj said referring to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who had jus ... read more

New Delhi | 14 days ago
Lok Sabha adjourned over Telangana
New Delhi, April 30 - The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon Monday over the vexed issue of carving out a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh.As soon as the house met at 11 a.m., the members of Telangana Rashtra Samithi - came to the well of the house holding placards and shouting slogans, We want Telangana and Jai Telangana.Despite the repeated requests of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to ... read more