Sonia Gandhi's speech at UPA-II's report card release: full text
NDTV.com | Wednesday May 22, 2013
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today came down heavily on main opposition party BJP for disrupting Parliament proceedings and preventing crucial legislations from being passed at the UPA-II's report card release.
At UPA-II's report card release, Sonia Gandhi backs Prime Minister, slams BJP
Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday May 22, 2013
Through the day today, his government's fourth birthday, Dr Manmohan Singh's performance as Prime Minster was under intense scrutiny. The BJP questioned his leadership and a minister suggested he had had his run as PM.
UPA II completes four years: Who said what
Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Wednesday May 22, 2013
As the UPA II government completes four years in office, the Opposition launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today on its performance. While the BJP raised question over the leadership quality of the PM, the Cong...
New Comptroller and Auditor General could have conflict of interest, says BJP
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today expressed reservations over appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as CAG, saying there could be a "conflict of interest" as he will be auditing defence deals in which he had a role as Defence Secretary.
Project Rahul Gandhi for PM, Manmohan Singh has done his 10 years: Kamal Nath
Sunil Prabhu | Wednesday May 22, 2013
On the fourth birthday of the UPA 2, the government's crisis manager and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has suggested it is time to project Rahul Gandhi as the ruling party's candidate for Prime Minister in the next general elections now months aw...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been undermined in UPA regime, says BJP
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today sought to paint a dismal picture of UPA-II holding it responsible for the economic gloom and failure to give the country leadership while accusing it of diminishing the role of the Prime Minister.
Highlights: Nothing to celebrate in UPA-II's four years; govt should apologise, says BJP
NDTV.com | Wednesday May 22, 2013
BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley talk about inflation, security and the economic crisis India is facing.
Government and BJP clash over NHRC appointment yet again
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday May 21, 2013
The government and the BJP have once again clashed over an appointment to the National Human Rights Commission or NHRC. At the centre of the confrontation this time is former Supreme Court judge Justice Cyriac Joseph.
Government misusing CBI to target our leaders, says BJP
Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday May 15, 2013
A day after one its senior leaders was chargesheeted by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, the BJP today slammed the government, alleging that the latter was indulging in a political witch hunt.
Highlights: Congress conspiracy behind Kataria chargesheet in Sohrabuddin case, says BJP
NDTV.com | Wednesday May 15, 2013
BJP president Rajnath Singh, and party leaders Arun Jaitley and Vasunshara Raje addressed the media at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi even as Congress workers protested outside.
Coal-Gate: the three meetings that changed CBI's report
Reported by Sunetra Choudhury; edited by Mala Das | Wednesday May 8, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI today told the Supreme Court that on March 6 this year, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and officials in the Coal Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, made three significant changes to a draft of a report on...
Samajwadi Party says Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal must resign
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday May 6, 2013
The Law and Railways Ministers, who have been smeared by scandal, will stay for now, the ruling Congress has decided, to loud protests from the opposition. The BJP's Arun Jaitley has said "some heads must roll."
China stays put while India protests: foreign media
Gardiner Harris and Edward Wong, The New York Times | Friday May 3, 2013
The disputed border region between India and China attracts troops from both countries, but two weeks ago the Chinese sent an unusual number of military patrols into the mountains of Ladakh, a remote high-altitude desert at the northern tip of India....
Disciplinary panel verdict on Lalit Modi likely by May end
Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 30, 2013
The panel had earlier also met on April 22, 23. Modi is facing about 15 charges of having proxy stakes in IPL franchises among others.
BJP leader LK Advani's plane develops technical snag, lands in Hyderabad
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 30, 2013
An aircraft carrying senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani made an unscheduled landing at the old airport at Begumpet in Hyderabad on Monday, after developing a technical snag.