Congress announces large-scale changes in reshuffle
Press Trust of India | Sunday June 16, 2013
Constituting Rahul Gandhi's team for the 2014 Lok Sabha battle, Congress on Sunday brought in former Union Ministers Ajay Maken and C P Joshi along with Ambika Soni and Gurudas Kamat as General Secretaries and dropped Ghulam Nabi Azad and Oscar Ferna...
Telangana bandh: Congress averts crisis, but is it on the backfoot?
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Saturday June 15, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's handling of the "chalo assembly" call given by pro-Telangana groups on Friday earned him a pat on the back from Union ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Ghulam Nabi Azad. A bandh, called by Telangana R...
Telangana shutdown today after hundreds of workers, activists arrested
Agencies | Saturday June 15, 2013
A day after the 'chalo assembly' agitation, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti or TRS has called for a Telangana bandh today in protest against the arrest of its workers. CPI, a strong supporter of the separate Telangana stir, however, differed with TRS in...
Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal to contest Andhra Pradesh local body and Lok Sabha polls
Press Trust of India | Friday June 7, 2013
Union Minister Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) would contest the upcoming local body polls in Andhra Pradesh and subsequent general elections in 2014.
Congress tries to minimise impact of Telangana leaders' exit
Written by Uma Sudhir | Tuesday June 4, 2013
Three senior leaders of the Congress jumped to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) bandwagon this week and the Congress made no effort to stop them; instead it labelled the desertions as "good riddance". Experts say that is not because the party is f...
Delhi rape: Health Minister Ghulam Azad meets five-year-old's family
Press Trust of India | Saturday April 20, 2013
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday met the family of the five-year-old girl at AIIMS and enquired about her health.
Full transcript: Open to proposing amendments to UN resolution on Sri Lanka, Kamal Nath to NDTV
NDTV.com | Tuesday March 19, 2013
Faced with a pullout from a crucial ally - the DMK - over the Lankan Tamils issue, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told NDTV that the government was open to proposing amendments in the US-sponsored resolution against Colombo at the upcoming...
Only 21 per cent foreign-educated doctors can practice in India
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 19, 2013
Only 21.76 per cent of Indian doctors trained abroad have qualified to practice in the country, parliament was informed on Tuesday.
Congress ministers fail to broker peace with DMK over Sri Lanka
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday March 18, 2013
The Prime Minister's fragile coalition is under new pressure. Senior partner DMK has threatened to withdraw its five ministers this week from the cabinet unless India asks the UN's top human rights body to hold Sri Lanka accountable for "genocide." L...
Trio of ministers meet Karunanidhi to broker peace over Sri Lanka
Reported by Sam Daniel; edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday March 18, 2013
The Centre is under extreme pressure to vote against Sri Lanka on March 21, when the United Nations' top human rights body meets in Geneva. The US is moving a resolution that is expected to criticize Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes and human rights ...
Large student protests in Tamil Nadu against Sri Lanka
Reported by Sam Daniel; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Monday March 18, 2013
Union ministers AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad and P Chidambaram are likely to meet DMK chief M Karunanidhi today in a bid to placate him after he threatened to snap ties with the Congress-led UPA government over the Lankan Tamils issue.
Chidambaram, AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad to fly to Chennai to mollify Karunanidhi
Press Trust of India | Monday March 18, 2013
Union ministers P Chidambaram, A K Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad are being sent to Chennai to mollify DMK Chief M Karunanidhi who had threatened that his party will pull out of the ruling UPA alliance if it failed to move amendments to the US-sponsored...
DMK, allies push for referendum in north, east Sri Lanka
Press Trust of India | Thursday March 7, 2013
DMK and its allies in Tamil Nadu today pushed for referendum in the north and east of Sri Lanka to find out the sort of political solution war-hit Sri Lankan Tamils want.
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Tuesday January 29, 2013
An Andhra Pradesh court has ordered the police to register cases of cheating against Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. The court was hearing a petition accusing the ministers of cheating the people of the Telangana...
Telangana protesters clash with police; Congress leader meets Governor
Uma Sudhir | Monday January 28, 2013
Angry pro-Telangana protesters in Hyderabad tried to break police barricades today as they made their way to Indira Park, where a large protest is being held against the Centre deferring a decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create ...
