Food Security Bill tabled in Parliament amid uproar
Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2013
Amid uproar over several scams, government today sprang a surprise over the Opposition in the Lok Sabha by taking up the ambitious National Food Security Bill for consideration despite protests.
At Chintan Shivir, clamour grows for Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate
Sandeep Phukan | Saturday January 19, 2013
Voices pitching for Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate in 2014 could be heard loud and clear on the final day of the Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur today.
Chintan Shivir: Congress leaders debate how to win back urban voters
Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Saturday January 19, 2013
The urgent need to reconnect with alienated urban voters is one of the challenges before top Congress leaders as they brainstorm for the 2014 elections at the Chintan Shivir in Jaipur.
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Tuesday January 8, 2013
BJP lawmaker Smriti Irani has filed a defamation complaint in a Delhi court against Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam for allegedly using indecent language.
BJP protests Sanjay Nirupam's jibe against Smriti Irani, demands apology from Sonia Gandhi
Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Friday December 21, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi apologise for her party leader Sanjay Nirupam's alleged derogatory remarks against BJP member Smriti Irani during a TV discussion on the Gujarat elections yesterday.
Bill to enlarge definition of money laundering offence
Thursday November 29, 2012
A bill which seeks to enlarge the definition of offence of money laundering by including activities like concealment, acquisition and use of proceeds of crime as criminal activities was moved in the Lok Sabha today.
War of words over North Indians in Mumbai leads to police inquiry
Tejas Mehta | Friday November 4, 2011
Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has stepped in to try and stop the Marathi Manoos versus North Indians war of words, saying that the Mumbai Police will find out if recent statements by leaders like Sanjay Nirupam, Raj Thackeray and Abu Azmi were ...
After ugly spat with Thackeray over North Indians, Congress seeks distance
NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday October 25, 2011
With elections marked soon on Mumbai's calendar, politicians are upping the ante, giving fresh expression to the locals vs immigrants battle
Sonia Gandhi recovering well, will return from US this week
Press Trust of India | Monday September 5, 2011
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is recovering well and will be back here this week accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is with her in the US. Sources said Rahul Gandhi, who returned from the US yesterday, shared information about ...
PAC report: UPA members demand MM Joshi's removal
NDTV Correspondent | Sunday August 7, 2011
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi's attempt to make a fresh attempt to make the panel take up his controversial report on the 2G scam could bring more trouble for the government. The reworked report questions the role of Pr...
Bihar campaigning hits a new low
NDTV Correspondent | Saturday October 30, 2010
The election rhetoric has no regard for names and reputations, infact the bigger the name the more damaging are the remarks and there is no room for propriety or decency. Campaigning in Bihar, the former Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Friday called Nitish Kumar "dishonest and thief."???...
Sanjay Dutt caused his father great agony: Sanjay Nirupam
Indo Asian News Service | Monday April 6, 2009
Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday hit back at Bollywood actor and newly-appointed Samajwadi Party general secretary Sanjay Dutt.
I did a sting operation on minister: Sanjay Dutt
NDTV Correspondent | Friday April 3, 2009
The Congress minister, who has still not been identified, allegedly told Sanjay his court cases could go against him if he did not join the Congress.