V Narayanasamy

Group of Ministers, headed by P Chidambaram, to decide on CBI autonomy

Reported by Sunil Prabhu; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday May 14, 2013

Severely reprimanded by the Supreme Court for influencing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the coal scam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today constituted a Group of Ministers to decide the plan of action to secure the autonomy of the inve...

Coal-Gate: CBI director defends his meeting with minister V Narayanasamy

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 26, 2013

CBI Director Ranjit Sinha on Friday defended his meeting with Minister of State for Personnel V. Narayanasamy on Thursday, asserting he would meet whoever he felt the need to.

Kudankulam-I to begin power production within this month: Government

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 3, 2013

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu, which has been hit by protests, will start power production within this month, Union Minister V Narayanasamy said on Wednesday.

Govt placates DMK over India's stand on resolution against Sri Lanka

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Saturday March 16, 2013

Union Minister V Narayanasamy today assured the DMK, which has threatened to pull out of the Manmohan Singh Cabinet, that India's stand on a US resolution against Sri Lanka would take note of the emotions of the people of Tamil Nadu.

After English controversy, changes to UPSC exam suspended

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Friday March 15, 2013

After a huge controversy, the government has decided that for now, changes will not be made to the exam that students take to qualify for the Civil Services. Many parties had objected to new rules that made English mandatory and made it tougher for s...

Former CBI chief appointed Governor, BJP slams government

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With PTI inputs) | Monday March 11, 2013

The appointment of former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar as a Governor is threatening to snowball into a major political controversy. Mr Kumar was appointed the Governor of Nagaland by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Commissioning of Kudankulam nuclear plant delayed, first unit likely to start in April

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 6, 2013

The commissioning of Kudankulam nuclear power project has been delayed yet again. The first unit of the power plant is now expected to be commissioned by April, government told the Lok Sabha today.

Bharat bandh: losses estimated at 26,000 crore; factories, cars attacked in Noida

Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta (With Inputs from Agencies) | Wednesday February 20, 2013

The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions from today paralysed banking services across the country and shut down public transport in cities. Industry body Assocham said that the loss to GDP could be about Rs 26,000 crore, higher than i...

Bharat bandh shuts down banking, public transport; violence erupts in Noida

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Wednesday February 20, 2013

The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions from today paralysed banking services across the country and shut down public transport in cities. Factories in Noida came under attack and a trade union activist died in violence in Ambala. Un...

Samajwadi Party member regrets snatching quota bill in Lok Sabha yesterday

Indo Asian News Service | Thursday December 20, 2012

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Yashvir Singh on Thursday regretted snatching a copy of the promotion quota bill from Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy in the Lok Sabha a day ago.

Mulayam's man snatched quota bill, Sonia Gandhi tried to intervene

Reported by Sandeep Phukan; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday December 19, 2012

A Samajwadi Party MP literally stopped Lok Sabha proceedings mid-step today when he snatched the quota for promotions bill that Minister V Narayanasamy was reading from his hand. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who sitting next to the minster, tried...

More bills to be introduced in Parliament in coming session: Minister

Saturday December 8, 2012

Buoyed by government winning the FDI vote in Parliament, more bills were likely to be introduced in the coming session covering Banking, Insurance and Pension sectors, Union Minister of state in Prime Ministers Office (PMO) V Narayanasamy said today.

No plan to dump N-waste from Kudankulam plant in Kolar Gold Fields: V Narayanasamy

Press Trust of India | Saturday November 24, 2012

The Centre today made it clear there was no plan to dump Uranium waste from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in defunct gold mines at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Karnataka.

Tape contradicts minister about national auditor CAG

Edited by Mala Das | Monday November 12, 2012

An audio tape purported to be of union minister V Narayanasamy suggests that he did indeed make the comments that fomented a new controversy around the national auditor or CAG, whose reports have led to embarrassing allegations of graft for the gover...

Government wants to make national auditor CAG its private agent, says Arvind Kejriwal

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday November 12, 2012

The opposition and anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal has accused the government of conspiring to undermine the office of the national auditor or CAG, whose reports on telecom and coal have led to embarrassing controversies and allegations of...