Jairam Ramesh

"Some Of Us Behave Like We're Still Ministers": Congress Turmoil Grows

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Thursday February 13, 2020

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday called the party's Delhi election debacle "extremely disappointing" and called for a "new approach", joining the rapidly growing league of party leaders calling for change. Another leader, Jairam Ramesh, said the party needed to "ruthlessly reinvent itself" to stay relevant and commented that "some o...

Jairam Ramesh On Why Jawaharlal Nehru Didn't Want "Secular", "Socialist" In Preamble

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 22, 2020

The words ''socialist'' and ''secular'' did not make it to the Preamble of the Constitution as Jawaharlal Nehru felt that there was no consensus on these issues at that time, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday.

Watch: Top ISRO Scientist Ends Parliamentary Meet With Flute Performance

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 31, 2019

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is admired for sending satellites and rockets into the space but a senior scientist from the premier organisation has enthralled the Internet by playing flute at the end of a meeting with a Parliamentary panel.

Top Court To Hear Tripura Royal's Citizenship Act Plea On Wednesday

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 17, 2019

The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear on December 18 a batch of pleas, including those by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and royal scion of Tripura Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman, challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Jairam Ramesh Moves Supreme Court Against Citizenship Amendment Act

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 16, 2019

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has challenged the Citizenship Amendment Act in the Supreme Court and his plea will be heard on Wednesday.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu Suggests Panel To Curb Pornography On Social Media

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 29, 2019

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu Today suggested that Congress MP Jairam Ramesh form a committee comprising MPs to suggest concrete steps to curb pornography on social media and other Internet platforms which is adversely affecting children.

After Opposition Objections, Centre Refers Surrogacy Bill To Select Panel

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday November 21, 2019

The centre referred a legislation seeking a ban on commercial surrogacy to a 23-member select committee of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, after members suggested modifications to some of its more contentious provisions. "I move the motion that the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill-2019, as passed by the Lok Sabha, be referred to a select committee of the R...

Nothing Objectionable If An MP Resigns, Switches Parties: Venkaiah Naidu

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 21, 2019

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said there is nothing "objectionable" in an MP resigning and switching over to other party as it is permitted in a democracy, days after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh talked about "enforced migration" in the Upper House.

Rajya Sabha Marshals Drop "Military-style" Cap Amid Row Over New Uniform

India News | Reported By Akhilesh Sharma, Edited By Jimmy Jacob | Thursday November 21, 2019

Marshals attended to proceedings in the Rajya Sabha without their military-styled caps today amid an ongoing review of their new uniform, which debuted on the opening day of the winter session. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha chairman, had earlier asked the secretariat to reconsider the uniforms in view of criticism from ...

"Deeply Grateful": Jairam Ramesh On Supreme Court Order On Finance Bill

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 14, 2019

The Supreme Court's order on the validity of the Finance Act 2017 will have "far-reaching consequences" on any attempts to abuse the Money Bill route, said Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, the petitioner in the case.

PM, Amit Shah Using "Trishul" Of Agencies To Attack Opponents: Jairam Ramesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 6, 2019

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of using the "trishul"(trident) of Enforcement Directorate, CBI and Income Tax to attack their opponents.

Congress Leaders Dropped From Nehru Memorial Panel In Major Shake-Up

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 6, 2019

The government has reconstituted the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society removing Congressmen Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh and Karan Singh as its members and inducting television journalist Rajat Sharma and ad-man Prasoon Joshi among others.

Congress Against Naga Agreement If It Changes Manipur Geography: Jairam Ramesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 4, 2019

Slamming the Centre over alleged lack of transparency in the ongoing Naga peace talks, former union minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the Congress will oppose any agreement, if it changes the geography of Manipur and any other northeastern state.

Rahul Gandhi Sees "Something Very Wrong" In Foreign Leaders' J&K Visit

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Monday October 28, 2019

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday criticised the central government for allowing a 27-member delegation from the European parliament to visit Jammu and Kashmir while not extending the same courtesy to local opposition leaders. "MPs from Europe are welcome to go on a guided tour of Jammu and Kashmir while Indian MPs are banned and denied ...

"Insult To Democracy": Shashi Tharoor On Foreign Leaders' Visit To J&K

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Monday October 28, 2019

After party colleague Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today questioned the logic behind the central government allowing members of the European Union parliament to visit Jammu and Kashmir when local politicians were being prevented from doing so.