Uma Bharati

"Brother-Sister Need Dose": Uma Bharti Explains Jab At Priyanka Gandhi

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday April 17, 2019

A day after calling Priyanka Gandhi Vadra "chor ki patni (the wife of a thief)", Union Minister Uma Bharti said she knows the words might have hurt, but "brother (Rahul Gandhi) and sister (Priyanka) need this dose".

Top BJP Leaders Seen With Right-Wing Leader Who Shot At Gandhi Effigy

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday January 31, 2019

Hindu Mahasabha leader, Pooja Shakun Pandey, who shockingly enacted the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi at Aligarh on Wednesday was seen with former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and union minister Uma Bharati in pictures posted by the right-wing group leader on Facebook. The pictures with the senior BJP leaders, which were sh...

BJP's Uma Bharti Says She Will Not Contest Elections In Future

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 13, 2018

Union Minister and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Sunday said she will not contest any elections in the future though she will continue to work for the party.

No One Can Separate Me From Ganga, Says Sulking Uma Bharti

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 5, 2017

Apparently upset over being stripped of the Ganga Rejuvenation portfolio, Uma Bharti on Tuesday said no one can separate her from the river Ganga and announced that she will begin a padyatra along the banks of the holy river from Gangasagar next month.

Uma Bharti Gets Sanitation, Water Supply, Skips Oath Ceremony

India News | Reported by Sunetra Choudhury, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday September 3, 2017

Uma Bharati, who was divested of the prime Ganga rejuvenation and water resources portfolios, has been given charge of sanitation and drinking water. The two key ministries have gone to Nitin Gadkari, who also got to retain transport, highways and shipping.

Cabinet Reshuffle On Sunday Morning, 8 Ministers Quit: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu | Saturday September 2, 2017

A new Defence Minister is expected to be appointed on Sunday morning when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to revamp his cabinet in a big shake-up. Arun Jaitley will retain the Finance Ministry, sources said; he currently handles both key departments. The Prime Minister was still tweaking his list of new ministers till late on Friday night, s...

Cleaning Of Ganga A Challenge, Results Will Show in 2018, Says Uma Bharti

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 24, 2017

Work on a new Ganga law to lay down guidelines for cleaning the holy river and implement the 'Namami Gange' programme is underway and will be shared with the states before tabling it in Parliament, the government told the Rajya Sabha today.

With Clean Ganga Project Not Delivering, PM Narendra Modi Intervenes: Report

India News | NDTV News Desk | Thursday April 6, 2017

India's $3 billion plan to clean the Ganga is badly behind schedule with large stretches contaminated by toxic waste and sewage, forcing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene, said Reuters, based on government officials and documents that the news agency said it had seen. Much of the money allocated to the project, a flagship initiative for the...

Babri Masjid Demolition Case: Will LK Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi Face Trial? Supreme Court To Decide Tomorrow - 10 Points

India News | NDTV News Desk | Wednesday March 22, 2017

Whether LK Advani and other senior BJP leaders will face trial in the decades-old Babri Masjid (mosque) demolition case is expected to be decided by the Supreme Court tomorrow. The top court, which was supposed to announce its decision today, has now postponed it to tomorrow. The court will decide whether conspiracy charges will be revived against ...

UP Elections 2017: In Parched Bundelkhand, Politicians Rush To Sell Dreams Of Development

India News | Written by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra | Wednesday February 22, 2017

The drought-prone Bundelkhand, one of the most backward regions of Uttar Pradesh, is a place where development has dominated the political discourse during the election campaign.

Uma Bharti Says As Chief Minister, 'Tortured Rapists Till They Begged'

India News | NDTV News Desk | Friday February 10, 2017

Union Minister Uma Bharti told a large crowd while campaigning in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday that she made rapists "beg for forgiveness" when she was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. With her controversial comments, she appeared to endorse their torture.

With Scathing Speech, Jayalalithaa Takes On Karnataka From Hospital Bed

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday September 29, 2016

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today issued a blistering criticism of Karnataka's withholding of Cauvery water, calling it a "a deliberate defiance" of the Supreme Court.

Ganga To Be Among World's Cleanest Rivers In 2 Years, Promises Uma Bharti

India News | Anindita Sanyal | Saturday May 28, 2016

Union water minister Uma Bharati has promised that Ganga will be among the world's 10 cleanest rivers by 2018. The Narendra Modi government, she said, has allocated Rs 20,000 crore to meet the target.

Bihar Ruling Alliance Drunk With Power, Says Uma Bharati

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 10, 2016

Union Minister Uma Bharati today attacked the Nitish Kumar government over the "deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar", saying that the road rage incident in Gaya showed that people belonging to the ruling dispensation in the state were "drunk with power".

States Should Find Long-Term Solution To Tackle Drought: Uma Bharti

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 20, 2016

Union Minister Uma Bharati today asked states to find long-term solution to tackle drought and gave them the assurance of providing whatever help is required in fighting such a calamity.