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New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday charged the Left parties of taking undue credit for the successful passage of the Women Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
“Why is the Left parties taking undue credit for the bill,” said Banerjee.
“We boycotted the Bill because [...]

New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers from northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana converged in the national capital to stage a mass protest rally against the UPA Government’s policies on Friday.
This rally by farmers vented their ire at the steep rises in the prices of fuel and fertilizers and demanded that the [...]

New Delhi, Sep. 16 (ANI): The UPA Government’s austerity drive is expected to be extended to all Members of Parliament (MPs) following an all party meeting, according to sources.

Vice President Hamid Ansari will call an all-party meeting to decide on the issue once Lok Sabha [...]

New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday evening called the wife of missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

The State and Central Governments have pulled out all steps to trace out the missing Andhra Pradesh CM.

Meanwhile, as part [...]

New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday evening said both Revenue and Forest officials of that area have been pressed into the search operations for the missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajshekhara Reddy.

Addressing media persons, Chidambaram said: “Paramilitary and State [...]

New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass met senior leader L.K. Advani at his residence late on Friday night for almost two hours.

Among those who met Advani were Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar.

Sources claimed that despite RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat chalking out a succession plan [...]

New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): Former Defence Minister George Fernandes demanded an apology from the Congress Party, as his name was not figuring in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) charge sheet in the coffin scam.

Congress, [...]

Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Aug.21 (ANI): Concluding a three-day National Conference here on Friday, a sulking Samajwadi Party leadership accused the Congress of being “opportunistic” and announced a mass agitation programme against UPA government, but ruled out withdrawal of [...]

New Delhi, Aug.19 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is on a five-day official visit to India, visited Rajghat, the memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, on Wednesday.

Later, Nepal will meet External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna at the Hotel Oberoi. He will proceed to meet President Pratibha Patil for about 30-minutes.

He will also [...]

New Delhi, Aug 9 (ANI): Taking a serious view of the swine flu outbreak in the country, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today spoke with Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and reviewed the situation.

During the conversation, Dr. Singh asked Azad to inform him about any aggravation [...]

New Delhi July 16 (ANI): The Congress Party and UPA Government at the center has urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to avoid settling political and personal scores through the through the nation’s courts.

However, it said the issue between UP Congress Committee Chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi and Mayawati is a matter both had to settle [...]

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Accusing the UPA government of plundering the common man, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded rollback of hike in petroleum prices.

Party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, the BJP condemns the government’s decision to hastily raise the prices of petrol and diesel, though the price of the crude oil [...]

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to reply to the general discussion on rail budget on Thursday in Lok Sabha.

The Railway budget is still under discussion in both houses of parliament. Mamata’s fourth railway budget received mixed opinions from both the treasury and the opposition benches.

Mamata’s proposal for special [...]

New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): As Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the first General Budget under UPA Government’s second inning, various opposition parties opted to highlight its loopholes in their own way.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi described the General Budget as highly defocused and the worst ever witnessed [...]

Mussoorie, July 4 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Saturday said the UPA Government is keen to create more growth opportunities to ensure inclusive growth and bring positive changes in the lives of people.

Launching the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration here, President Pail said the Centre has chalked out [...]

Bandra Worli Sea Link – Mumbai sea bridge to be named after Rajiv Gandhi
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) India’s first sea bridge, which was thrown open to traffic in this financial capital Tuesday, will be named after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan announced here.
Chavan’s announcement was in response to a surprise [...]

New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): Bhutan Prime Minister Jigme Yoser Thinley will hold bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House here today.

Both leaders will look for ways to take the bilateral relations forward.

Thinley, who is on a four-day visit to India, will also hold talks with External Affairs Minister S. M. [...]

Bhopal, June 30 (ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday volunteered to own responsibility for the demolition of Babri mosque at Ayodhya and said that she would have no problem even if she was hanged on the issue.

Reacting to [...]

New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): The Centre is preparing to provide modern facilities in 28 more cities in addition to the existing 65 cities under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in the first 100 days of the UPA government.

“Infrastructure will also be developed in [...]

New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): In a bid to facilitate the issuance of temporary passports to Haj pilgrims, the UPA Government has decided to do away with police verification process.

On Monday, the Haj Committee of India said the Government’s decision to [...]