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  • Sushma’s charge against Sonia unjustified: Govt

    The Govt rejected as completely baseless BJP leader Sushma Swaraj’s contention that Sonia Gandhi had prevented her from speaking in Lok Sabha and said the unjustified and virulent personal attack on the Congress president was condemnable. Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said Swaraj’s contention was not substantiated by the […]

    BJP has mortgaged K’taka’s future to mafia: Rahul

    Stepping up his offensive against the BJP Govt in Karnataka, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi accused it of having mortgaged people’s future to mafia and sold the state to mining barons Reddy brothers. Going ballistic against the BJP in the third lap of his campaign for the 5th May Assembly elections, Gandhi charged it with having […]

    LS completes budgetary exercise without debate

    Govt ruled out imposition of wealth tax on agriculture land as the LS completed the budgetary exercise in an unusual way with Finance Bill and Demands for Grants for various ministries being passed without debate after Opp walkout. Finance Minister P Chidambaram also exempted Railways from payment of service tax for period between 1st July […]

    Parliament again disrupted over coal blocks allocation

    Parliament was adjourned on Tuesday till noon without transacting any business as BJP members walked into the Well to demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over coal issue and alleged vetting of the CBI report on it. Question Hour could not be conducted for the seventh consecutive day in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha […]

    Manmohan Singh, Advani, leaders of other parties address election rallies in Karnataka

    With just four more days left for campaigning, star political leaders are touring different parts of Karnataka to woo the voters. Senior Congress leader and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today addressed an election rally in Kumbalgodu in the outskirts of Bangalore. He charged the BJP led Government in the State for not properly using […]

    BJP to allow smooth passage of Finance Bill in LS

    The BJP has said that it will allow the smooth passage of the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. However, it will continue to press for the Prime Minister’s resignation over the coal blocks allocation issue. Talking to reporters in New Delhi today, Party spokesman Prakash Javadekar said the Leader of Opposition Sushma […]

    Kamalnath: Finance Bill to be taken up in Parliament tomorrow

    Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamalnath today said that the Finance Bill will be taken up in the Lok Sabha tomorrow. He was talking to media persons after a meeting of the UPA floor leaders

    Parl adjourned till tomorrow on various issues

    Both the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned till tomorrow on various issues. Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the second time till 2 PM today. The BJP members stalled the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha demanding the Prime Minister’s resignation on the coal blocks allocation issue. In the Lok Sabha, the Samajwadi […]

    PM says development taken back seat in Karnataka

    Addressing an election rally in Hubli, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said development has taken back seat in Karnataka due to bad governance and corruption. There is lack of communal harmony and a sense of insecurity prevails among minorities in Karnataka, Dr. Singh. On Sunday, Congress leader and Union Minister Manish Tewari, Gujarat Chief Minister and […]

    Govt achieves breakthrough in stalemate in Parliament

    The government achieved a breakthrough in the logjam in Parliament with the opposition agreeing to allow financial business to be taken up on Tuesday. The stalemate ended after a meeting of floor leaders of various parties convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. “All financial business will be taken up in Parliament tomorrow,” Parliamentary Affairs […]