The BJP will hold a meeting in Delhi today to decide whether they will contest with the elections with JD(U) in Bihar. Rajnath Singh will meet top Bihar leaders to decide. Later in the day, a cabinet meeting will be called to take further decisions regarding t...
Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde presents the anti-rape bill in front of the Lok Sabha. The government is keen to pass the bill in the Budget session itself and not delay it any further.
After the meeting on the anti-rape bill yesterday, the government is all set to present the bill in front of Lok Sabha today. After the meeting with other parties, certain changes have been incorporated into the bill, one of the main one being, keeping the age...
After the second round of discussions, political parties have come to a consensus of retaining the age of consensual sex at 18 years. The anti-rape bill will be tabled in the Lok Sabha tomorrow.
BSP leader Mayawati in her interview to the media says that the reduction of age of consensual sex to 16 years is regressive and instead of making progressive laws, the government is bringing in detrimental ones. The first round of meeting proved to be inconcl...
The anti-rape bill gets a nod from the Cabinet, but faces opposition from some parties. A meeting of political parties like BJP, Trinamool Congress and SP, will take place soon to discuss the parties' reservations over the contents of the bill. If the bill get...
The anti-rape bill finally gets the nod from ministers and will be tabled in front of the Cabinet for approval. The age of consensual sex has been lowered to 16 years in the bill. Along with this, stalking has also been made a jailable offence.
A consensus has been reached on the anti-rape bill. Sources say that the age of consent for sex has been fixed at 16 years of age and that the complainant is liable if the case registered is false. Communications and Information Technology minister Kapil Sibal...
Newshour | The cabinet has yet again failed to pass the anti-rape bill. BJP leader Vani Tripathi and Congress leader Abid Rasool Khan debate on whether the political parties are displaying duplicity by delaying the anti rape law?
Changes to the bill that would entail more stringent punishment for crimes against women would have to wait for some more time. At the Union Cabinet meeting today, differences between the law and home ministries over the changes led to the PM Manmohan Singh re...
The Budget session of the state Assembly is a few days away. CM Kiran Kumar Reddy's Cabinet is meeting today to chalk out the strategy for the Budget session. The meeting comes after a gap of nearly four months.
A four-member committee headed by former Chief Secretary K Jayakumar will probe the bursting of the water pipeline supplying water to parts of Thiruvananthapuram city. The committee will look into the possibility of sabotage. An emergency meeting of Cabinet ha...
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy informs that a four-member commission will enquire the bursting of pipeline supplying water to parts of Thiruvananthapuram city on the eve of Attukal Pongala. An emergency meeting of Cabinet reviewed the situation yesterday. Oommen...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy addresses the media after a meeting of his cabinet at the CM's camp office. All the 20 ministers were also seated at the press conference. Dy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha was seated beside him. The CM tells media of the...
A special cabinet meeting will be held today to discuss the drought situation and the KSRTC crisis. The state transport corporation plunged into a chaos after the removal of diesel subsidy. Without the subsidy, KSRTC will have to bear an additional burden of R...
The State government has decided to set up special fast-track Courts to deal with cases relating to violence against women. The government move comes in the light of the directive of the Kerala High Court. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has also informed that a ...
In his address to the media, PM Manmohan Singh, says that India has always priced its natural resources at a lesser value than other countries. He also added that the prices should be brought at par with the rest of the world. The Cabinet will meet later in th...
The Supreme Court has recently upheld the appointment of RS Mehta's appointment as Lokayuta in Gujarat, which was strongly opposed by Modi and his government in the past. In connection to this, Modi had also written a letter to the Prime Minister. The new Modi...
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy stated in the Kerala Legislative Assembly that Kerala was facing a severe drought following Tamil Nadu's violation of the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project water sharing agreement. The State had to face losses of Rs 1995 crore on account...
Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao did not attend a cabinet meeting today, instead he wrote a note to his Cabinet colleagues explaining his role in the VANPIC land allotment made to VANPIC ports. He said he had not done anything wrong and that he was only implement...
Finance Minister P Chidambaram says the government finances are in for big trouble if the subsidies are not cut. It would also affect the growth rate. Chidambaram was speaking at the first Union Cabinet meeting after last Sunday's cabinet reshuffle. The govern...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will head a high-profile meeting of his new council of ministers on Thursday. The meeting gains important as PM will discuss the next 18 months' road-map for the government. Sources say that in the minutes of the meeting, the most...
The UPA Cabinet is set for a change on Sunday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is meeting Sonia Gandhi today evening to give approval for the changes to be made, and also upgradation of portfolios for some. So what are the changes to be expected?
Sunday's cabinet reshuffle would be the biggest, and probably the last, Cabinet reshuffle of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. SM Krishna may be dropped. But there could be new entrants, and although Rahul Gandhi has decided not to join the Cabinet, his stamp on ...
Rahul Gandhi meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the his 7, Race Course Road residence. The meeting comes in the backdrop of talks of a cabinet reshuffle. Rahul could be pushing for names of youth leaders in reshuffle.
There are signals of a reshuffle in the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The PM is to meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Sonia Gandhi is also expected to Pranab. The reshuffle may happen before October 20, that is before Pranab leaves for his ancestr...
The subcommittee formed by the State Cabinet to look into the demand for raising bus fares, will meet today. The meeting will also discuss about giving more LPG cylinders under subsidy rates for the APl section. The sub committee will hold a separate meeting w...
After having served for 14 years as New Delhi's Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit is ready for a role at the Centre. Commenting on the 'buzz' about her shift, Dikshit said that she would abide by the decision of the leadership, triggering speculation about a poss...
The Congress working committee is meeting now. And this meeting could give the final seal of approval on the cabinet reshuffle planned after the exit of Mamata Bannerjee from the UPA. If things go as planned, the reshuffle could happen by September 28. So who ...
The Congress Working Committee is meeting to decide on variety of issues following the recent exit of Mamata Bannerjee from the government, and the reshuffle of ministries. It is not clear if the Telangana issue will also feature in the meeting.
The Union Cabinet that met today postpones a decision on two issues, both of which have come about due to the absence of respective Ministers at the meeting. First was the hike in levy price of sugar that would have directly lead to an increase in price at whi...
The government has turned a deaf ear to the needs of the people yet again. After hiking the prices of diesel and subsidised LPG cylinders, the Centre is set to hike the power tariffs and the prices of sugar that is distributed through the PDS. If this move is ...
After the rise in the prices of diesel and LPG, the government is aiming to increase the price of sugar. This would effect the people who were accustomed in consuming sugar without the scrutiny of the PDS. The only measure of relief that the government is prov...
From September 14, the prices of diesel have been hiked by Rs 5. The cabinet gave its approval for the hike that has come after several days of dithering. The decision has also been made to limit the number of LPG cylinders allotted to just six per year to eac...
Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy has come out with a clarification on the issue of price hike in petrol and diesel. Reddy says the note circulated before the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs was meant to apprise his colleagues about the demands raised b...
Union Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy says that the under recoveries of public sector oil firms on account of subsidies had touched Rs 1.88 lakh crores, and hence a firm decision is needed at this stage on hiking of oil prices. He also said he had met the Fi...
The Union Cabinet is meeting today evening at 5.45 pm to take a decision on the demands for a hike in the retail prices of petrol, diesel and LPG made by the Oil PSUs. The OIL PSU's say they are suffering a loss of over Rs 560 crore per day on account of subsi...
Will you see a hike in the prices of petrol and diesel by the end of the day? The agenda on the table of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs of the Central government is the demand from oil PSUs to allow them to hike the prices of petrol, diesel, kerose...
The UPA cabinet has given its approval to the amended SC/ST promotion bill which will be presented in the Parliament in this session. But there are several hurdles- one the logjam in the Parliament over Coalgate, and second the opposition to the bill from OBC ...
The Cabinet committee of the state government has submitted its report on the SC/ST plan. And now its upto the Assembly to pass it into law. But are these proposals and the funds its wants to reserve for SCs/STs really helpful? Can Dalit expect a fair deal? W...
Is Chiranjeevi being called in to Delhi to sound him about a bigger role? Why is the CM,, Shankar Rao, and nearly every top Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh in Delhi right now?
Uttar Pradesh government officials have been given the green signal to indulge in theivery. The go-ahead comes from the Chief Minister's uncle, Shivpal Yadav. A veteran politician in the Samajwadi Party, the state's PWD Minister tells bureaucrats that it is ok...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's uncle and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother, Shivpal Yadav, has permitted bureaucrats in Uttar Pradesh to indulge in stealing and bribery. The state's PWD Minister addressed bureaucrats at a District Review...
One of the most senior faces of the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh PWD Minister Shivpal Yadav has made a shicking statement, permitting bureaucrats under his jurisdiction to indulge in stealing and bribery. The state's PWD Minister addressed bureaucrats at a ...
Uttar Pradesh Union Minister Shivpal Yadav's irresponsible remarks have caused an uproar across the nation. The state's PWD Minister passed a bizarre diktat to bureaucrats at a District Review Committee meeting, saying that it is okay to steal and accept bribe...
Uttar Pradesh PWD Minister Shivpal Yadav is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The Minister dictates a bizarre diktat to bureaucrats at a District Review Committee meeting, saying that it is okay to steal and accept bribes as long as they are working hard....
Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan has called an emergency Cabinet meeting , while the state Congress chief Manikrao Thakre has written a letter to the NCP calling for a meeting to resolve all outstanding issues. The NCP is meeting today evening, while Sharad P...
Is Sharad Pawar looking for a larger role in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Cabinet? His party, the NCP, is meeting today evening in Delhi from where it could outline its demands from the UPA. Backdoor negotiations between the Congress and NCP are underway.
NCP leader Praful Patel says Sharad Pawar was always No 2 in the UPA government even when Pranab Mukherjee was in the Cabinet. Patel says their alliance with the Congress will continue both at the Centre and in Maharashtra.
Sonia Gandhi has come up with a new formula to please Sharad Pawar, who did not attend the Cabinet meeting over the No 2 post in absence of the Prime Minister. The new formula is a three member commitee of Pawar, AK Antony and leader of the Lok Sabha. But the ...
Praful Patel accuses Congress sections of spreading rumours. Some sections of the Congress party are fueling rumours about the NCP's unreasonable demands through the media, says NCP leader Praful Patel. Patel said his party and Sharad Pawar had raised some is...
Sharad Pawar has sent in his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. And he has also sought time to meet the PM. Pawar had skipped the Cabinet meeting and is angry at being denied No 2 position in the Cabinet.
In an attempt to avoid a controversy before the Presidential elections, the Prime Minister has called off the Cabinet meeting this week citing that they are busy with Presidential elections. A controversy has been brewing over the No. 2 spot in the Cabinet. Sh...
Following strong objections by the TMC on the amendments to the Pension Bill, the Cabinet is forced to put off the passing of the bill. Will the Government ever be able to stand up to its formidable ally TMC?
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy holds an emergency meeting with his ministers to discuss the situation arising out of Excise Minister Mopidevi's arrest.
Newshour | Are Congress ministers expressing their loyalty to the party or are there any hidden agendas in their willingness to quit the cabinet and work for the party?
Following the debacle in the UP polls, Congress leaders reportedly express their willingness to quit the cabinet and work towards strengthening the party in the state.
Following the party's poor performance in the UP polls, senior Congress leaders reportedly express their readiness to quit their posts and work towards strengthening of the party in UP.
Sonia Gandhi meets Andhra Congress leaders, including the Andhra Pradesh Congress Party chief D Srinivas, to stem dissidence in the party against Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.
After the expert committee submitted its review on the Kudankulam power plant, the Tamil Nadu cabinet on Monday is expected to make some crucial decisions concerning the project.
While Union Cabinet is to meet to discuss crucial bills and a possibility of extending Winter Session of Parliament, Team Anna has reached Chennai to drum up support for its anti-corruption crusade.