The Congress core group meeting comes to an end. The discussions are on the party's Parliament strategy as the Budget session begins tomorrow. According to reports, there would be no action for now against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien.
The UPA's political managers will be keeping a close eye on the developments in Lucknow today as BSP Chief Mayawati is likely to decide her party's future political strategy at the national executive meet today. A day after holding her first rally since losing...
Disgusted with the way the BJP-led opposition is holding the Parliament hostage, the UPA Chaiperson takes her fight to the people. Addressing a rally at Barmer, Sonia challenges the BJP government to a debate on whatever issue they have with the government.
Congress spokesperson accuses the BJP-led opposition of going against their Constitutional mandate and misbehaving in the Parliament. The Congress reiterates that the BJP has no legal authority to hold Parliament proceedings hostage based on irrational and bas...
The Congress and the BJP stick to their stand, continuing the deadlock in Parliament. Familiar scenes unraveled in both Houses of Parliament as the BJP-led opposition refused to let the Congress respond on the allegations leveled against them in connection wit...
Union Minister Ambika Sonia responds to the turbulence in Parliament, claiming that the situation cannot be resolved unless there is a discussion in Parliament. The Congress leader states that it is wrong and immoral for the opposition to make baseless allegat...
Key ally of the Congress, the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party, backs the BJP demand for the cancellation of licenses. In an attempt to end the standoff in Parliament, Mulayam Singh Yadav called for a meeting with all non-UPA, non-NDA parties. The 'Thir...
The Congress and the BJP stick to their stand, continuing the deadlock in Parliament. Familiar scenes unraveled in both Houses of Parliament as the BJP-led opposition stormed the well of the House and refused to let the Congress respond on the allegations leve...
Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has called for a crucial meeting with all non-UPA, non-NDA constituents as the Parliament is adjourned yet again. The Left and TDP have already voiced their support for the SP, in what could lead to the formation of a ...
The BJP leaders meet in senior leader LK Advani's office to decide on Coalgate strategy. Despite the Prime Minister's clarification and the divide within their own alliance, the BJP refuses to relent in their demand for the PM's immediate resignation. They are...
With the BJP-led opposition continuing to disrupt Parliament over the alleged coal allocation scam, the Congress is now preparing its strategy to table and pass key Bills in the Parliament. The UPA government is hoping that the importance of the Bills will out...
Congress leaders have laid out a strategy to stave off BJP's attacks. Senior leaders P Chidambaram, AK Anthony and Sushil Kumar Shinde will look into the day-to-day affairs of the Parliament. Simultaneously, the Congress will reach out to people through the me...
Unable to ensure that the BJP end the deadlock in the Parliament over the Coalgate scam, the Congress has decided to take the battle to the streets. And both have their stands and statements clear on why they think the other side is responsible for the deadloc...
Pranab Mukherjee presence as the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha is being missed by the Congress. And that is one reason why Congress President Sonia Gandhi is taking things under her control, and she is getting aggressive. When Sharad Pawar was speaki...
Is demand for removal of Manmohan Singh not just of the BJP, but also that of the some elements of Congress including its party president Sonia Gandhi? Is the Congress planning to use the hungama over Coalgate to unseat Manmohan Singh and install Rahul Gandhi...
Congress President Sonia Gandhi met senior BJP MP Kirti Azad. The meeting was a bid to end the deadlock in Parliament over the CAG report on coal blocks. Sonia has been meeting with other leaders too.
Sonia Gandhi gets aggressive and besides asking her MPs to fight back the BJP attack on Coalgate scam, she is trying to shore up relations with UPA's alliance partners. In the Lok Sabha, she walked over to Samajwadi Party's Mulayam and talked to him.
The Govt is ready for a trust vote. It is likley that it will push for a confidence motion in Parliament next week. It is imperative that the Govt show the business community and the world that it is a functioning government and it can withstand the BJP's assa...
The CAG report has opened Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to unprecedented attacks from the Opposition who have found the CAG report on coal block allotment handy. What is the allotment and why is PM being attacked so vociferously so that Parliament had to be st...
Even as the NDA met to discuss its further strategy over the Coalgate scam, Arvind Kejriwal says the amount of money involved in the scam, as mentioned in the CAG report, was equal to looting Rs 30 lakhs from each village of the country. He also said both BJP ...
The BJP dismisses rumours its MPs were going to resign en masse from the Parliament committees demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. And on the third straight day of the current session after the Eid holidays, the stand off in Parliament is ...
The White paper on black money tabled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament did not mention any names, nor did it give an estimate of the total amount of black money generated in the country.
Pakistan is on a denial mode despite the many reports which suggest that the Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed is present and active in the country.