The Congress is likely to take final call on its minister Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal by tomorrow evening. The core group, which was slated to meet today, will be meeting tomorrow for a discussion on the fate of the two Cabinet ministers.
The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, gave its go-ahead for slashing the subsidy on phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers for this fiscal. The Cabinet has accorded approval to the proposals of the Department of Fertilizers for fixation of NBS rates for the year...
Finance Minister P Chidambaram is the latest one to join the Third Front debate by ruling out its possible emergence ahead of the 2014 general elections. His colleagues at the Union Cabinet as well as the BJP too are of the same opinion although the confidence...
The Food Security Bill, which was approved by the union cabinet, is likely to be considered in Lok Sabha today. The Bill makes a uniform coverage to 67% of the total population and does away with the below and above poverty line distinction.
DMK chief M Karunanidhi, unhappy with the stand that the government has taken over the war crimes committed by Sri Lanka against the Tamils, threatens to pull its ministers off the union cabinet. Pressure mounts on the UPA government to vote against Sri Lanka ...
The union cabinet is set to take up the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill for discussion today after the Group of Ministers led by Finance Minister Chidambaram gave its nod to the bill. One of the key proposals in the bill is lowering the age for consensual sex fr...
Following the union cabinet's failure to arrive at a consensus over the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram is set to meet to frame the required changes in the bill for cabinet approval.
Following the union cabinet's failure to arrive at a consensus over the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, the Group of Ministers (GoM) is set to meet to frame the required changes in the bill. The government finds itself racing against time as there is a deadline...
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 anti-rape bill has once again run into road blocks as parties and political leaders oppose certain suggestions in the bill. The biggest bone of contention is lowering the age of consensual sex from 18 to 16 years. Many leaders are of the opinion that this ...
The union cabinet defers discussing Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill following the failure of the cabinet to arrive at a consensus over the matter. Reports emerge that a group of ministers are set to take up the matter to end the differences among the various min...
The union cabinet is set to review the final draft of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill. The bill, which was prepared in the wake of the brutal gangrape in Delhi, seeks to provide better security for women. Once the cabinet approves the bill, it will then be t...
An ordinance has been brought in on the anti-rape law, but will it provide relief to the victims who have been raped and bring them justice? The Union Cabinet has postponed the decision on the anti-rape law to next week.
The Union Cabinet will discuss the Grievance Redressal Bill that was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2011. Once the bill is passed and the law is implemented, government officials will not be able to delay the execution of their duties, which deal with the grie...
The anti-rape law bill is expected to be presented before the Union Cabinet today. The Home Ministry had moved a note, proposing changes in rape laws. The fresh bill that will be presented in the Cabinet is set to replace the ordinance on crimes against women.
The amendments made to the Lokpal and Lokayukta bill have been cleared by the Union Cabinet. The amendments to the Lokpal bill is based on the select committee recommendations. Fourteen out of 16 recommendations of the Select committee have been approved. The ...
The Union Cabinet has cleared amendments to the Lokpal bill and the bill is now expected to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha in the upcoming Budget session. The Cabinet clearance comes amidst serious charges made against the government as this revised version is b...
The Union Cabinet cleared the revised Lokpal Bill today and will be ready to be presented in the Lok Sabha in the coming budget session. The amended draft leaves the appointment of Lokayuktas to the states but the CBI's role is still ambiguous under the new dr...
The Union Cabinet will meet shortly to discuss a new draft of the much debated Lokpal Bill today. The Cabinet will look into the recommendations of the select committee which looked into the draft Bill after it was stalled in the Rajya Sabha. However, Anna Haz...
The Union Cabinet is all set to review the Lokpal bill. Nonetheless the government's is reviewing a watered down version of Lokpal bill as many of the key proposals made by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and his team are nor part of the bill. Anna Hazare...
The Union Cabinet will meet on Monday to discuss the amendments to the Lokpal Bill. The eleven key amendments to the bill were proposed by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha, which was formed to look into the recommendations of members from the Upper House fo...
A one-man commission will probe allegations against American retail giant Wal-Mart, which had allegedly indulged in lobbying activities in India. The Union Cabinet, headed by Manmohan Singh, has cleared a proposal to this effect on January 24. The report is ex...
After its reforms policy got a shot in the arm when the FDI passed the Parliament vote, the UPA is moving at full speed ahead to rejuvenate infrastructure development. The government has set up a new cabinet committee on investment to fast-track projects of ov...
Oil Minister Veerappa Moily has given indications of a possible hike in the cap on LPG cylinders. Moily has said that the Union Cabinet will take a final decision on raising the LPG cylinder cap. There are indications that nine subsidized LPG cylinders will be...
Oil Minister Veerappa Moily has given hints of a possible raise on the cap on LPG cylinders. Moily has said that the Union Cabinet will take a final decision on raising the LPG cylinder cap. There are indications that nine subsidized LPG cylinders will be made...
The government is working under a deadline, now that the Election Commission has demanded detailed factual report from the Union Cabinet Secretary on the direct transfer scheme. A day after the EC questioned the UPA's direct cash transfer scheme, the governmen...
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...
Sashi Tharoor took charge today as the Minister of State in the HRD ministry. The multi-lingual also speaks here in English, Hindi and Malayam, answering media person's questions on his priorities, and Subramanian Swamy and on twitter. Tharoor has to resign hi...
Newly appointed HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju took over charge at his office, but after a puja. The minister from Andhra Pradesh even touched the feet of the poojari after this.
Lalchand Kataria, the newly appointed Minister of State in the defence ministry, has not taken charge. The reason apparently is that another MP from his home state of Rajasthan is also in the Cabinet, while the Defence Minister AK Antony himself is said to be ...
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh defends the latest cabinet reshuffle, which has sparked a controversy as Union Minister Jaipal Reddy has been transferred from Petroleum Ministry to Science and Technology Ministry, saying that it is the right of the P...
Former UN under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor, who had earlier lost his ministerial berth following allegations of a conflict of interest in promoting an IPL team for Kochi, makes a comeback to the union council of ministers after two and a half years. Form...
Kodikunnil Suresh began his political career when he was a student of Class 8 in the mid-seventies, through the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student wing of the Congress party. He first contested in Lok Sabha from Adoor as Congress candidate in 1989. Since...
With Shashi Tharoor and Kodikunnil Suresh swearing in today, the number of the representatives of Kerala in the union cabinet will rise to eight. The Kerala representatives in the Union cabinet are AK Antony (Defense), Vayalar Ravi (Overseas Affairs), KV Thoma...
Manmohan Singh's cabinet is all set for a major makeover. It is expected to be the last cabinet reshuffle before the general elections 2014. Shashi Tharoor and Kodikkunnil Suresh will swear in by 11.30 AM at Rashtrapati Bhavan. KC Venugopal is likely to be shi...
Union Minister for External Affairs SM Krishna has offered his resignation to the Congress party top leadership ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday.
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 ...
The UPA cabinet reshuffle is slated for this Sunday. And one definite change is that of External Affairs minister SM Krishna would be sent back to Raj Bhavan. Salman Khurshid or Anand Sharma would replace SM Krishna. Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and Touris...
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has appointed the ministers who have pulled out of the Union Cabinet as advisers in the state government. These TMC leaders will be reporting directly to the Chief Minister.
Newshour | The Union Cabinet has raised the cap on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance from 26 percent to 49 percent. It has also opened up investment in the pension sector by allowing 26 percent FDI. Even as the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Fina...
Mamata Banerjee says the UPA government has crossed the 'Lakshman Rekha'. She was blasting the Union Cabinet's decision today to allow FDI in insurance and pension. She released a statement and said the UPA government must go. She said she would move a no-conf...
The Union Cabinet has raised the cap on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance from 26 percent to 49 percent. It has also opened up investment in the pension sector by allowing 26 percent FDI. But the reactions to these reforms have not been all that enc...
The Congress led UPA government continues to be on the reform mode. The Union Cabinet reportedly has raised the cap on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance from 26 percent to 49 percent. It has also opened up investment in the pension sector by allowin...
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...
Sources have revealed that a cabinet reshuffle is likely to take place as early as next week as TMC's exit from the government has created vacancy in the cabinet. A few Union Ministers, who had planned foreign trips, were asked cancel them keeping in view with...
The Union Cabinet is set to meet to discuss key reforms proposals, foremost among which are FDI in Aviation and Broadcast sectors. Despite vehement protests from the allies, the government is keen to push through certain key economic reforms. Also in the agend...
The Union Cabinet is set to meet to discuss key reforms proposals, foremost among which are FDI in Aviation and Broadcast sectors. Despite vehement protests from the allies, the government is keen to push through certain key economic reforms. Also in the agend...
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...
The Madhya Pradesh Government is sending two Cabinet ministers to meet activists after the Jal Satyagraha touches two weeks. Union Minister Veerappa Moily is also sending a team to meet the villagers who are affected by the Government's decision to raise the w...
A day after the Union Cabinet cleared the SC/ST Quota Bill for promotions in government jobs, the government is set to introduce the bill in Rajya Sabha. The Bill has already sparked debates on caste over merit in government jobs with some parties questioning ...
The Union Cabinet has cleared the SC/ST Quota Bill for promotions in government jobs and is set to introduce the same in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill has sparked debates on caste over merit in government jobs with some parties questioning the timing of the introd...
The Union Cabinet has cleared the proposal for quota for SC/STs in promotions in government jobs. There is a deep division across the political class over the bill but not many have expressed their views out in the open for the fear of sounding politically inc...
The Union Cabinet has cleared the proposal for quota for SC/STs in promotions in government jobs. There is a deep division across the political class over the bill but not many have expressed their views out in the open for the fear of sounding politically inc...
TDP leader Nama Nageswara Rao launched an direct attack on Union Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy over the issue of allotment of KG basin gas to Andhra Pradesh. He called him good for nothing and asked him if he has done anything for the state. On his party, ...
The Indian Space Research Organisation is now attempting to conquer the 'Mars' challenge. Following the Union Cabinet's approval, ISRO is likely to launch a polar satellite launch vehicle routed for Mars, as early as November next year. The move will put Indi...
Rush Hour covers the Union Cabinet's decision on the 2G spectrum reserve price. The show talks to Mohammad Chowdhury, Leader Telcom, PwC; Rajan Mathews, Director General, COAI; Gopal Jain, Senior Lawyer; and R Chandrashekhar, Telecom Secy about their take ...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav speaks out on the power crisis in the North. Defending the state's power consumption levels, the Akhilesh clarifies that the massive power outage, which tripped the entire northern grid, is not Uttar Pradesh's fault....
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav defends the power consumption in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party leader says that the massive power outage, which tripped the entire northern grid, is not Uttar Pradesh's fault. This clarification comes in the lig...
No one in the government has the courage to claim responsibility for the unprecedented power outage that led to the shutdown of the entire northern grid and a part of the eastern grid. The massive power cut, which paralysed 21 states, has been conveniently for...
More trouble for the UPA, as newly instated Home Minister and former Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde openly blames Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the unprecedented outage in the North. Claiming that the Prime Minister allowed Uttar Pradesh to draw in add...
Prior to the minor rejig in the Cabinet, Union Power Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde might be in trouble for suggesting that the Prime Minister is responsible for massive power outage in the North. Saying that the Prime Minister permitted Uttar Pradesh to draw e...
Highlighting the internal struggles of the UPA, another all-out war has broken out in the Cabinet, as the Union Power Minister takes on the Prime Minister. Sushil Kumar Shinde has openly blamed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the unprecedented outage in the ...
The BJP slams UPA's Cabinet reshuffle saying that the government's cosmetic changes don't inspire confidence. In a minor rejig, former Home Minister P Chidambaram was given the Finance Ministry; Sushil Kumar Shinde took his place as Home Minister and Veerappa ...
In an untimely Cabinet reshuffle, the Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde washes his hands off the massive power outage in the North after being shifted to another portfolio. The UPA's game of musical chairs makes P Chidambaram the Finance Minister, Sushi...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to oversee a minor reshuffle the Cabinet before the monsoon session of Parliament. Home Minister P Chidambaram has been pitched as the most suitable candidate for the post of Finance Minister, left vacant after Pranab ...
With the Presidential elections done with, there is a change expected in the Union Cabinet. Home Minister P Chidambaram could become Finance Minister, while Sheila Dixit could be inducted into the Cabinet and made the Home minister.
Union Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has sent in his resignation from the Union Cabinet to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Pawar is angry at being denied the No 2 position in the Cabinet.
Sharad Pawar denies he and Praful Patel want to resign from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet over the issue of who gets to occupy the No 2 position. But Sharad Pawar is meeting Sonia Gandhi today.
Union Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has sent his resignation from the Cabinet to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The news comes even as Sharad Pawar is meeting with Sonia Gandhi
The Union Cabinet is all set to approve a massive Rs 24.5 cr clean up drive at Bhopal's Union Carbide factory. There are 350 metric tonnes of toxic waste lying around at the plant, and 30 years after that gas tragedy, a German company would be employed to clea...
The Union Cabinet is all set to approve a massive Rs 24.5 cr clean up drive at Bhopal's Union Carbide factory. There are 350 metric tonnes of toxic waste lying around at the plant, and 30 years after that gas tragedy, a German company would be employed to clea...
Union Minister and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh choses to resign over graft charges framed against him. A Shimla court has begun framing charges into a case dating back to 1989. The Union Minister has chosen to take the 'moral high gr...
In what appears be a big turn of events, Trinamool Congress ministers in the Union Cabinet submit their resignation to party President and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The TMC has six ministers, including Railway Minister Mukul Roy, in the Congr...
Trinamool Congress claims that the reports about TMC ministers in the Union Cabinet offering resignation are untrue. Six TMC ministers including Railway Minister Mukul Roy, had allegedly submitted their resignation to party President and West Bengal Chief Mini...
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?
Four Union ministers -- Salman Khurshid, Vayalar Ravi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jairam Ramesh -- allegedly express their willingness to give up Cabinet positions and work for the Congress 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.
Four Union ministers -- Salman Khurshid, Vayalar Ravi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jairam Ramesh -- express their willingness to give up Cabinet positions and work for the Congress party.
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.
Retrospective taxation proposed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee causes friction in the Union Cabinet as a few ministers feel that such taxes may dampen investor sentiments.
Union cabinet minister Farooq Abdullah, says that 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed should be brought to book, and PM Manmohan Singh should mince no words when Asif Ali Zardari visits India.
Union coal Minister Prakash Jaiswal turns against his own government, expressing solidarity with jewellers who protest against the jewellery duty hike.