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  BJD terms Modi government's 100 days as "UPA-III"

  Politics | September 03, 2014 12:30 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Terming the 100 days of the Narendra Modi government as “UPA-III”, the BJD Tuesday said there was hardly any difference between the NDA and the UPA-I and UPA-II governments.“We term the Modi's 100 days

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  About 265 former MPs asked to vacate houses by June 18

  Politics | June 08, 2014 12:42 IST

  New Delhi: To accommodate newly elected Members of Parliament, the Lok Sabha Secretariat has sent notices to about 265 former MPs asking them to vacate their houses by June 18.Describing the exercise as “routine”, Lok

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  Congress in a bind as regional parties play Andhra split card

  Politics | May 05, 2014 15:46 IST

  Vijayawada: As Seemandhra prepares to vote for a new dawn on May 7, Congress is faced with the tough task of weaning away electors from old foe Chandrababu Naidu and former partyman Jaganmohan Reddy, both

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  'Over 7-fold increase in road network witnessed in UPA-I and II regime'

  February 17, 2014 16:28 IST

  New Delhi: Road network in the country has witnessed over seven-fold increase to 3.89 lakh kilometres in the UPA-I and UPA-II regime, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.“In the year 2004, the country's highway network

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  UPA-II shot itself in the foot: NCP leader Praful Patel

  Politics | March 16, 2013 11:49 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 16: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel, whose party is part of UPA government, on Friday said the UPA-II government has shot itself in the foot by delaying key reforms. Heavy

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  Congress hopes cash subsidy will be 2014 game changer

  Politics | December 01, 2012 7:23 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 28: Gearing up for the next general elections, scheduled in 2014, the Congress  has termed its big-ticket plan to directly transfer cash to various social welfare beneficiaries as a "game-changer" and "politically

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  Not more than 6 months left for UPA-II: Mamata Banerjee

  Politics | October 15, 2012 11:32 IST

  Kolkata, Oct 15: Mamata Banerjee has given the Congress-led UPA government "between two and six months" and wants the Trinamool Congress to become the nucleus of an anti-Congress front which, she thinks, will decimate the

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  Pawar biggest supporter of UPA II: Congress

  Politics | September 26, 2012 15:23 IST

  Srinagar, Sep 26: Ruling out any differences between Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said Sharad Pawar is the biggest “supporter” and “well-wisher” of UPA II.  “There are

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  Akhilesh ready for snap polls, rules out joining UPA-II

  Politics | September 23, 2012 18:54 IST

  Lucknow, Sep 23: Samajwadi Party is ready for mid-term Lok Sabha polls but it is supporting the UPA government to keep communal forces at bay, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said today.At the same

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  Virbhadra Singh resigns ,3rd minister in UPA-II to quit

  Politics | June 26, 2012 21:23 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 26: Union Minister Virbhadra Singh resigned today in the wake of a Himachal Pradesh court framing corruption charges against him, the third minister in UPA-II to step down on similar grounds.A five-time

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  No Immediate Crisis To UPA-II Govt At Centre

  India | March 06, 2011 10:36 IST

  New Delhi, March 6 : There appears to be no immediate crisis to the Manmohan Singh-led UPA-II government at the centre after the pullout of DMK ministers, political observers say.  The DMK will continue to

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