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  Those who ran 'loot ki sarkar' shouldn't question NDA govt: BJP

  Politics | April 21, 2015 22:29 IST

  New Delhi: Reacting sharply to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's “suit-boot ki sarkar” jibe, BJP today attacked the opposition party saying those who had led a “loot ki sarkar” for 10 years had no right

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  AAP to hold a farmers rally tomorrow

  Politics | April 21, 2015 17:37 IST

  New Delhi: Upping its ante against the Centre's “anti-farmers” agrarian policy and Land Acquisition Bill, the AAP will hold a rally tomorrow, the party today said.The rally will start from Jantar Mantar, where Delhi Chief

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  Congress to keep raising farmers' issues: Congress

  Politics | April 20, 2015 20:39 IST

  New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said that the party will keep raising farmers issues after holding deliberations with all Lok Sabha MPs of the party including Rahul Gandhi, who today accused government of

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  Land bill will be taken up towards end of Budget Session: Govt

  Politics | April 20, 2015 20:28 IST

  New Delhi: The controversial land bill will be taken up in the Lok Sabha towards the end of Budget Session, which concludes on May 8, the government today said.  The Finance and Railway Bills and

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  BJP hits back at Congress, asks to explain Vadra model development

  Politics | April 19, 2015 21:45 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today hit back at Congress' all-out attack on its government on the land bill and asked the opposition party to explain “Vadra model” of development and land acquisition and demanded that Rahul

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  Counter Opposition 'propaganda' on land bill: Amit Shah

  Politics | April 19, 2015 20:57 IST

  New Delhi: Facing the Opposition heat over the land bill, BJP today went on the offensive with party President Amit Shah asking MPs to effectively counter “propaganda” against the government on it and highlight the

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  Naidu takes potshots at Congress over land bill issue

  Politics | April 19, 2015 20:51 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today took potshots at Congress over the land acquisition issue a day after the main opposition party launched “Zameen Wapsi” website taking the battle on the land bill issue

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  Congress farmers rally a flop show: Harsimrat

  Politics | April 19, 2015 20:46 IST

  Bathinda: Terming the farmers' rally of Congress on the Land Acquisition Bill as a “flop show and mere drama”, Union Minister for Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said that the Congress was misleading

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  Second half of Budget Session resumes tomorrow

  Politics | April 19, 2015 16:48 IST

  New Delhi: The second half of the Budget Session will start from tomorrow and is likely to be a stormy affair with the government determined to push through the Land Acquisition Bill and the opposition

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  New land bill will check distress migration, create jobs: Birender

  Politics | April 19, 2015 16:37 IST

  New Delhi: The new land bill will enable faster growth and check distress migration from rural areas by creating local employment, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh has said while hoping that the legislation will be

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  Gadkari defends Land Bill

  Politics | April 16, 2015 23:27 IST

  Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the amended Land Acquisition Bill was pro-farmer and no compromise had been made on the compensation and rehabilitation provisions. Speaking at a function here, Gadkari said the present Bill

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  Amit Shah hits back at Congress over land bill

  Politics | April 11, 2015 18:17 IST

  Ranchi: Hitting back at Congress over its charge that Government was helping corporates with Land Bill, BJP Chief Amit Shah today said it cannot mislead people as they know who took away farmers' land and

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  Congress pulling out all stops for farmers' rally

  Politics | April 11, 2015 16:56 IST

  New Delhi: Congress is pulling out all the stops for its April 19 farmers' rally here on land bill, where Rahul Gandhi is set to make his first public appearance after a nearly two-month long

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  Opposition to Land bill nothing but public posturing: BJP

  India | April 10, 2015 16:33 IST

  Kolkata: BJP today asserted that the Land Acquisition Bill was pro-farmer and pro-growth, and opposition to it was nothing but public posturing to prove publicly that the Centre was anti-farmer.BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra today

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  Govt not averse to more amendments to Land Bill: Gadkari

  Politics | April 08, 2015 17:55 IST

  New Delhi: Hopeful of bringing the opposition on-board to get the much-debated land legislation passed, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the government is not averse to more changes to the Bill.“We are not averse

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  30 cr landless people to get jobs once land bill is passed: FM

  Politics | April 08, 2015 13:22 IST

  New Delhi: About 30 crore landless people will get employment in the industrial corridors following amendments to the land acquisition bill, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today."I want to make a special mention of poor,

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  After land bill, Congress to confront govt on environment issue

  Politics | April 07, 2015 22:19 IST

  New Delhi: After the Land bill, the issue of environment protection is set to see confrontation between the government and the opposition with Congress rejecting the TSR Subramanian Committee report as “abominable exercise” to dismantle

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  Mamata to lead land bill rally tomorrow

  Politics | April 07, 2015 21:07 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will lead a rally here tomorrow demanding withdrawal of the controversial Land Acquisition Bill.“A protest rally will be held tomorrow from Mouali to Gandhi statue

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  Govt pushing land ordinance without discussions: Pilot

  Politics | April 07, 2015 20:49 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP government is pushing the “anti-farmer” land ordinance forcefully without holding any discussions and it will be fully opposed by the public, senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot said today.  He also said

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  False propaganda by Opposition over land bill: Hema Malini

  Politics | April 07, 2015 20:39 IST

  Mathura: Actress-turned-politician Hema Malini today accused the opposition of indulging in false propaganda on the Land Acquisition Bill and asserted that the Modi government will not take any decision which will affect farmers.“A rumour is