M Venkaiah Naidu
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Uproar in Lok Sabha over Israeli attack in Gaza Strip
National | Jul 15, 2014, 05:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Uproar was witnessed today in the Lok Sabha as several parties got together to demand a resolution to condemn Israeli raids in Gaza Strip but the government did not oblige.Members of Congress, Trinamool
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Govt accuses Congress of 'disinformation' campaign on file issue
National | Jul 15, 2014, 01:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Accusing Congress of initiating a “disinformation” campaign on file destruction issue, the government today asserted that the files related to Mahatma Gandhi's assassination were “safe and secure”. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu
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Vaidik did not represent government or BJP: Naidu on scribe-Saeed meet
National | Jul 15, 2014, 12:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Calling it a diversionary tactics of Congress, the government today distanced itself from the meeting between Ved Prakash Vaidik and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, saying the journalist was “neither authorised nor representing
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Rail budget 'leak': RS Chairman wants matter to be looked into
National | Jul 12, 2014, 11:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: After Congress members cried foul over “leakage” of Railway Budget to media, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today said the matter needs to be looked into to ascertain if norms of official secrecy
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LoP issue: Mallikarjun Kharge meets LS Speaker
National | Jul 09, 2014, 02:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge today met Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and formally staked the party's claim to the post of Leader of Opposition in the House, an issue that has
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Govt will be happy to have a recognised LOP in LS: Naidu
National | Jul 09, 2014, 01:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: Asserting that the issue of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha was in the “exclusive domain” of the Speaker, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the government would be happy
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Congress entitled to LoP post: Sonia Gandhi, UPA MPs writing to Speaker
National | Jul 07, 2014, 09:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today raised the pitch on the issue of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha with Sonia Gandhi asserting the party was “entitled” to it and UPA MPs deciding to write
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India launches five foreign satellites, Narendra Modi lauds scientists
National | Jun 30, 2014, 01:40 PM ISTSriharikota (AP): India today successfully launched five foreign satellites from four countries on board PSLV-C23 rocket which placed them in orbit, an achievement described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an ‘endorsement' of the country's
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Use Metro to decongest traffic: Venkaiah Naidu to colleagues
National | Jun 26, 2014, 12:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Thursday said he has written a letter to his cabinet colleagues asking them to use the Delhi Metro to help decongest traffic and reduce pollution.Naidu, who flagged
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Venkaiah Naidu to use Airport Metro from now on
National | Jun 24, 2014, 12:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu who traveled by the Airport Express Metro Monday said he would always use the service from now on.The minister said he will also ask his cabinet colleagues
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Make Delhi Metro viable, reduce travel costs: Naidu
India | Jun 23, 2014, 01:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: With an aim of promoting use of metro train service in the national capital and lending an ear to commuters, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today took a ride on it and said
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Make Delhi Metro viable, reduce travel costs: Naidu
National | Jun 23, 2014, 12:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: With an aim of promoting use of metro train service in the national capital and lending an ear to commuters, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today took a ride on it and said
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Naidu assures AP of special status, Telangana raises demand too
India | Jun 14, 2014, 09:03 PM ISTVisakhapatnam/Hyderabad: Union Urban Development Minister and senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu today said the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh would be accorded special category status even as Telangana assembly adopted a resolution seeking identical
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Centre to provide budgetary support to AP: Venkaiah
National | Jun 08, 2014, 08:55 PM ISTVijayawada: Union Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the central government would provide budgetary support to Andhra Pradesh.“The Union government is committed to support the state for its comprehensive growth.
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Kamal Nath sworn-in as Protem Speaker of Lok Sabha
National | Jun 04, 2014, 12:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was today sworn-in as the Protem Speaker of the newly constituted Lok Sabha by President Pranab Mukherjee here. 67-year-old Nath, a nine-term MP, was administered the oath at
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RSS will have no role in cabinet formation: Venkaiah
National | May 18, 2014, 12:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will have no role in the formation of the union cabinet, senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu said Sunday."Meeting the RSS leaders is part of our life. But
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Prohibitory orders imposed around EC ahead of BJP protest
National | May 08, 2014, 02:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi Police today imposed prohibitory orders around the Election Commission complex as BJP workers sought to hold a protest against the denial of permission for Narendra Modi to hold rally at a
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Congress will play 'secularism' card to halt Modi march: BJP
National | May 05, 2014, 11:49 PM ISTHyderabad: BJP today alleged that Congress will use “trick of secularism in danger” to prevent Narendra Modi from becoming the Prime Minister and appealed to voters in Seemandhra to support NDA to ensure that a
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Modi lampoons media for dubbing him 'polariser'
National | May 02, 2014, 07:48 AM ISTBhimavaram (AP): BJP's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi today sought to lampoon sections of media which projected him as “polariser” of the electorate. Pointing to some people sitting on poles erected for the huge “pandal”,
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AP: Venkaiah for quick decision on BJP - TDP electoral alliance
National | Mar 27, 2014, 04:58 PM ISTHyderabad: Amid continuing suspense on possible electoral alliance between BJP and TDP, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu today favoured a speedy decision on the matter so that campaign can start early. Naidu, who said