Ministers
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Ministers, 'spiderman', IIM graduate file nominations in Mumbai
India | Apr 05, 2014, 11:00 AM ISTMumbai : An assortment of candidates ranging from a union minister to an IIM graduate, a celebrity hotelier and 'Spiderman' Friday filed their nominations for the six Lok Sabha constituencies of Mumbai.Union Shipping Minister Milind
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Aam Aadmi rule: people get easy access to Kejriwal, ministers inside Delhi secretariat
India | Jan 20, 2014, 06:43 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi Secretariat, the national capital's seat of power, has always remained out of bounds for the common man. However, thanks to the unconventional ways of the three-week-old AAP-led government, the imposing edifice
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Narendra Modi inducts 6 more ministers into cabinet
India | Nov 01, 2013, 05:00 PM ISTGandhinagar: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today inducted six ministers, including an expelled Congress leader into his cabinet. Governor Kamla Beniwal sworn in all six ministers at a swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan. The six
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Yeddyurappa claims support of 10 ministers, 50 MLAs in Karnataka
National | Dec 08, 2012, 10:39 PM ISTHaveri (Karnataka), Dec 8: Former BJP Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Saturday asserted that around 10 BJP ministers and 50 legislators in the state were with him.His claim came just hours after BJP struck at
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Sonia holds parleys over cabinet reshuffle
National | Sep 24, 2012, 10:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 24: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today held parleys with some union ministers and senior party leaders amid indications of a Cabinet reshuffle.Those who met Gandhi at her official residence at 10-Janpath included
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Eight Karnataka Ministers quit, crisis deepens in ruling BJP
National | Jun 29, 2012, 08:17 PM ISTBangalore, Jun 29: The festering crisis in the BJP Government in Karnataka today reached a flash point with eight Ministers loyal to party state strongman B S Yeddyurappa submitting their resignations to Chief Minister D
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While common man suffers, politicians getting 5 to 30 LPG cylinders a month in Delhi
India | Jun 23, 2012, 06:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 22: While a common man's family gets one LPG cylinder in 21 days, and has to wait for days to get a cylinder refill, our politicians and ministers consume as many as
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Kiran Bedi seeks independent probe into graft charges against ministers
India | Jun 20, 2012, 06:09 PM ISTKanpur, Jun 20: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today sought an independent agency to probe the graft charges they have levelled against 14 ministers, including Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.“The government should constitute a Special
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Fresh crisis in BJP in Karnataka, 8 ministers ready to quit
India | May 13, 2012, 09:03 AM ISTBangalore, May 13: Ruling BJP in Karnataka last night plunged into a fresh crisis after eight ministers offered to quit in support of the party strongman B S Yeddyurappa for leadership change amid indications the
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Akhilesh Yadav Sworn In UP Chief Minister
India | Mar 15, 2012, 07:28 PM ISTLucknow, Mar 15: Akhilesh Yadav, whose campaign helped the Samajwadi Party gain an absolute majority in the elections, was on Thursday sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh but a surprise inclusion
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Karnataka Porn Row, BJP To Train MPs, MLAs And Ministers
India | Feb 14, 2012, 10:28 PM ISTBangalore, Feb 14: Reeling under the porngate scandal involving three of its members, the ruling BJP in Karnataka today decided to hold a training session for its ministers and legislators to teach them discipline and
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PM Consults Ministers On 2G Spectrum Auction
Feb 11, 2012, 09:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 11: Days after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 licences for 2G spectrum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held consultations with senior Cabinet colleagues on its impact on overall telecom sector and the
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UPA Ministers Arrogant, Sulking, Says Arun Jaitley
India | Jan 18, 2012, 06:15 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 18: BJP leader Arun Jaitley feels ministers in the Manmohan Singh government are either “arrogant or sulking” and that it was tough to have a dialogue with them.Jaitley made this remark while asserting
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Mayawati Sacks Four More Ministers; No BSP Ticket To Them
India | Dec 30, 2011, 08:39 PM ISTLucknow, Dec 30: In yet another clean-up act, Chief Minister Mayawati today dismissed four ministers facing corruption charges and public complaints that they were not paying attention to their problems and said they would not
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Rahul Asks Mayawati, Why She Didn't Sack Her Ministers Earlier
India | Dec 27, 2011, 06:31 PM ISTLakhimpur Kheri (UP), Dec 27: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today ridiculed Mayawati government's decision to sack four ministers a day after the announcement of assembly polls in the state, wondering why she had not acted
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Ministers "Clean Up" Draft Of Lokpal Bill Changes
India | Dec 19, 2011, 08:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 19: A group of senior ministers today "cleaned up" the draft of the changes in the Lokpal bill, which law minister Salman Khurshid says will be introduced in Parliament during the current
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Rahul Cracks The Whip, Asks All Ministers, MPs From UP To Forget FDI, Anna And Campaign In UP
India | Dec 02, 2011, 06:26 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 2: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today cracked the whip on all party MPs and ministers from UP to concentrate on the current poll campaign in the state and forget the FDI
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Congress Describes FIR Against Ministers As Example Of Jungleraj
India | Nov 17, 2011, 04:25 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 17: Congress today dubbed as an instance of “Mayawati's jungleraj” the criminal case filed by Uttar Pradesh police against Union Ministers Jitin Prasad and RPN Singh for allegedly assaulting Samajwadi Party workers
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Jaya Axes Six Ministers; Inducts Another Six
India | Nov 04, 2011, 08:51 PM ISTChennai, Nov 4: In a sudden move, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today sacked six of her ministerial colleagues and inducted an equal number to replace them. The axe fell on C Shamugavelu (Rural Industries),
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Income Tax Crackdown On MPs, Industrialists Having Accounts In HSBC Bank, Geneva
India | Nov 01, 2011, 08:36 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 1: The Income Tax department is reported to have launched a crackdown on undisclosed account holders who have parked their money in HSBC Bank, Geneva.In a first of its kind crackdown against