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  Sadhvi row: Mayawati slams BJP for playing 'dalit card'

  Politics | December 05, 2014 16:26 IST

  New Delhi:  BSP supremo Mayawati today slammed BJP for playing the “dalit card” to defend Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti over her controversial remarks and claimed she did not belong to the community .She took objection to

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  Government not allowing democratic process: Rahul Gandhi

  Politics | December 05, 2014 12:19 IST

  New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, along with other members of the opposition, Friday protested against the government, saying that "democratic process" was not being allowed inside parliament.The protesters demanded union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan

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  I disapprove Sadhvi Niranjan's remark, PM Modi in Lok Sabha

  Politics | December 05, 2014 12:09 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told the Lok Sabha on Friday that Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti had apologised for her abusive remark and the business of the House should be carried

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  Know Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, union minister whose remarks created ruckus in parliament

  Politics | January 09, 2015 12:37 IST

  Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti is a BJP MP and Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Central government.Recently she has become talk of the town for the unparliamentary and uncouth language that she used

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  Delhi rally of Minister who made hate speech cancelled; She will be back, says BJP

  Politics | December 05, 2014 10:37 IST

  New Delhi: Controversial union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's public meeting scheduled to take place in the national capital on Thursday evening was cancelled due to her "urgent personal work", the BJP said.Jyoti, minister of state

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  Train-school van collision due to negligent driving of vehicle: Government

  Politics | December 04, 2014 20:27 IST

  New Delhi: Preliminary information suggests that the school van-train collision near Mau in Uttar Pradesh that left six children dead was due to negligent driving of the vehicle, Rajya Sabha was informed today.A statement tabled

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  Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti remarks: Must desist from making such statements, says PM Modi in Rajya Sabha

  Politics | December 04, 2014 13:30 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a statement in the upper house of the parliament on union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's controversial statement  and clarified that the concerned minister has already apologized for

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  At a Glance: Unmarried politicians of India

  Politics | February 19, 2015 9:46 IST

  Considering the number of Indian politicians who have climbed the ladder of success without a companion/ mate, can it be said that single-hood is the secret of their success?There is no straight answer to this

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  Police complaint filed against Sadhvi Jyoti for allegedly making communal remarks

  Politics | December 03, 2014 22:17 IST

  New Delhi: A police complaint was today filed against Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti for allegedly making communal remarks and using an expletive in an election rally here two days ago.The complaint was filed at

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  Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's apology means 'nothing', should resign: Congress

  Politics | December 03, 2014 19:31 IST

  New Delhi: Terming Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's remarks as an "abuse" to democracy and crores of people with secular mindset, Congress on Wednesday demanded her resignation saying her apology meant "nothing"."On one hand they

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  Opposition demand for Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's resignation meaningless: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | December 03, 2014 18:07 IST

  New Delhi: Ruling out resignation of Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti for her controversial remarks, Government on Wednesday came down heavily on opposition for disrupting Parliament accusing it of "authoritarianism"."Question does not arise at all.

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  BJP's women MPs slam Opposition for creating ruckus

  Politics | December 03, 2014 13:23 IST

  New Delhi: BJP's women MPs today criticised the opposition for repeatedly disrupting Parliament over controversial remarks made by Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti even after the Union Minister had apologised, saying they were doing so as they

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  Parliament: Opposition demands resignation of Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

  Politics | December 03, 2014 16:28 IST

  New Delhi: The Opposition today demanded the resignation of union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti for using abusive language at a BJP rally in Delhi.Opposition MPs also demanded suspension of

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  Modi asks MPs to be cautious with words, as BJP plans 2,000 rallies in Delhi

  Politics | December 03, 2014 8:57 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked party MPs to be cautious when making comments in public in the wake of controversial remarks of union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti at a rally in Delhi

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  Minister's remarks rock Parliament, Rajya Sabha paralysed

  Politics | December 02, 2014 20:48 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti was today forced by a united opposition in Parliament to apologize for her controversial hate speech that parlaysed the Rajya Sabha in the wake of demands for her

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  PM Narendra Modi disapproves of Sadhvi Niranjan's remarks

  Politics | December 02, 2014 20:29 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today disapproved of the controversial remarks by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, saying such comments were “not acceptable” and asked party MPs to refrain from those that gave a

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  Congress questions œculpable silence of Modi on Sadhvi's remarks

  Politics | December 02, 2014 19:08 IST

  New Delhi:  Congress today questioned the “culpable silence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the controversial remarks by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and suspected a political motive behind her utterances ahead of Delhi assembly

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  Amid Sadhvi row,Amit Shah asserts BJP's objective is social harmony

  Politics | December 02, 2014 16:24 IST

  New Delhi:  On a day BJP came under attack over alleged communal remarks by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, its president Amit Shah said the party has stood for principles of social harmony since days

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  BJP Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti regrets remark

  Politics | December 02, 2014 13:58 IST

  New Delhi: Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Tuesday regretted her use of unparliamentary language while campaigning for the Delhi assembly election."I didn't have any ill intention. But whatever words that I spoke, I express

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  After uproar in Parliament, Union Minister regrets comments on minorities

  Politics | December 02, 2014 14:03 IST

  New Delhi: Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Tuesday regretted her use of unparliamentary language while campaigning for the Delhi assembly election."I didn't have any ill intention. But whatever words that I spoke, I express