Venakaiah Naidu
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Venkaiah Naidu offers prayers at Tirumala's Sri Venkateswara temple, makes this request to VVIPs
India | Jul 29, 2025, 11:59 AM ISTM Venkaiah Naidu is a veteran Indian politician and former Vice President of India. He held the post from 2017 to 2022. Born in Andhra Pradesh in 1949, he began his political journey through student activism and the RSS. A senior BJP leader, he served as a Union Minister in various key portfolios.
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Delhi Mundka fire: PM announces ex-gratia, leaders expresses condolences over 27 deaths
India | May 13, 2022, 11:52 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a fire at a building here which left at least 26 persons dead. He said Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund will be given to the next of kin of those who lost their lives, and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu greets people on Independence Day eve
India | Aug 15, 2019, 12:11 AM ISTStressing that people's participation was essential and crucial to the nation's progress, Naidu said democracy thrived when the government, civil society and citizens worked in "unison to eliminate social evils and take collaborative steps to take the nation forward".
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Vice-President Naidu cautions against mixing religion and politics
India | Apr 30, 2018, 08:35 PM ISTNaidu suggested that religious leaders give spiritual guidance while politicians take inspiration from the country’s noble heritage to provide a clear polity.
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Swachh Bharat Mission: 18 lakh sample survey says cities turned much cleaner in last one year
India | May 02, 2017, 02:17 PM ISTResults of the ‘Swachh Survekshan-2017’ have claimed that the efforts being made under Swachh Bharat Mission have made a positive impact on cleanliness situation in urban areas
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Rolling back a decision not in Narendra Modi's blood: Venkaiah Naidu
National | Nov 23, 2016, 06:05 PM ISTUnion minister M Venkaiah Naidu today ruled out a withdrawal of the government's demonetisation decision, saying rolling back something is not in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's blood.
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'GST Bill should get Parliament's nod this time'
India | Mar 17, 2016, 07:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: Enthused by the passage of bills including real estate, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday expressed confidence that the pending GST bill can also get Parliament's nod in the second part
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Ready to revoke suspension of congress MPs: M.Venkaiah Naidu
National | Aug 07, 2015, 12:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government is ready to move a motion to revoke the suspension of 25 Congress MPs if they meet the Lok Sabha speaker and assure her of helping run the house properly, Parliamentary
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Land bill will be passed 'eventually': Government
India | Jul 15, 2015, 09:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government today expressed confidence that the land bill will be "eventually" passed, even as numbers appeared stacked against it in Rajya Sabha forcing it to renew the Ordinance on the measure for
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Parliamentary committees should pay attention to canteen subsidies: Venkaiah Naidu
India | Jun 24, 2015, 01:18 PM ISTNew Delhi : Amid a debate over the whopping subsidy given to Parliament canteens serving MPs, government today said parliamentary committees involved with the issue should pay attention to the matter even as it insisted
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Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia meet Rajnath Singh; demand status of complete statehood for Delhi
National | Feb 11, 2015, 04:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: After coming to power in Delhi by winning 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Urban Development