Tag: govt
Sonia Praises Rahul For 'valiant' Campaign, 'fearless Leadership'
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday lavishly praised Rahul Gandhi for his "valiant and relentless" campaign in the Lok Sabha elections and his "fearless leadership" in taking on the Modi government, to send the message that the party backed him fully and its workers wanted him to stay on as Congress President.....
Government Forms Two Cabinet Panels To Check Falling Growth, Employment
Hit hard by the 5-year low GDP growth and a 45-year high unemployment rate of 6.1 per cent, the newly formed Modi government swung into action and on Wednesday, as it formed two new cabinet committees to check the declining trend in growth and employment and spur demand as well as consumption.....
Trinamool Terms MHA Advisory As Political Conspiracy
The ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday described as 'political conspiracy" the advisory from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to the West Bengal government on the law enforcement machinery in the state and said it would respond 'appropriately'.....
Sisodia Calls Ayushman Bharat White Elephant, Offers Help To Bihar
Calling the Centre's healthcare plan Ayushman Bharat Yojana a "white elephant", Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said the crisis brought about by Bihar's Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has raised questions on the level of preparedness and the effectiveness of health schemes being run by the Central government.....
Assam Publishes Additional Draft NRC, Excludes 102,462 Names
The Assam government has found an additional 102,462 people ineligible to be included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which is being updated in the state under the Supreme Court's monitoring.....
Delhi Classroom Row: Sisodia Sends Legal Notice To BJP Leaders
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday served a legal notice for criminal defamation against BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari, Parvesh Sahib Singh and Vijender Gupta for their "false allegations" on Delhi government over the cost of classrooms construction in schools.....
Karnataka Crisis: 5 Congress, 3 JD-MLAs 'resign'
In a severe jolt to the year-old coalition government in Karnataka, five Congress and three Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) legislators on Saturday resigned from their respective Assembly segments in the southern state, sources said.....
Modi Slams 'professional Pessimists' For Criticizing Government's Vision
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that those criticizing his government's vision of making India a $5 trillion economy were "professional pessimists".....
Karnataka CM To Seek Trust Vote On July 18
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will seek a vote of confidence of the state Assembly on July 18, against the backdrop of 16 MLAs of the ruling Congress and JD(S) tendering their resignation.....
Will Follow SC Order On MLAs' Resignations: Karnataka Speaker
Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday said he would follow the Supreme Court's order that the 15 rebel legislators of the ruling Congress-JD-S allies cannot be compelled to participate in the proceedings of the House.....
