PM slams BJP, says wont sweep CAG coal report under carpet
Strongly attacking what he called the BJPs politics of disruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the Oppositions strategy to obstruct risked distracting the government from focusing on...
View ArticleSafety Problems Persist in India’s Firecracker Industry
CHENNAI – A fire that killed dozens this week at an unlicensed fireworks factory in Sivakasi, the hub of India’s multimillion-dollar pyrotechnics industry, has revived a familiar debate about safety...
View ArticleBJP defends parliament washout, says govt's numerical strength doesn't give...
Tweet New Delhi, Sep 7 (ANI): As the Monsoon Session of Parliament ended after most of its sittings were washed out, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday held the UPA Government responsible,...
View ArticleBJP protests stall parliament again
Tweet New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Continuing protests by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over coal block allocations Tuesday forced the Lok Sabha to adjourn for the day Tuesday, while the Rajya Sabha was...
View ArticleNo end to Parliament impasse over CAG report on coal
With no end to the government-BJP stand-off over CAG report on coal block allocation, the last week of the Monsoon session of Parliament began on Monday with a repeat of stormy scenes raising the...
View ArticleMayawati launches attack on Congress
New Delhi: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati yesterday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Congress party and accused it of playing a double role over the job quota bill. The...
View ArticleStalling Parliament is also a part of democracy: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi: Seeking to blame the government for the partially washed out monsoon session, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday blamed corruption for the lost session, and asserted that stalling...
View ArticleSC/ST quota bill stalls Rajya Sabha, Mayawati blames Congress
New Delhi: Uproarious scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday over the Constitution (One Hundred Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2012, which provides for reservation to SCs/STs in job...
View ArticleBJP blames govt for Monsoon session washout
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday defended itself after a complete washout of the Monsoon session. The party that has been demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation...
View ArticleStalling parliament also part of democracy: BJP
Tweet New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Seeking to blame the government for the partially washed out monsoon session, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday blamed corruption for the lost session, and asserted...
View ArticleFormer Union minister Shashi Tharoor suggests suspending MPs creating ruckus...
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet TIMES VIEW Enforce code of conduct At a time parliamentary disruptions have become the norm, Shashi Tharoor's suggestion to suspend unruly, obstructionist MPs, begs urgent...
View ArticleNewswallah: Long Reads Edition
Politics and political leaders dominated the magazine covers this week. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh found himself at the center of many stories that highlighted his government’s predicament and his...
View Article‘Stalling house also part of democracy’
NEW DELHI ' Seeking to blame the government for the partially washed out monsoon session, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday blamed corruption for the lost session, and asserted that stalling...
View ArticleEconomy, democracy flounder as Monsoon Session of Parliament gets washed out
Download free ET iPad add for easier viewing of latest and financial News ! NEW DELHI: A total impasse in India's parliament is not only undermining the world's biggest democracy but also deepening...
View ArticleIndian PM blasts opposition for stalling parliament
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday slammed the opposition accusing it of negating democracy after the monsoon session of parliament was washed out. Both Houses of parliament were...
View ArticleMonsoon Session headed for complete washout
Zeenews Bureau New Delhi: After 12 days of repeated disruptions and adjournments, the Parliament again reconvened to uproarious scenes on Friday, the last day of the inter Session. With BJP continuing...
View ArticleCongress playing double game: Mayawati
September 06: Accusing the Congress of playing a "double game", Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Thursday said the UPA government should extend the monsoon session of parliament if it was serious...
View ArticleBansal justifies Govt. decision to counter coalgate propaganda
Tweet Chandigarh, Sep 11 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday justified the Congress High Command's decision to send central ministers to various parts of the country...
View ArticlePM blames BJP for parliament disruption, says it's a 'negation of democracy'
Tweet New Delhi, Sep 7 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Friday blamed the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for disrupting the Monsoon Session of Parliament over the coal blocks...
View ArticleAfter 13 days of disruption, monsoon session ends
Tweet New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Parliament was adjourned sine die Friday, after a month-long monsoon session that witnessed 13 days of disruption in 20-day session. The session ended after the last...
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