NEW DELHI: Seeking to end the controversy that erupted over his remarks and stalled parliamentary proceedings, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde today tendered an apology in the Lok Sabha after a nudge by the Speaker but he said his speech at a function in Karnataka was distorted. As soon as the House assembled, Congress leader Mallikarjun […]
NEW DELHI: DMK leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, who was acquitted in the 2G spectrum scam case, wants to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, according to her interview on a news channel. Kanimozhi said she always wanted to contest elections and serve the people. Asked if she would contest the Lok Sabha polls, […]
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day soon after it assembled today as Congress insisted that the impasse over the reported remarks by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his predecessor Manmohan Singh should be resolved first. For the past week, the opposition has been demanding a clarification from the Prime Minister over […]
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court dismissed a petition seeking the removal of Pinarayi Vijayan as the chief minister of Kerala, saying it could not interfere in the matter. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Antony Dominic and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu said the Cabinet was answerable to the state legislature, and the Court could […]
NEW DELHI: Former telecom minister and DMK leader A Raja, Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi and others were today acquitted in the politically-sensitive 2G spectrum allocation cases by a special court which held that the prosecution miserably failed to prove the scam involving corruption and money laundering. The court, which held there was no scam in […]
NEW DELHI/SHIMLA: The BJP, which returned to power in Himachal Pradesh with a thumping majority, may pick one of its MLAs as the state’s new chief minister, with five- time MLA Jairam Thakur being seen as a frontrunner, according to indications today. Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar, who are BJP’s central observers, […]
NEW DELHI: Ex-telecom minister A Raja, who was acquitted in the 2G spectrum case, had spent 15 months in jail during the trial which was the longest for any of the accused in the case. His party colleague and MP Kanimozhi, the daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, was in jail for six months from […]
MUMBAI: As many as 47 newly-elected members of the Gujarat Assembly have criminal cases pending against them as per their election affidavits, according to a study conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Gujarat Election Watch. It said that 18 (18 per cent) out of 99 BJP MLAs and 25 (32 per cent) […]
CHENNAI: Campaigning for the high-stakes December 21 bypoll to the RK Nagar assembly seat here will end this evening and the outcome of the hustings is likely to be seen as a report card of the 17-month old AIADMK government. The political campaign will end by 5 pm and the Election Commission has made it […]
NEW DELHI: Congress members’ protest over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attack on his predecessor Manmohan Singh during the Gujarat polls drew condemnation from the government, which accused it of holding “mock proceedings” in the House in violation of the Chair’s rulings. Members of the opposition party trooped into the Well during the Question Hour after […]