Tag: Modi Government

New Delhi: Pointing out that the Interim Budget announced on Friday is “silent” on jobs and education, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram ridiculed the Modi government saying all it understands is “pakodanomics”. “Two words that are missing from the Budget speech are education and jobs. In the 10 point vision document presented by Finance Minister […]

Jaipur: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday attacked the Modi government for making the farmers “suffer” and demanded that the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) be scrapped. Addressing a public rally here, he demanded that if a farmer suffers crop loss, the government should pay for it and not the insurance companies. “We demand […]

New Delhi: In a blistering attack on the Narendra Modi government, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said it has gone into a war with its own people imposing a single suffocating ideology on 1.3 billion Indians. Delivering the keynote address at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2018, here, Gandhi lashed out at the Bharatiya […]

Chennai: Attacking the Congress for its offensive against the Modi government on the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the party was “restless” because it could not make money. She accused the previous Congress government of negotiating with “brokers” and not buying important equipment required for the defence forces. “… and […]

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has done away with 1,420 laws, considered “redundant and obsolete”, in the past four years, a reply to a query under the RTI Act has revealed. As per the information provided by the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the Legislative Department to Lucknow-based activist Nutan Thakur, […]

New Delhi: Continuing its campaign on Rafale deal, a Congress delegation on Wednesday met the Comptroller and Auditor General seeking an “urgent probe” into the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets by the Modi government. “A delegation of Congress leadership has met the CAG and his senior colleagues. We have given a detailed memorandum along […]

New Delhi: Making a sharp attack on the Modi government on demonetisation, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said the country paid a “huge price” for cancelling what turned out “a small sum” of Rs 13,000 crore. He said for the Rs 13,000 crore, which did not come back to the banks, the country […]

New Delhi: Projects worth over Rs 2.04 lakh crore have been sanctioned by the Central government for the Smart Cities Mission since the inception of the project four years ago, an official said on Wednesday. Addressing the 4th Smart Cities Expo here organised by the India Trade Promotion Organisation, Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga […]

New Delhi: NGOs working among the Muslims in India are filling the space left vacant by the state but they remain isolated despite the dream of a new India by 2022 held out by the Narendra Modi government, former Vice President Hamid Ansari said on Tuesday. “Many NGOs mentioned in the book operate in spaces left […]

New Delhi: The logjam in Parliament continued on Monday as the TDP and YSR Congress raised the pitch for taking up their no-confidence notices against the Modi government amid a ruckus in the Lok Sabha leading to disruption of the House. The Lok Sabha was adjourned for an hour till noon while the Rajya Sabha […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Women and Child Development on Thursday announced three more proposals for women’s safety and security, with a major focus on the safe city project, Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) and a Central Forensic Science Laboratory under the Nirbhaya Fund. The decisions were taken at the 14th meeting of an Empowered […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of misleading Muslim women on the triple talaq bill, saying that about 18 opposition parties in Rajya Sabha want to send the bill to select committee to rectify its “faults”. Azad, who is Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, also […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Women Child Development (WCD) has approved proposals and projects amounting to Rs 2,644 crore under the Nirbhaya Fund, an official statement on Thursday. In wake of the December 2012 Delhi gang rape, the Central government had set up a dedicated fund called “Nirbhaya Fund” in 2013 for implementation of initiatives […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused the Narendra Modi government of putting internal security in peril due to “inaction and lack of direction” and said it should come out with a road map to deal with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. In a statement, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said there had been a spike in violence […]

New Delhi: Vowing to take action against Pakistan-based terrorist groups in the wake of increased attacks on Indian security forces, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Narendra Modi government would not let “countrymen hang their heads in shame” and “respond without announcing”. “Bol ke nahin karengey, karke dikhayengey (we will not announce it […]