Tag: Nda Government

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP today welcomed the idea of its Narendra Modi-led NDA government to hold the Lok Sabha polls in 2018 in a bid to sync it with the state polls. Speaking to OTV, senior BJP leader KV Singhdeo said the party would always welcome such move and is well-prepared to take the challenge. As […]

Bhubaneswar: To mark the completion of three years of the NDA government the BJP is hosting Modi Fest throughout the country including seven places in Odisha today. People will be apprised of the various public welfare schemes and programmes of the central government during this event. National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) is organising the event […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Rourkela MLA and Former Union Minister of State for Coal Dilip Ray, the first minister of the erstwhile NDA government who was summoned as an accused in a coal scam case, was today granted bail by a special court here. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar granted bail to Ray, who was a minister […]

New Delhi: RLSP leader Upendra Kushwaha on Monday quit the BJP-led NDA and the Modi government, charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi with betraying Bihar and with pursuing an “opaque style of functioning and non-democratic leadership style”. Kushwaha, who is the second BJP ally to quit the Modi government after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), said […]

New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks about bad loans generated during UPA rule, and asked his government to disclose loans given during the NDA rule that turned into Non-performing assets (NPA). “The real test is, will the NDA-2 match the record of UPA-2 and […]

Bengaluru: Actor Prakash Raj has taken a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government at the Centre, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Karnataka. Prakash on Monday took to Twitter and wrote a cryptic message that said “Promise toothpaste sold in 2014” failed to bring smiles to “distressed farmers or jobless youth”. […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the previous UPA government of having been indifferent towards Gujarat including over sanctioning of development projects. Laying foundation stones for a four-lane signature bridge linking Okhla with Bet Dwarka and the widening of a national highway, Modi recalled the difficulties Gujarat faced when the Congress-led UPA […]

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Tuesday said it would be a real Diwali for the country when the ‘misrule’ of the NDA government ends at the Centre. “The real Diwali for the country is the day when the misrule of the NDA is put an end to,” he said in his Diwali […]

New Delhi: An all-party meeting called by the Narendra Modi government on Monday failed to break the parliamentary logjam, with the Congress and the NDA government reiterating their positions on resignations over the Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues. While the Congress demanded the resignations of Sushma Swaraj and chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, […]

Nanded (Maharashtra): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday compared the opposition Congress to a “sinking ship” which will take down all who are on it. “Last time (in 2014), the Congress was reduced to just 44 (Lok Sabha) seats. This time the situation is even worse. It has become like the Titanic; with each passing […]

New Delhi: With the completion of counting for the general election on Friday, the final tally of Bharatiya Janata Party settled at 303 seats. According to the data released by the Election Commission on Friday evening, the saffron surge took a leap from its 282 seats in 2014. The Congress has been reduced to 52 […]

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah are arriving here on Sunday a two-day visit to home turf Gujarat, which has again given the party all 26 Lok Sabha seats, but the celebrations will be simple in homage to the Surat fire victims. Modi and Shah are expected to land at the […]

Bhubaneswar: Known for his organisational skills, Dharmendra Pradhan is all set to be a cabinet minister again during the second term of the Narendra Modi government. Pradhan, who held important portfolios like Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development in the previous NDA government, was the prominent face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in […]

Puri: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has made it clear that the party will reiterate its demand for Special Category State Status for Odisha in the Lok Sabha. BJD’s parliamentary party leader, Pinaki Mishra has also appealed other parliamentarians from BJP as well as the Congress to support the cause. “Central government should change the […]

New Delhi: Amid enquiry into alleged role of a middleman in higher bilateral seat quota with Gulf countries during UPA era, it has now emerged that national carrier Air India had repeatedly warned against such move. Letters written by the airline to Civil Aviation Ministry had claimed that the capacity entitlements on almost all the […]