Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)

Pre-cast elements reinstalled on Brigade Road

Bangalore: Acting swiftly on the objection raised by Shantinagar MLA N.A. Haris for increasing the height of the road while remodelling a storm water drain at Brigade Road-Residence Road junction, the Bruhat Bangalore...

Land acquisition, utility lines shifting affecting projects

Flyover at Yeshwanthpur Circle to be ready by February-end 44 different projects being taken up under JNNURM in Bangalore Bangalore: Delay in acquisition of land and shifting of utility lines are among the reasons which...

Sheila Dikshit (70): Congress (Gole market)

Profession: Before making her foray into politics, Dikshit was a nursery teacher in Mrs Nathaniel’s school in Moti Bagh. “It was in 1959-60 and I used to get a salary of Rs 100. It was a big amount those days,” she said.

Warm welcome

— Photo: S. Mahinsha Venerable guest: Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and representative of Pope Benedict XVI, being received at the airport in the city on Sunday by Sports and...

Port staff hail funds allocation for Vallarpadam project

KOCHI: The Cochin Port Staff Association has hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Shipping Minister T.R. Baalu, Defence Minister A.K. Antony, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, on account of the decision...

Take up Bench issue before session: MP

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Varkala Radhakrishnan, MP, has said that it is unnecessary to wait till the Parliament session in December to discuss the issue of setting up a High Court Bench in the capital city. He was speaking to the...

If Congress wins Delhi, Sheila Dikshit may rule again

The Congress party may not have declared its chief ministerial candidate in Delhi but party sources say Sheila Dikshit is most likely to retain the post if the Congress wins the Nov 29 assembly elections.

BJP will drop half of its sitting MLAs

By Narayan Bareth Jaipur Nov. 4: Rajasthan’s ruling BJP has found a new way to contain the anti-incumbency factor in the coming Assembly elections. The party is going to drop half of its sitting MLAs. BJP leaders indicated that...

Minister flays Ravi’s comments

ALAPPUZHA: Coir and Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran on Saturday came down heavily on Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, condemning the latter’s reported statements on the State government’s recent protest...

UPA govt flayed for breaking precedent, extending session

There have been fewer sittings of Parliament in each of the past three years despite a decision taken at the 13th Whips Conference in 2005 to have 100 days of minimum sittings a year New Delhi: The ruling United Progressive...

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