Venkaiah Naidu

India, Vietnam for peaceful Indo-Pacific region on basis of respect for national sovereignty: Naidu

Vice President Naidu and his Vietnamese counterpart Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh reiterated the importance of building a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region on the basis of respect for national sovereignty and international law, MEA said in a statement.

Maintain vigilance during loan award process: Naidu

“Banks can make use of technology and data analytics to identify the early warning signals of loan defaulting and evolve robust mechanisms to identify the hidden NPAs. They must focus on nurturing internal skills for credit assessment and undertake forensic audits to understand the intent of the borrower,” he said.

Being non-violent does not mean we are weak: Venkaiah Naidu

“We are committed to combat these forces and been fortunate to receive incredible, spontaneous support from several countries. We cannot be passive witness to terrorism ,” he said.

UN must find effective ways to control those aiding terror: V-P Venkaiah Naidu

The Vice-President was delivering the valedictory address at the first LAWASIA Human Rights Conference organised by the Law Association For Asia and the Pacific and the Bar Association of India.

Nations should not give shelter to economic fugitives: Venkaiah Naidu

"In the wake of the economic offences by some individuals, I implore industry bodies to weed out black sheeps who give a bad name to the business community," he said.

Students should work for eradicating social evils: Venkaiah Naidu

"We are all Indians, who should feel proud that we are Indians-- irrespective of caste, creed, religion and region. India is one--one nation," Naidu said

Among Padma awardees: farmers, gau sevaks, doctors

Congratulating the awardees, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu tweeted, “Agriculture is the basic foundation of our culture and needs to be continuously strengthened. Glad that the Government has recognized its centrality to India’s inclusive growth story.”

Opposition sit-in in House to protest extra sitting

Opposition leaders said that they were informed about the extension only on Tuesday morning at the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee.

Rajya Sabha disrupted, Venkaiah Naidu tells AIADMK, DMK MPs to leave Upper House

After repeated adjournments in the morning, Naidu named eight AIADMK and four DMK MPs under Rule 255 and ordered them to “immediately withdraw from the House” in the afternoon, but the MPs remained in the House, till it was finally adjourned for the day.

Cauvery issue rocks Rajya Sabha, Naidu orders AIADMK, DMK, MPs to leave House

AIADMK members had trooped into the well as soon as the House resumed in the afternoon and were continuously shouting slogans "we want justice, take the permission (to build dam on Cauvery) back, don't deny rights of Tamil Nadu".

It's Venkaiah Naidu versus Gopalkrishna Gandhi in the vice-presidential election

NDA Vice-Presidential candidate M Venkaiah Naidu will take on Gopal Krishna Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and the Opposition’s candidate, in the election on August 5 in which the BJP and its allies have a clear edge.

Chiranjeevi's daughter Sreeja's wedding reception pics: A listers in attendance

Chiranjeevi's daughter Sreeja, who got married to Kalyan recently, had a grand wedding reception in Hyderabad on March 31 which was attended by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu, 'Bombay' actor Aravind Swamy, actresses Radhika Sarathkumar, Rakulpreet and many more from the film fraternity.

Modi, Jaitley, Swaraj pay homage to Ashok Singhal

Ashok Singhal on Tuesday (November 17) passed way after he was on ICU suffering from respiratory problem. His body was brought to the RSS office in Jandewalan in Central Delhi yesterday night for public to pay their last respect. Narendra Modi, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu, Amit Shah and others paid homage to the VHP leader.

Modi lays foundation stone for Amaravati, says Andhra will lead an economic revolution

Narendra Modi in Tirupati today laid the foundation stone of Shri Venkateswara Mobile and Electronics Manufacturing Hub, the country's first mobile manufacturing electronics cluster.

Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, L K Advani pay homage to Lal Bahadur Shastri

Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, L K Advani among other leaders remembered former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 111th birth anniversary who gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan', at his memorial at Vijay Ghat.

Gandhi Jayanti: Modi, Sonia, Pranab pay homage at Rajghat

The nation today remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 146th birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and other leaders paying floral tributes to him at his memorial in New Delhi.

Monsoon Session begins on a stormy note

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today voiced hope that the Monsoon Session of Parliament will be fruitful.

Govt rules out any resignation at all-party meeting

An all-party meeting called in Delhi on the eve of the Monsoon Session on Monday ended in a deadlock.

Today in Pics: Narendra Modi meets President of Myanmar U Thein Sein

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Presidential Palace for a meeting with President of Myanmar, U Thein Sein in Myanmar on November 11.

Idea Exchange with Venkaiah Naidu

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu was our guest at the Idea Exchange in Delhi on Friday.

Senior BJP leaders remember Ananth Kumar as a leader

Union minister Ananth Kumar passed away on Monday morning. He was suffering from pancreatic cancer for some time now. Senior BJP leaders paid their tributes to the leader.

BJP Slams Hamid Ansari

The Prime Minister’s remarks in Rajya Sabha come four days after Ansari, speaking at the annual convocation of the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru, expressed concern over “enhanced apprehensions of insecurity amongst segments of our citizen body, particularly Dalits, Muslims and Christians”. To know more about the story watch out the video.

Don't target PM Modi unnecessarily: Naidu

New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday targeted the Congress, saying that the grand old party, which has been tolerated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for so many decades, should also tolerate the saffron party for at least ten years. Naidu said that the Congress was unnecessarily targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said unlike past governments where the prime minister (Manmohan Singh) presides and madam (Sonia Gandhi) decides, the BJP-led Government was working collectively in which Prime Minister Modi presides and the team decides.

BJP inherited problems from Congress: Naidu

New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Talking to mediapersons before the Budget session, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday put onus on Congress, saying that issues like 'anti-national' activities in JNU and Jat quota have existed during the tenure of Congress and the BJP-led NDA government inherited these problems from Congress. Naidu added that there is no question of closing JNU, but 'anti-national' activities will not be tolerated. He added that the government is ready to discuss all the problems.

Jat quota row: Will analyse reason after situation is normal, says Naidu

New Delhi, Feb 22 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asserted that the government is waiting for a calm atmosphere in order to come to a conclusion on the ongoing Jat community protests. He further stated that committee formation on the issue reflects government’s desire to come to a conclusion on the demands raised by the Jats. The Jat community is demanding reservations in government jobs and institutions.

Mysuru is India's cleanest city

New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu announced top ten cities in the order of merit as per the Swachh Sarvekshan commissioned across 75 cities. This is to promote a healthy spirit of competition among the cities. He announced Mysore, Karnataka, as the cleanest city in the country and the other nine cities were Chandigarh, Tiruchirapalli, New Delhi Municipal Council, Visakhapatnam, Surat, Rajkot, Gangtok, Pimpri Chindwad, and Greater Mumbai. Cities with over 10 lakh population were surveyed to check how clean or filthy they were. The Swachh Sarvekshan website has been launched.

Govt. has embarked on to make villages smart: Rajnath

Vijayawada, Jan 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said only 'Smart Cities' won't help and thus the government has embarked on to make villages 'smart' as well. He was speaking at NGO Swarna Bharath Trust's inaugural function in Vijayawada. The function was also attended by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu.

BJP Parliamentary party meeting held in Parliament

New Delhi, Dec 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary meeting is underway in the Parliament. The meeting is being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Senior BJP leader LK Advani, Parliamentary Affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu are also attending the meeting among others.

Free power means low power which means no power: Venkaiah Naidu on the power crisis

Cities cannot be built overnight. It'll take time: Venkaiah Naidu on smart cities