Venkaiah Naidu

Venkaiah inaugurates Tagore’s revamped mud house in Santiniketan

Naidu also unveiled a portrait of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Rabindranath Tagore Centre of ICCR here.

Avoid 'partisanship, petty politicking' on issues of national importance: Venkaiah Naidu

Speaking on the scrapping of the special powers given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, Naidu, said he has received feedback from people that the entire country was “rejoicing” following the Centre's move. "

Never wanted to become VP, wanted to follow Nanaji Deshmukh: Venkaiah Naidu

Naidu said he was in tears the day he was named for the Vice President's post for the simple reason that he would not be able to visit the BJP office or talk to the party workers.

Arun Jaitley stable, his condition improving progressively: Venkaiah Naidu

Arun Jaitley, 66, was admitted to AIIMS last morning after he complained of palpitations and restlessness. He was placed under observation at the hospital’s Cardio-Neuro-Centre.

Shameful to think of completing Afzal Guru's task: Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said that one should be concerned about happenings anywhere in the country, be it Kashmir or Kanyakumari and dismissed the thinking of "some people" that they would complete the task left unfinished by Afzal Guru as shameful and foolish.

Education policy will make India global hub: Venkaiah Naidu

He urged the public to give their views and suggestions on the draft NEP by the stipulated time of August 15.

Venkaiah Naidu counters Opposition, says Bills sent to panels

Referring to the letter written to him by 17 Opposition leaders, he said it has sent a message that Parliament is not making laws in a proper way and has cast a cloud over functioning of the apex legislature.

17 parties write to Venkaiah Naidu: Ensure Opposition's voice is not smothered in Rajya Sabha

“Public consultation is a long-established practice where parliamentary committees scrutinise bills, deliberate, engage and work towards improving the content and quality of the legislation,” the letter stated.

Rajya Sabha sitting extended till August 7

When the Upper House met for the day, Naidu said the sitting of the house has been extended till August 7. During the extended tenure of the session, Question Hour has been dispensed away with, he said.

Delhi confidential: Lift Out Bad Luck

With the BJP frequently inducting legislators and political leaders from different parties, MPs from other parties seem to be taking extra care not to be seen with BJP leaders.

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