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Venkaiah Naidu asserted that caste has no relevance in today's time and the need for cooperatives to create social harmony. (File)

Delhi Confidential: Discussion Derailed

August 1, 2018 03:15 IST

Venkaiah Naidu said he had to for the first time suspend Question Hour on the demand of all sections of the House to discuss the issue, but the purpose was defeated as the discussion was not allowed to conclude and the government prevented from responding.

Delhi Confidential: Points Noted

July 31, 2018 00:57 IST

MC MP Saugata Roy expressed his annoyance that the Bill termed girls below 16 and 12 years as “women” when it should have been “girls”.

Delhi Confidential: Back In Focus

July 30, 2018 03:28 IST

RAJYA SABHA MP Amar Singh, who has been in oblivion for a while, was back in the spotlight on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking his name in his speech at the ground-breaking ceremony for infrastructure projects in Lucknow.

In the past, there have been cases where prior public announcement to move the breach of privilege defeated the purpose of those who sought to move it.

Delhi Confidential: Feedback Time?

July 27, 2018 02:19 IST

Rahul Gandhi has a packed schedule now a days meeting professionals and intellectuals of various shades.

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Delhi Confidential: In PM’s defence

July 26, 2018 03:09 IST

Then Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh wondered why the Kerala MPs were praising Rijijju but criticising the PM who sent him. “Please congratulate the Prime Minister... he has met you, listened to you and sent his minister.”

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Delhi Confidential: Rare Praise

July 25, 2018 04:31 IST

Singhvi praised Swamy’s work, saying, “For all that he (Swamy) says, he does some good jurisprudential work also.”

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said she would have to “see a dictionary as to what is being referred to” there.

Delhi Confidential: Looking Up Dictionary

July 24, 2018 04:57 IST

During Question Hour in Lok Sabha on Monday, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge called the Speaker’s attention to an officer sitting in the officer’s gallery, taking note of Opposition movements and counting the members.

Delhi Confidential: Little too early

July 23, 2018 01:44 IST

DIGVIJAYA SINGH and Janardan Dwivedi, the two high-profile Congress leaders who were not included in the Congress Working Committee revamped by Rahul Gandhi recently, did not attend the meeting of the extended CWC on Sunday.

Delhi Confidential: Straight Talk

July 21, 2018 02:29 IST

Shatrughan Sinha was present at a conference on the issue of the anti-trafficking Bill introduced by minister Maneka Gandhi in the Lok Sabha this week.

Delivering his response at the end of the session, minister Piyush Goyal took a jibe at Congress’s Shashi Tharoor, saying that since he is a “Hindi bhaashi” (Hindi speaker) he could not understand Tharoor’s accent and thus not grasp everything he said.

Delhi Confidential: Taking Digs

July 20, 2018 05:42 IST

PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will be headed to Uganda, Rwanda and South Africa on Monday.

Delhi Confidential: Smiling It Away

July 19, 2018 02:51 IST

Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy said that Javadekar had done a great job of resisting RSS pressure on his ministry although he was an RSS volunteer and a Marathi Brahmin to boot.

Delhi Confidential: Value Of Support

July 18, 2018 03:57 IST

Considering that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his deputy, O Panneerselvam, had declined to meet them, Ramesh and his party colleagues settled for the DMK, even if it counted for nothing

Delhi Confidential: Fuelled by green

July 17, 2018 04:20 IST

Gadkari said that as Transport Minister he had knowledge of the technology to make eco-friendly vehicles, and even spoke fondly of the ethanol-fuelled bus that runs in his hometown, Nagpur.

Delhi Confidential: Duties At Home

July 16, 2018 03:36 IST

Kailash Vijayvargiya had to attend some rituals at home related to his mother’s death earlier this month.

Delhi Confidential: Hold On, For Now

July 14, 2018 04:01 IST

The Centre’s assurances that it will bring an ordinance to strengthen the Prevention of Atrocities Act has cut no ice with Dalit and Adivasi groups, who are now gearing up for a Bharat Bandh on August 9 — on a scale bigger than the one held in April.

Delhi Confidential: Balancing Act

July 13, 2018 02:15 IST

On Thursday Nitish Kumar was supposed to come to the national capital to attend the Niti Aayog meeting but could not as he had to be in Patna on the day BJP chief Amit Shah was visiting. The meeting with his ally was important for his party’s political future.

Delhi Confidential: Batting For Women

July 12, 2018 02:16 IST

Stating that she has received requests from women that the provision deters husbands and fathers-in-law from transferring assets to women, Maneka has asked Goyal to change the law.

Delhi Confidential: Big Wish

July 11, 2018 02:11 IST

The minister, meanwhile, celebrated his birthday far away from Delhi’s power centre — in Shillong, where he was chairing a two-day plenary of the North-Eastern Council.

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Delhi Confidential: Credit Contention

July 10, 2018 03:30 IST

Akhilesh Yadav said the SP government had provided 30-acre land for the project and an MoU was signed in October 2016 — in his presence — between then UP Chief Secretary and the CEO of Samsung India.

Delhi Confidential: Formality call

July 9, 2018 03:01 IST

The Congress says the government just wants to complete the formality of inviting him to inform the Supreme Court, which last Monday set a 10-day deadline for the government to share a timeline on the Lokpal’s appointment.

Delhi Confidential: Delhi Date

July 7, 2018 04:32 IST

Nitish will be in Delhi to attend the JD(U) national executive meeting on Sunday, but there could also be a courtesy meeting with Paswan, sources in LJP said.

Delhi Confidential: Acting Fast

July 6, 2018 10:38 IST

Days after Maneka Gandhi announced that she would be introducing death penalty, the Union government brought an ordinance amending the IPC to award death penalty for rape of girls under 12 years.

Delhi Confidential: Caught Out By Hindi!

July 5, 2018 06:29 IST

There were a couple of lighter moments in Union minister Rajnath Singh’s press briefing on the Union Cabinet’s “historic” decision on the minimum support price (MSP) increase.

Delhi Confidential: Showing SolidaritySubscriber Only

July 4, 2018 00:53 IST

Afghan diplomats in Delhi joined the demonstration, the idea being to display solidarity with the Sikh community

Delhi Confidential: Lecture timeSubscriber Only

July 3, 2018 04:24 IST

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will be hosting Ashwani Lohani to hear his ideas on transforming Indian Railways and leadership skills.