Rajya Sabha members were pleasantly surprised to have Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in their midst for the entire question hour Thursday.
The prime minister is not often seen in the house, of which he is the leader. He comes in only when there is a question related to a department under him or a major debate [...] Continue reading PM sits through question hour in Rajya Sabha
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Digambar Kamat, heading a Congress-led coalition government in Goa, finds himself in a piquant situation as the federal investigative agency has questioned a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and his former party colleague over an alleged 2004 scam for which he too faced flak earlier.
Kamat joined the Congress from the BJP two years ago.
In 2004, [...] Continue reading 2004 scam charges hound Goa chief minister
Over 500,000 Overseas Indian Cards (OICs) have so far been issued while 9,000 applications are pending, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said Thursday.
“We have so far issued 576,000 OIC cards. Nine thousand applications are pending because the forms are incomplete. We have asked the applicants to correct these and we will then issue [...] Continue reading Over 500,000 Overseas Indian Cards issued: Ravi
The ongoing auction of the 3G spectrum could raise Rs.45,000 crore, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday.
“We anticipated that the auction would raise Rs.35,000 crore. It may go up to Rs.45.000 crore,” Telecom Minister A. Raja said during question hour in the upper house.
Raja was responding to a question on India’s national spectrum policy. Continue reading 3G auction could raise Rs.45,000 crore: Raja
Biotechnology is an “important tool” for ensuring food security but it should be ensured that it does not adversely impact human and animal health and the bio-diversity, parliament was informed Monday.
“There is general agreement within the concerned ministries that biotechnology is an important tool for raising agricultural productivity and ensuring food security,” Minister of State [...] Continue reading Biotechnology should not harm bio-diversity: Ramesh