Dinesh Trivedi, a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, says, "Our government is seriously bothered about Anna's health. Why is Team Anna not requesting Annaji to break his fast, even once? I believe the government is more worried about Anna's health than even Team Anna."
The finance ministry has received over 600 names of Indians who have accounts in HSBC Bank's Switzerland branch, from the government of France.These names were obtained by the French government after an employee of HSBC Bank became a whistleblower. He took refuge in France and brought along a long list of account holders who have allegedly stashed money in the Swiss branch of HSBC Bank. Now the Indian government is sitting tight on those names.
All Opposition political parties were united on Tuesday in their condemnation of the government's decision to detain Anna Hazare and his aides, hours before the Gandhian activist was scheduled to go on an indefinite fast against corruption in New Delhi. Leaders of the Left Front are scheduled to meet their counterparts in the Bharatiya Janata Party and other Opposition parties at 2 pm on Tuesday to chalk out their strategy in the wake of Hazare's detention.
In a major development in the Congress, the party has formed an informal committee comprising General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, spokesperson Janardan Dwivedi, political secretary to Sonia Gandhi Ahmed Patel and Defence Minister AK Antony to look into the party's affairs, as the Congress president will be away since she is undergoing treatment in the United States.
Much before Hina Rabbani Khar, the newly appointed foreign minister of Pakistan, touched Indian soil a senior Indian minister had told a select group of journalists that 'substantial political issues concerning Kashmir will not be on the table when foreign ministers of India and Pakistan meet in New Delhi on Wednesday.'
According to a senior Cabinet minister and senior leader of the Congress, the Bharatiya Janta Party is indulging in 'unethical behaviour and undemocratic aggressive methods' to oppose the United Progressive Alliance government in its second tenure.
These ministers are meeting select group of editors and senior reporters every week to put forward their viewpoints. The wooing of journalists at the ministerial level is unprecedented and shows the defensive mood prevailing within the government.
On day when A Raja, jailed former minister of telecommunications, accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former finance minister P Chidambaram in a lower court while trying to drag them 'legally' in the 2G spectrum scam, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal also picked up none else but Raja's lawyer's argument.
Chatterji's posting at PMO is seen as a major move to bring the PMO and the Congress closer.
The talks between S M Krishna and Hillary Clinton covered important bilateral issues like Afghanistan, nuclear waiver, defence purchases, terrorism, cyber security and US demands for market access, particularly in insurance and retail trading. Sheela Bhatt reports.
It is expected that it will be "far better than Lok Sabha TV and will give competition to private channels in the 9 pm news segment".
An ATS source told rediff.com, "How will a person walk into Zaveri Bazaar or such a place with wires tied to his body? We believe the first priority is to crack the case. And, for that, one needs patience."
Burhanuddin Rabbani, chairman of the High Peace Council and former President of Afghanistan who met Prime minister Manmohan Singh over lunch in New Delhi on Thursday and later had delegation level talks, has expressed desire to perform Friday prayers at the historic Jama Masjid.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said, "Today or in recent times there was no alert in the city. We were not having any information that such strike was possible. There was no specific or general information of the possibility of serial blasts. In that sense we were not prepared, but we will help the victims in the best possible way and we will finish investigating it as soon a possible."
Apoorva Mehta, a diamond merchant, saw the aftermath of the blast at Opera House in South Mumbai on Wednesday evening. This is his account
Sheela Bhatt traces the fascinating life journey of India's new Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi.
What will stand Shukla in good stead as minister for parliamentary affairs will be his ability to communicate across party lines and get along with most political parties. Thanks to his affable nature, Shukla has friends in the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Nationalist Congress Party and many other regional parties
There is discontent among senior Congress leaders of the Uttar Pradesh over local leaders being kept away from Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's ambitious padytra that started from Bhatta village on Tuesday.
As Union Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad is busy in solving the Telangana crisis, India's health service is deteriorating more and more. With Azad's ministry not initiating any new reforms for urban or rural health care in the last few years, the country's poor are facing hard times.
Sitharaman's nomination is a surprise because since long many RS vacancies from Gujarat are filled by non-Gujaratis like Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu. A senior Congress leader from Gujarat told rediff.com, "Considering that Narendra Modi is one of the strongest chief ministers that Gujarat has ever seen, the frequent nomination of non-Gujaratis to the Rajya Sabha shows that even in the BJP the party high command of New Delhi dominates in certain issues."
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