The Modi sarkar said that the former even though the IPL boss committed all offences during the UPA rule no action had been taken by them.
The BJP on Sunday said its senior party leader L K Advani had never said that he was not aware of the decision to send former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh along with terrorists in an aircraft to Kandahar for release of passengers of a hijacked Indian plane.
BJP Members of Parliament from Assam, Rajen Gohain and Narayan Chandra Borkotoky, have been appointed in-charge of Mizoram and Nagaland respectively.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav is pitted against former civil aviation minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
The civil aviation minister is facing charges of 'milking' the PSUs for personal gains.
In spite of the JD (S) flip-flopping on the issue of power transfer in Karnataka, its ally Bhartiya Janata Party is hopeful that the JD-S will keep its side of the bargain, party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.
The empowered group of ministers on Friday deferred a decision on the appointment of a financial consultant for privatisation and modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
The Union Cabinet's nod is required to give effect to the government decision to allow private carriers to fly to Colombo, Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Wednesday.
B C Khanduri, who was elevated to Cabinet rank in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, who was given independent charge of the civil aviation ministry, were among those who joined work on Monday.
There is a need to have a balance in these negotiations so that environment friendly products from developing countries also get improved market access
'Intense rivalry between the AIADMK and the DMK was standing in the way of the development of the state.'
India has asked the United States to bring 850 additional agricultural, chemical and pharmaceutical items within the purview of Generalised System of Preferences scheme which allows duty-free entry for specified products into US markets.\n\n\n\n
He will retain Chhapra, where he trounced BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
The civil aviation minister did not pay for the accommodation at Hotel Taj Exotica.
The government on Monday decided to scrap the tenders for privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, and invite fresh bids within a fortnight, highly placed sources said.
Large economic powers led by the United States and European Union should stop their `bullying tactics' to facilitate emergence of an equitable world economic order, Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Saturday.
The government is considering a proposal to allow Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Indian Airlines, to lease new aircraft to replace its ageing fleet, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Monday.
Air-India has decided to operate two weekly flights to China's commercial capital Shanghai from December 11.
A minor fire broke out in Air Deccan's inaugural flight from Hyderabad to Vijayawada prompting the crew to arrange a safe passage.
Air-India has plans to operate twice-weekly services to China effective from December 2003, government told the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Major proposals relating to the aviation sector, including allowing the private domestic carriers to fly abroad, are being considered by a panel set up by the government to formulate the new civil aviation policy, to be finalised by October.
India on Wednesday asked for enhanced economic ties with Central and East European countries.
Rudy, a commercial pilot license holder, will fly at a speed of 95 nautical miles at an altitude of 7,500 feet following the Cauvery river from Mettur to touch Tiruchirappali.
The decision was taken after a suggestion from Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Air-India has no plans to operate on the domestic sector, Minister of state for Civil Aviation Rajiv Pratap Rudy informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
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