Law Minister Salman Khurshid said Anna Hazare's move to disband his team which was agitating on Lokpal was "part of growing up and moving ahead" while Congress steered clear of the issue, terming it as their internal matter which was "not relevant" to the party.
The Parliamentary panel scrutinising the Lokpal Bill is likely to submit its report early next month and the redrafted legislation will be "far superior" to anything that has been proposed so far, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said on Sunday.
The government is considering allocation of quota to minorities within the existing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Castes in central services, Minority Affairs minister Salman Khurshid said on Friday.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and chief ministers of Congress-ruled states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh are among those named by the party as its star campaigners in Uttar Pradesh.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday attacked External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for his criticism of the Election Commission and the Supreme Court, accusing him of denigrating the country's two most respected institutions on the foreign soil.
Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and Home Minister R R Patil have also been invited for a speech against terrorism by the US president, scheduled at the Taj hotel in the afternoon. However, the ministers have not confirmed whether they will attend the function or not, an official from Mantralaya (the state secretariat) said
The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a resolution demanding that the three killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi should not be hanged. The execution was to take place on September 9.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to write to state governments to vacate Wakf properties occupied by them, Minorities Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Friday.
A final meeting of the Group of Ministers on setting up a coal sector regulator will be held in another week or ten days, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said on Monday. He said the proposal to set up the regulator is already before the GoM and its final meeting will be held in another week or ten days.
The government is considering giving reservation to backward Muslims within the 27 per cent quota fixed for Other Backward Classes and a decision in this regard will be taken soon, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday.
Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday criticised Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for going ahead with his political rally in Patna despite the blasts at the venue in which six people were killed, saying it was a "giveaway" and exposed his true character of not caring for anyone.
The salaries that Indian CEOs get is just about okay by international standards. But it is the promoters who take the biggest packages.
Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of not speaking about its problems with Lokpal Bill before the debate on it in Rajya Sabha and sought to know from the party why it did not ask for the legislation to be put to vote with limited discussion.
India on Tuesday supported Afghanistan's reconciliation process with the Taliban, but warned that it must not undermine the legitimacy of the Afghan government and should be within the internationally accepted "red lines".
Mahindra Satyam has reportedly requested Khurshid to take up the issue of taxation with the Finance Ministry as it would be unjust to tax income that was never there.
The Centre would soon come out with a legislation to firmly deal with communal riots, Congress leader Salman Khurshid said in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Amid the raging storm over the Niira Radia tapes, Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said his ministry would hold discussions with other ministries to regulate corporate lobbying.
A non-Gandhi is set to become the Congress president after 24 years.
Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that the bail granted to B Ramalinga Raju, the tainted founder of Satyam Computer Services, will not hamper investigations.
The Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Friday investigations into the multi-crore accounting fraud in Satyam Computers is almost complete and a final report from the Enforcement Directorate and the Internal Revenue Services is awaited.
Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said there is no cause for worry about the possibility of US market regulator SEC slapping a penalty on Mahindra Satyam, related to the multi-crore fraud at the erstwhile Satyam Computer.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday listed India's "corrupt politicians" who, he said, should not be allowed to contest elections.
India is in the cusp of a reverse brain drain as the country's great minds are flocking back to the resilient economy that has withstood the global meltdown, Salman Khurshid, minister of state for corporate and minority affairs, has said.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will hold talks with the opponents of Women's Reservation Bill before the government's takes the next step on it, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday.
Pakistan expressed disappointment over Indian leadership referring Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of the country as "unfortunate" and said the Kashmir dispute remained a "core issue" with India.
A delegation of opposition party leaders on Friday met the top brass of Election Commission to raise its concerns over poll code violations by the ruling party leaders, and also flagged concerns over delay in release of voter turnout figures for the first two phases of the polls.
The loan package consists four projects, including a freight railway project connecting New Delhi and Mumbai, and a subway construction project in southern India.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who met Nawaz Sharif in New York despite strong criticism from opposition back home, wants to "trust" the new Pakistan prime minister and give him a chance to "walk the talk" on stopping ceasefire violations and terror activities against India.
A delegation of Congress leaders met EC officials and raised several issues, including the use of pictures and large cut-outs of the prime minister in government buildings and colleges and demanded that those be removed to maintain a level-playing field in the upcoming parliamentary election.
Voting for 117 assembly seats in Punjab and 59 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh were held on Sunday.
Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on said the government will consider strategic sale of Maytas Infra if the company board decides to do so.
Congress leaders on Friday suggested a 'forgive and forget' approach towards President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit who has apologised after making controversial remarks on women protesters in Delhi against the gang-rape incident.
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Salman Khurshid on Sunday termed the agreement between Reliance Energy and the Mulayam Singh Yadav government as a "sell-out".
The manner in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demoted Jaipal Reddy and promoted Salman Khurshid has done little to salvage the reputation of an already tarnished United Progressive Alliance government, writes Renu Mittal
Amid high drama, India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and nearly 100 others, including disabled people, were detained on Friday, after they were stopped from marching towards Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence to demand the resignation of Salman Khurshid, alleging irregularities by a Non-Governmental Organisation run by him.
Rediff.com's Vipin Vijayan, who is travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Thailand, reports on the seven treaties signed between New Delhi and Bangkok on Thursday.
India on Friday said Afghanistan faced persistent threat of terrorism from beyond its borders and asked regional countries to acknowledge the rising dangers posed by these forces and step up counter-terrorism efforts.
Singh is accompanied by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah, Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju and Science and Technology Minister S Jaipal Reddy.
Congress will withdraw support to Samajwadi Party-led government in Uttar Pradesh at the "right time."
'It was a difficult task. I tried to do it to the best of my ability. What would be the best leadership and team of the party will have to be decided by the leadership'.
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