In a bid to promote the ambitious 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission), Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani made a surprise visit to a government school in Delhi and participated in a cleaning drive.
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The daughter of the victim, who died after Smriti Irani's cavalcade hit their vehicle, on Monday said that she pleaded before her with folded hands but the Union HRD minister didn't provide them any help.
There is also speculation within the BJP that its national president J P Nadda, whose extended tenure will end by this month and who was among the leaders meeting Modi, may also be brought back in the government.
Choudhary also posted on his Twitter account, a letter written by Union minister for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya to Irani using "dear", and accused her of "double standards" on this count.
Yale University has issued a statement saying that Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani attended a weeklong programme and received a certificate from the university last year, along with several other lawmakers from India. George Joseph/Rediff.com reports from New York
HRD Minister Smriti Irani is likely to be the target of Opposition attack in Parliament where Rahul Gandhi will lead the Congress charge against the government on Tuesday.
Riding a scooter, Union minister Smriti Irani led a rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday as she campaigned for the upcoming West Bengal elections in the South 24 Parganas district.
A resident of Poore Pahalwan village under Musafirkhana tehsil had on August 27 given a complaint letter to Irani saying that after the death of his father, who was a teacher, his mother Savitri Devi is entitled for pension, whose verification has not been done by lekhpal Deepak.
Smriti Irani also tweeted a picture of her holy dip, with the caption "Har Har Gange".
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani attracted all the media glare after photographs of her meeting an astrologer were published on Monday.
Starting a social media campaign, Irani has urged people to follow suit and share pictures of themselves in handloom textiles, tagging five others.
Police did not rule out the possibility of it being a 'political murder'.
'After playing strong women like Kavita and Tulsi on television, it would be very difficult for audiences to accept me as a routine running-around-trees heroine.'
The move comes after Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday resigned after he was chosen as the National Democratic Alliance's candidate for the vice presidential election.
Amid Opposition uproar over reports of schools being ordered to remain open on Christmas Day to observe 'good governance day', the government on Monday clarified that no such instruction has been issued and only an online essay competition on the subject is being organised.
"Though, for a student, receiving a master's degree is no less than any prestigious award. But on October 19, (the Convocation Day) I Sameer Gojwari won't accept it," said the student.
Ending suspense, the Bharatiya Janata Party has picked actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani to take on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi.
The film stars Asin and Abhishek Bachchan in lead roles.
Congress's student outfit National Students' Union of India on Wenesday staged a protest outside the residence of HRD Minister Smriti Irani demanding scrapping of the controversial four-year undergraduate programme of Delhi University.
The textile industry is the second-largest employer in the country, employing about 32 million, and the government is banking on it to absorb millions of youth.
Kajol, daughter Nysa Devgan, sister Tanisha Mukerji participated in the Sindoor Khela ceremony at the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja.
"It is shameful that Rahul Gandhi, instead of coming to Parliament and apologising for his undemocratic rant against India, today seeks to be absent from Parliament," she asserted.
Chief Medical Officer M Rajshree, who confirmed Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's death, has rebuffed Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani's claims in Parliament, saying she had reached the scene in three-five minutes.
At her witty best, the television actress-turned-politician also said that thanks to that rejection, she got a job at McDonald's and the "rest is history".
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actors Ashlesha Savant and Sandeep Baswana first met on the sets of the television soap in 2002.
Prominent journalists have been giving the HRD minister a hall pass, asking her about politics and TRP-generating issues rather than focusing on her visions for the country's education sector.
Human Resources and Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday asked Delhi University to "reinstate" five non-teaching staff members, who were suspended for allegedly leaking purported documents relating to her undergraduate admission and admit card following a row over her educational qualifications.
The controversy over Human Resources and Development Minister Smriti Irani's educational qualifications has taken a new turn with her assertion that she also has a degree from the prestigious Yale University in the United States
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Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "great economist", who she said has given a positive direction to the nation's economy.
The Delhi high court on Friday issued summons to Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D'Souza on a civil defamation suit filed by Union minister Smriti Irani seeking damages of over Rs 2 crore for allegedly making baseless allegations against her and her daughter.
The Union textiles minister's staff around 5 pm called police and said that some students in a car were following her vehicle and trying to overtake it near Moti Bagh flyover and their actions were unwanted, a senior police officer said.
Trying on clothes at an outlet of a reputed garment brand at Candolim village near Panaji, a vigilant Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday spotted a hidden camera positioned to record inside the small room, raising an alarm after which Goa Police registered a case against the staff for voyeurism.
All four employees of a Fabindia outlet in Goa, who were arrested after Union minister Smriti Irani spotted a hidden camera trained towards its trial room, were on Saturday granted bail by a local court.
Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday demanded the sacking of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Giriraj Singh for his remarks against Congress President Sonia Gandhi but evaded questions on the statement he made on Union Minister Smriti Irani in 2012 during a television debate.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday stayed a Central Information Commission order to Central Board of Secondary Examination to allow inspection of class 10th and 12th school records of Union Minister Smriti Irani.
It did not help that she was India's education minister -- Smriti Irani had to appear in an interview to get her children admitted to a school like any other parent who goes through this nightmare.
The court reserved its order for June 24 on a complaint filed against the HRD minister for allegedly giving false information about her educational qualifications.
'I got a very simple one-line brief from Ekta Kapoor that this character is like the Ramayan's Ram -- ideal husband, son and maryada purushottam.'
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