To say that airports of India are not changing or to say that infrastructure at airports has not changed in the last few years would be unfair, says Praful Patel.
'Look at what happened to the BJP in that India Shining episode in 2004.'
An Air India flight to Bhubaneswar from here was delayed by nearly eight hours allegedly due to some "VIPs" forcing the government-owned carrier to reassign the aircraft and its crew for Bhopal, a charge denied by the airline.
The Opposition accused the government of bringing a populist budget.
This is a rare occurrence as a bill, that too a private member one, was voted out at the introduction stage itself.
He said while the state government had sought Rs 8,481 crore as central assistance, the Centre has provided Rs 940.92 crore.
The Biju Janata Dal MP from Dhenkanal says crime will come down if cannabis is legalised.
In Odisha and Kerala, the BJP is being accused of engineering splits in the BJD and the Congress
Hijacking of an aircraft will now entail capital punishment in the event of death of "any person" as Parliament on Monday passed a bill to provide widen the ambit of the law in dealing with this crime.
The opposition in Lok Sabha on Monday tore into the controversial Land Acquisition Bill
In the third phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 23, 116 seats spread across 13 states and two Union Territories, will go to the polls.
The new law will apply to all establishments employing 10 or more people and the entitlement will be for only up to first two children.
Following the Budget being announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, leaders across the political spectrum provided their views.
While Rajnath Singh said secularism was the most misused word in politics, Sonia alleged that ideals and principles of the Constitution were under threat and being attacked deliberately
Sparks flew in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as the raging Jawaharlal Nehru University row and suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula was taken up for discussion, with opposition accusing the government of muzzling the voice of the youth and "mercilessly crushing" the principles of democracy.
Opposition said saying it lacked vision and road map to execute ideas.
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