Jayalalithaa
Lok Sabha condemns Justice Katju for Gandhi, Netaji statements
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Lok Sabha on March 12 condemned the controversial remarks of retired SC judge Markandey Katju against Mahatma Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose, underlining that their contribution to the freedom struggle was […]
PM Modi furious with absent MPs after humiliation in Rajya Sabha
NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after the government faced embarrassment due to division of votes in Rajya Sabha over an amendment to the President’s address, an ‘unhappy’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb 4 […]
PM Modi pulls up absent MPs after humiliation in Rajya Sabha – Trending
NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after the government faced embarrassment due to division of votes in Rajya Sabha over an amendment to the President’s address, an ‘unhappy’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb 4 sought […]
Govt firm as uncertainty over land bill grows
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is working to get the contentious land acquisition bill passed in Lok Sabha next week, but is increasingly wary that defiant opponents and procedural road blocks may come in the […]
SUPPRESSION OF CRIMINAL RECORD CAN DISQUALIFY LAWMAKERS: SC
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court ruled on February 5 that a lawmaker’s election could be cancelled if he or she suppressed information about a criminal record, in what experts see as a landmark judgement […]
ASSETS CASE: SC EXTENDS BAIL OF JAYALALITHAA BY FOUR MORE MONTHS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on December 18extended by four months the bail of former Tamil Naduchief minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assetscase and asked the chief justice of Karnataka high courtto constitute […]
MODI DISAPPROVES OF BJP MINISTER’S REMARKS, OPPN UNMOVED
NEW DELHI (TIP): While Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 4 said he strongly disapproved of Union Minister Niranjan Jyoti’s controversial remarks, his attempt to buy peace in Parliament failed to fructify with a determined […]
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa granted bail
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday, October 17, granted bail to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The 66-year-old AIADMK chief, who has been behind bars since September 27, had sought relief […]
Strengthening the long arm of the law
One reason for widespread political and bureaucratic corruption is that the punishment for such offences is light and, therefore, it does not serve as a deterrent. Punishment for corruption must include confiscation of all illicit […]
JAYALALITHA MOVES SC FOR BAIL
Urges apex court to grant urgent hearing after High Court had refused her earlier bail plea NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, denied bail by Karnataka High Court following her conviction […]
Insurance Bill sent to select committee of RS
NEW DELHI (TIP): Giving in to opposition pressure, the government on August 14 referred the controversial Insurance Bill to the select committee of Rajya Sabha. The House adopted a motion in this regard after finance […]
No new VIP security duties for NSG
NEW DELHI (TIP): VIPs may no more enjoy the cover of coveted ‘Black Cat’ commandos. Government is learnt to have decided that VIPs would no longer get the cover of NSG commandos and the force […]
Govt on overdrive to rescue Indians trapped in Iraq
NEW DELHI (TIP): The new government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, June 19 scrambled to secure the release of 40 Indians being held in war-torn Iraq but asserted it was doing its […]
Jayalalithaa to Meet Narendra Modi on June 3 Amid Talk of Alliance
NEW DELHI (TIP): J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu chief minister, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on June 3, amid the buzz that she is in talks with the ruling BJP to join the […]
NDA will win 36 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra, predicts poll
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress and UPA are facing decimation in a wide swathe of states from Delhi and Rajasthan in the north to Bihar and Jharkhand in the east, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in […]
Left to go it alone in Tamil Nadu after Jayalalithaa’s snub
NEW DELHI (TIP): Smarting under Jayalalithaa’s snub over the request for two seats each to CPI and CPM, the top Left leaders on Thursday attributed it to the Tamil Nadu chief minister’s confidence that the […]