Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar visit New Delhi amid speculation about a cabinet reshuffle, meeting with Rahul Gandhi and fueling political buzz.
The Indian Constitution's survival hinges on the nation's demographic profile and if it is altered, then it would cease to exist, Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madras high court has said.
AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said eight former MLAs joined the party in Haryana two days ago, and lamented that such fresh developments were not getting prominence.
Rarely known to see eye to eye on any issue, ever since the days of the Jan Lokpal movement, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday greeted and embraced each other on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi at a Delhi mosque.
The political war of words over Manipur intensified on Saturday with the BJP raising the incidents of atrocities against women in West Bengal and Rajasthan and questioning the 'silence' of the opposition, which termed it as a diversionary tactic to avoid debate on the situation in the north-eastern state.
Accusing Narendra Modi of engaging in "politics of lies", Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday challenged BJP's prime ministerial candidate to a debate as he stated that political discourse should move from individuals to issues affecting the country.
BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar rubbished Union Minister Kapil Sibal's comments that Modi's induction in the parliamentary board poses a challenge to the main opposition.
Claiming that it was "too late" for Narendra Modi to be saying that Gujarat riots had shaken him to the core, Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate saying his recent comments in a blog were only a belated reaction before Lok Sabha polls.
Cyber laws and communications experts feel that Union Minister Kapil Sibal's suggestion of pre-monitoring content of social media websites is a flawed argument, which completely ignores the pre-existing IT-Act in the country, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh who claimed to have evidence of corruption against some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, should come out with it, Union Minister Kapil Sibal said on Thursday.
India cannot break off its dialogue process with Pakistan on the Sarabjit issue alone as it would serve no purpose, Union Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday slammed the government on the issue of the cartoon of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar in school text books and accused the Congress of "insulting" Gujjar, Jat, Sikh and Jain communities.
Taking a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his 'India first' comment, Union Minister Kapil Sibal said the BJP leader should first "demonstrate" in his state that he was secular before talking about the rest of the country.
Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday downplayed the registration of a CBI case against Maharashtra minister Rajendra Darda in coal block allocation case but said he himself would have resigned if any FIR was filed against him.
Retaliating against the Bharatiya Janata Party, after more than a week of Parliament being stalled and the government put on the mat, the Congress said, "Jis soch ne Mahatma Gandhi ki hatya ki thi, Wahi soch loktantra ki hatya kar rahi hai (democracy is being killed by the same mentality which killed mahatma Gandhi)."
Former BJP minister Arun Shourie's remarks backing the hike in diesel price was lapped up by the Congress with the BJP, which has demanded a rollback, distancing itself.
The Congress on Monday dared social activist Anna Hazare to contest from the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha seat in New Delhi after the latter released findings of his team's survey in Union Minister Kapil Sibal's constituency on the Lokpal issue
Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday questioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's silence on the mysterious death of yet another man connected with the National Rural Health Mission scam and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into all related cases to bring out the truth.
"There is nothing left to discuss (with Ramdev). On what issue will will talk? Whatever talks had to happen have already happened," Union minister Subodh Kant Sahay, involved in negotiations with the yoga guru, told media-persons
The negotiations on a draft Lokpal Bill on Monday gained momentum with government and civil society members agreeing on a number of basic principles of the proposed law and deciding to meet more often.
The central government on Thursday opened a channel of communication with anti-corruption protestors led by Anna Hazare with Union Minister Kapil Sibal meeting activists Swami Agnivesh and Arvind Kejriwal to find a way out the demand for a joint committee on drafting Lokpal Bill.
Swami Agnivesh, a close associate of Anna Hazare, was the target of the core Anna team which attacked him over a controversial video posted on Youtube where he is purportedly telling a person alleged to be a Union minister that government act tough with the fasting Gandhian.
There is nothing sinister or diabolic about Union minister Kapil Sibal's latest argument regarding the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India pertaining to the loss to the exchequer from 2G telecom licences in 2007.
Union Ministers Kapil Sibal and D Purandeswari were forced to return without attending a scheduled programme in Hyderabad Central University after pro-Telangana students blocked their path demanding a separate state.
In the second and final part of his analysis of the draft Lokpal Bill, Union Minister Kapil Sibal lists out how the Lokpal could be detrimental to the functioning of the judiciary and the exucutive
Union minister Kapil Sibal, who was holding negotiations with Ramdev over the last few days, said there were apprehensions about the law and order situation in Delhi as Ramdev had collected 50,000 people for "political asanas" although he had sought permission for a yoga camp only for a gathering of 5,000
With the talks between him and the government failing to reach any breakthrough on Friday, the yoga guru held bhajans in the wee hours followed by yoga sessions, even as his associates kept announcing the participation of various religious leaders in the stir
A desperate government's efforts failed on Friday to achieve any breakthrough with Baba Ramdev deciding to go ahead with his indefinite fast in New Delhi from Saturday amidst indications that a compromise was likely in a day or two.
Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday said Arun Jaitley's reported comment that the Bharatiya Janata Party was using Hindutva as an opportunistic tool has exposed the real face of the party and demand an apology from him. The senior Congress leader also asked BJP veteran L K Advani and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to tell the nation "what they now think about Jaitley."
Trashing the report on 2G scam by Justice Shivraj Patil, former telecom minister Arun Shourie on Tuesday accused Union Minister Kapil Sibal of trying to save former telecom minister A Raja by functioning as his advocate.
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Monday advised Swami Agnivesh to file an FIR if he felt that the controversial video in which he purportedly asked someone to act tough with social activist Anna Hazare was fake but the religious leader said his spiritual values did not allow him to do so.
Congress leader and Union minister Kapil Sibal said at a press conference that the government has told the court that it had no clue about the source of income of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and how she accumulated this wealth. They could order a probe into the source of her money.
Rahul Gandhi, along with Delhi CM Sheila Dixit and Union minister Kapil Sibal joined the yatra at Kankapura in Anand district at the break of dawn.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday discussed the strategy to be adopted in the monsoon session of the Parliament on issues such as Telangana and proposed amendments in the Right to Information Act.
A division bench comprising justices K M Joseph and V K Bisht asked the Centre to file its response by April 5 after the Union government's counsel Rakesh Thapaliyal sought more time from the court to furnish its reply.
Gandhi expressed deep pain and distress at the passing away of Jaitley.
A day after Arvind Kejriwal put his name on a list of corrupt politicians, Union minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday shot back, saying that the Delhi chief minister should prove his allegations within two days or resign.
Amid speculation that Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal could contest against him from his Chandni Chowk constituency, Union Minister Kapil Sibal today made it clear that he will contest from the constituency.
Thirty-five of the 77 Union ministers have failed to file annual details of their assets and liabilities before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh even over a month after the passage of the deadline.
In a recent awards event, industrialist Rahul Bajaj said that India Inc was afraid of criticising the Narendra Modi government, The comment drew flak from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam who said spreading one's own impression "can hurt national interest".
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