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Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad

DOB: 30 August 1954

Ravi Shankar Prasad is an Indian lawyer and BJP leader, who defeated Shatrughan Sinha in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 from Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. He is also a designated senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. In 2018 according to The Economic Times he features among the top twenty influential world leaders in digital technology and e-government.

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BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi for his ‘sleep’ comment against PM Modi, calls it ‘new low in public discourse’

India | Dec 18, 2018, 08:05 PM IST

Terming it as “new low in country’s public discourse”, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that nothing better can be expected from the Congress president.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Triple talaq bill introduced in Lok Sabha

India | Dec 17, 2018, 05:38 PM IST

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, commonly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Ravi Shankar Prasad

Chunav Manch | Centre may take 'Constitutional path' for building Ram Temple, says RS Prasad

Nov 28, 2018, 09:21 PM IST

“We have two paths left. One, taking the Constitutional path to build the temple, and two, expect the Supreme Court to take up early hearing in this case,” Prasad said.

CJI Ranjan Gogoi

Constitution Day: 'Our constitution is voice of marginalised and prudence of majority', says CJI Ranjan Gogoi

India | Nov 26, 2018, 11:06 AM IST

"Its wisdom continues to guide us in moments of crisis. It's in our best interest to heed advice under the constitution. If we don't, our hubris will result in sharp descent into chaos,” news agency ANI quoted him as saying during an event on Constitution Day.

Ravi Shankar Prasad on political situation in J&K

J&K Governor has right to take appropriate decision: Ravi Shankar Prasad on political situation in state

India | Nov 23, 2018, 09:29 AM IST

Prasad further refuted Congress president Rahul Gandhi's allegations of corruption in Rafale deal.

Union Minister hits out at Congress over misleading people

Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses Rahul Gandhi of misleading people on economic reforms

India | Nov 20, 2018, 11:21 PM IST

The Union minister further said 2.24 lakh fake companies were caught after demonetisation was announced.

Shashi Tharoor sends legal notice to Ravi Shankar Prasad

Shashi Tharoor sends legal notice to Ravi Shankar Prasad for calling him ‘accused’ in murder case

India | Oct 31, 2018, 09:41 PM IST

The notice says, "On October 28, 2018 at around 5.38 am you had posted a 2 minutes 16 seconds video clip of your press conference along with certain false untrue malicious and highly defamatory statements in Twitter."

Ravi Shankar Prasad

India supports digitisation but won't compromise on data integrity: Ravi Shankar Prasad

India | Oct 25, 2018, 01:08 PM IST

Prasad also highlighted the exponential growth in mobile manufacturing in the country, backed by the rising base of smartphone users and internet penetration.

IT Ministry plans to put more pressure on WhatsApp; may insist on message tractability

IT Ministry plans to put more pressure on WhatsApp; may insist on message tractability

India | Sep 20, 2018, 07:30 PM IST

The IT ministry feels that technical solutions can be found to trace the originator of a message, without actually compromising end-to-end encryption, said a government official, who did not wish to be named.

Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recently visited

Google agrees to comply with RBI norms for payment services, but needs time: Official

Business | Sep 11, 2018, 10:08 AM IST

"Google during the US visit of Law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad conveyed to him that they are ready to comply with RBI rules but want two months more to comply with data storage rule," the source told media.

Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad meets Google's Sunder Pichai in US

India | Aug 30, 2018, 12:23 PM IST

Prasad was also shown demonstration of cutting-edge innovations on the Google Campus, along with a glimpse into upcoming features in popular Google products.

Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Social Media tools won't be allowed to abuse poll process: Ravi Shankar Prasad

India | Aug 26, 2018, 04:51 PM IST

The issue of abuse of social media platforms has been under scanner in India over the last few months and the government has resolved to take tough action to prevent any platform misuse.

Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, WhatsApp CEO Chris Daniels

India's stern message to WhatsApp over unabated mob lynchings: 'Comply with law of the land'

India | Aug 21, 2018, 08:34 PM IST

Daniels' meeting with the IT Minister came against the backdrop of several incidents of mob lynching being linked to the circulation of fake messages and misinformation on the instant messaging platform.

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Rahul lying, not worthy to have debate with Modi: BJP

India | Aug 13, 2018, 09:33 PM IST

The BJP leader accused Gandhi of repeatedly lying in his allegations of corruptions against the Modi government.

Lok Sabha elections 2019, Ravi Shankar Prasad

Few people want 'infiltrators' to stay in India just for vote bank: Ravi Shankar Prasad on NRC issue

Aug 13, 2018, 11:40 PM IST

“The matter of Tripe Talaq is not about a particular religion or caste. I would urge parties to stop politicising it,” union minister said.

Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha LIVE Updates

Triple Talaq Bill not to be tabled in Rajya Sabha today due to lack of consensus between Govt and Oppn

India | Aug 10, 2018, 03:08 PM IST

The Triple Talaq Bill could not be tabled in Rajya Sabha today as the Congress continued to demand discussion on Rafale jet deal first.

Ravi Shankar Prasad

Films biggest bridge to connect mankind, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Bollywood | Jun 29, 2018, 11:09 PM IST

Prasad congratulated the organisers of JFF, a movie gala which will go to 18 cities for a duration of three months starting from Friday.

RS Prasad

Surgical Strike video triggers war of words between Congress, BJP

India | Jun 28, 2018, 03:25 PM IST

"The people who will be most happy with the statements of leaders of Congress party are the terrorists in Pakistan. Congress will get a certificate from some terrorist organisations of Pakistan just like Ghulam Nabi Azad got the certificate from Lashkar-e-Taiba," Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

Ravi Shankar Prasad

India TV Samvaad: Need for transparency in appointment of judges, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

India | May 19, 2018, 11:11 PM IST

Replying to questions at the daylong India TV Conclave on "4 years of Modi government" here, the Law Minister said that there was unanimity among political parties on the National Judicial Accountability Commission Bill, but it was struck down by the apex court.

India TV Samvaad | Ravi Shankar Prasad on Karnataka crisis: 'Rahul Gandhi trying to rule from courtr

India TV Samvaad | Ravi Shankar Prasad on Karnataka crisis: 'Rahul Gandhi trying to rule from courtroom'

India | May 19, 2018, 04:09 PM IST

Giving stock of four years of Modi Govt on India TV Conclave, Prasad questioned Congress' legitimacy in making claims to the government when people had voted the party out.

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