New Delhi: Contending that Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari wants to "dismantle the edifice of MNREGA", his predecessor and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said the country cannot "afford" the "ill-informed assault" on rural job
Ranchi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said villages around Saranda forests require a lot of work, hinting that former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh's initiatives had been inadequate."Much (work) has to be done. Problems are
New Delhi: Back to party work after resigning as Kerala Governor a fortnight back, Sheila Dikshit was Sunday named as Chairperson of Congress group to implement programmes related to Pt Jawaharlal Nehru's 125th birth anniversary
New Delhi: Differences in the Congress over Polavaram issue came to fore today with party MPs from Telangana interrupting the speech of Jairam Ramesh while another claiming the former Environment Minister had not consulted local
New Delhi: Parliament today passed a bill on setting up of the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh, with government assuring all possible steps for rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected people.The Andhra Pradesh
New Delhi: Political leaders, environmental activists and spiritual personalities came together here Monday for wide-ranging discussions on ways to clean and develop the Ganga - a river holy for the Hindus.Union Tourism and Culture Minister
New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today accused the NDA government of turning the programme to clean Ganga as a “Hindutva project” by attempting to polarise politics through the initiative on the holy river. “Don't
Kolkata: Terming Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh's ongoing and Vice President Hamid Ansari's just-concluded China visit as "significant", former union minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday India needs to "deepen the political dialogue" and that
Ranchi: Former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today said Rahul Gandhi did his best during the electioneering for Lok Sabha polls and the party's drubbing was a collective responsibility.“It's (defeat) a collective responsibility. Rahul Gandhi tried
New Delhi: As Congress searches for answers for its worst-ever electoral performance, daggers are already out in the party ahead of the crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting scheduled on Monday. Senior party leaders speaking
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today termed as “deeply disturbing” Narendra Modi-led BJP's massive victory in the Lok Sabha polls and said that “very difficult days” are ahead if he rules India the
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said his Congress party has been "out-funded" as far as this election was concerned, but maintained that the exit polls which predict a BJP clean sweep would
New Delhi: Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today demanded a “serious expenditure audit” of the money spent by parties in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls, claiming Narendra Modi's campaign spending had reached an “obscene level”
Hyderabad: Certainly not in contention for power in Seemandhra, Congress sees the May 7 elections in this successor State of Andhra Pradesh as preparations for the 2019 polls even as it hinted that it may
Kurnool (AP): Union Minister and senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said a probe should be conducted into the YSR Congress's election expenditure.“Money is flowing like water...wherefrom all this money is coming? All parties spend
Amritsar: A day ahead of polling in Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today expressed confidence that his issue-centric campaign will succeed against the “rude and discourteous” campaign of his Congress rival
Ranchi: There is no Modi wave but only "Modi poison" in India, said union minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday."Modi ka koi lahar nahi hai, Modi ka zehar hai (There is no Modi wave. There is Modi
Dhanbad (Jharkhand): Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today accused BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of never speaking truth.“I would not comment on any allegations levelled by Modi as he never speaks truth,” the Union Rural
New Delhi: A day after Narendra Modi took him on in his home district of Chikmagalur, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today wrote to the BJP leader accusing him of spreading “blatant lie” about his four-year-old
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