Archive for August, 2010
Delhi Elections : No Reservation in Gurudwara prabandhak committee elections
Delhi Gurudwara election and administration minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said the government had no plans to introduce reservation for ’scheduled caste’ Sikhs in Gurudwara prabandhak committee elections. Replying to the issue raised under ’special mention’ in Delhi Assembly by his namesake and colleague Arvinder Singh, MLA from Deoli assembly segment and son of former [...]
Guilty won’t be spared : Sonia on CWG
With allegations of corruption plaguing the Commonwealth Games, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said those found guilty will be punished after the event.
Terming the Commonwealth Games as a matter of national pride, she said the Games were not related to any political party or individual. “It was a matter of national pride and [...]
BJP to raise illegal money issue in Parliament
BJP on Tuesday said it will raise the issue of bringing back Indian money illegally stashed away in foreign banks, in this Parliament session, a promise the party had made in its election manifesto last year.
“In our election manifesto, we had promised that if we form the government we will bring back illegal Indian [...]
Election of Congress president on Sept 21
Even as Sonia Gandhi looked set to retain the reins of the party for the fourth time on September 21, the Congress Working Committee (CWC), which met to decide the dates for the election of the party president — and State presidents — was briefed at length by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and [...]
EVM are foolproof : CEC SY Quraishi
Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi batted for use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) during elections, calling them “tamper-proof” despite concerns of some political parties over its unreliability.
Quraishi, who has been holding consultations with political parties in this regard since taking over early this month, said the Election Commission (EC) was 100% certain that the [...]
DUSU Elections Agenda
The dates for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections were announced. And student leaders were ready with their list of priorities. Naturally, unlike previous years, CWG is on top of everyone’s agenda.
Organisations feel that students have been suffering a lot of problems due to the preparation for the Games and the issues must [...]
Manmohan Singh becomes third longest serving PM
Manmohan Singh overtook Atal Behari Vajpayee to become the third longest serving Prime Minister of India, clocking 2,273 days in office on Wednesday. For a man who took over the country’s top job under extraordinary circumstances, it’s been nothing short of a heady ride.