Congress slams BJP-led Centre over Justice S Muralidhar's transfer, BJP calls routine one
Feb 27, 2020, at 11:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice S Muralidhar, who came down hard upon the Centre, Delhi government and police over the Delhi violence, which has claimed 32 lives, the Congress on Wednesday traded charges against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of pressurising the judicial system on Wednesday to only get refuted by the saffron party which called the transfer as a "routine" one.
Kerala: Court summons Union Law Minister in defamation case
Feb 16, 2020, at 12:15 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) here on Saturday summoned Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to appear before it, in a defamation case filed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor representing the Lok Sabha seat here.
No 'escape' for states from implementing CAA: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Jan 01, 2020, at 10:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said there is no "escape" for states from implementing the contentious Citizenship law, even as the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution against the same and asked the Centre to revoke it.
BJP had the popular mandate to form govt in Maharashtra: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Nov 23, 2019, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI The BJP on Saturday shrugged off Congress and NCP's criticism of ridiculing constitutional values, saying it has "electoral and moral" backing to form the government in Maharashtra adding that its alliance with the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP was guided by the evolving circumstances, media reports said.
Family and commerce run hand-in-hand for Congress: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Nov 16, 2019, at 08:49 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The BJP on Saturday blasted the Congress party and the Gandhi family in the wake of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's decision on Friday and said for Congress, family and commerce run hand-in-hand, and that they are integrally linked and given a political color.
Congress gets Rafale blow in Supreme Court again, Rahul Gandhi warned over 'chowkidar' remark
Nov 14, 2019, at 04:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after celebrating the Karnataka verdict, the Congress on Thursday suffered a blow in the same Supreme Court which for the second time cleared the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of all the charges of corruption levelled by the rival party on the purchase of 36 Rafale jets from France.
Rahul Gandhi must apologise to nation: Ravi Shankar Prasad on Rafale verdict
Nov 14, 2019, at 02:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Slamming Rahul Gandhi over the Supreme Court's dismissal of Rafale review plea, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Thursday said the Congress leader must apologise to people of the nation.
Indian activists, lawyers, journalists snooped by Israeli spyware, reveals Whatsapp in a lawsuit
Oct 31, 2019, at 08:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Facebook-owned messaging service Whatsapp has sued Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO group in a San Fransisco federal court for snooping into user accounts using spyware Pegasus even as the Indian government asked WhatsApp to explain the breach of privacy of Indian users reportedly targeted by the Israeli spyware.
BJP won't take Gopal Kanda's support: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Oct 26, 2019, at 02:50 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: After facing heat, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said the party won't take the support of controversial Sirsa MLA Gopal Kanda to form the next government in Haryana.
Khattar elected as BJP legislative party leader, set to become Haryana CM for second term
Oct 26, 2019, at 01:39 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: After getting elected as the legislative party leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Manohar Lal Khattar is all set to become the Haryana Chief Minister for the second term though this time he will have Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) as an ally in the government.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad withdraws remarks on economic slowdown
Oct 13, 2019, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi: Amid criticism for citing box office collection of three recently released Bollywood movies to dismiss reports of the economic slowdown in the country, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said his statement was 'twisted out of context'.
Indian economy fine, 3 films made 120 cr on single day: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Oct 13, 2019, at 12:24 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): Amid severe criticisms over the country's poor economic condition, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the economic state is absolutely fine or else there wouldn't have been a business of Rs. 120 crore at the Box Office on Oct 2, which is a national holiday on account of Gandhi Jayanti.
Market share of BSNL 10.72 per cent: Indian government
Jun 26, 2019, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi, Jun 26 (UNI) Union Communications, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that market share of the Government-owned Telecom Service Provider(TSP) BSNL during the last three years till March this year was 10.72 per cent while another Government owned TSP MTNL's market share was 6.95 per cent.
Apr 01, 2019, at 09:00 am
New Delhi, Apr 1 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who has decided to contest from two seats this time in the Lok Sabha polls, on Sunday said if his Congress is voted back to power then it will fill up 22 lakh job vacancies in the government by Mar 31, 2020.
#LokSabhaElection2019: Tickets denied to Shatrughan Sinha, Shahanabaz Hussain
Mar 23, 2019, at 03:41 pm
Patna, Mar 23 (UNI) The ruling BJP on Saturday denied tickets to sitting party MP from Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha even as union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad would contest election from the prestigious constituency instead of him.
#LokSabhaElection2019: NDA's Bihar candidate list out, no ticket for Shatrughan Sinha
Mar 23, 2019, at 12:48 pm
Patna, Mar 23 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Shatrughan Sinha has not been given a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha Election 2019 as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) released its candidate list for Bihar on Saturday.
BJP demands central forces at all polling booths, media observer in Bengal
Mar 13, 2019, at 02:35 pm
New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI): A BJP delegation, including senior Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Nirmala Sitharaman, met the Election Commission here on Wednesday and demanded that West Bengal be declared as super-sensitive state and central forces be deployed at all polling booths.
Even Holi is coming during election campaign programme period: Prasad
Mar 11, 2019, at 06:16 pm
New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday criticised the opposition leaders as they stirred a controversy by questioning the timing of hosting the Lok Sabha polls during the month of Ramzan.
Register 5 cr beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat at the earliest: Ravi Shankar
Mar 09, 2019, at 09:16 pm
New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) Electronics & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday asked Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) to complete the registrations in centrally-sponsored Health Protection Scheme 'Ayushman Bharat' to 5 crore in next two months.
Ravi Shankar Prasad links 'BJP detractors' angle to Arunachal violence
Feb 25, 2019, at 12:42 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (UNI) The ruling BJP sought to make a veiled attack against the Congress for the violence in the saffron party-ruled Arunachal Pradesh and said some people are "unhappy" over the fact that his party is running government in various north eastern states.
Congress, BJP exchange barbs over Pulwama attack
Feb 21, 2019, at 04:42 pm
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IBNS): BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday attacked the Congress after the Rahul Gandhi-led party attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir which left 40 CRPF jawans dead.
Rahul a lobbyist of plane suppliers, says BJP after Congress' treason charge on Modi
Feb 12, 2019, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS): Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Congress president Rahul Gandhi was a "lobbyist of competitive plane supplier companies".
Ravi Shankar Prasad calls opposition parties supporting CM Mamata as 'alliance of corrupts'
Feb 04, 2019, at 04:50 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS); Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday once again targeted opposition leaders and called them 'an alliance of corrupts' after several of them extended their support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is currently on a dharna (sit-in protest) against the Central Bureau of Investigation's move against Kolkata Police Chief Rajeev Kumar.
Communist government trying to disrespect Kerala's culture: Narendra Modi on Sabarimala issue
Jan 27, 2019, at 09:48 pm
Thrissur, Jan 27 (IBNS): Targeting the Left government in Kerala over the issue of Sabarimala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it was trying to disrespect the culture of the state.
BJP questions presence of Congress leader Kapil Sibal in London's EVM hackathon
Jan 22, 2019, at 03:26 pm
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday questioned the presence of Congress leader Kapil Sibal in the EVM hackathon event held in London and alleged that it was organized by the grand old party of the country.
Rafale row in Lok Sabha : Give me 15 minutes with PM, country will know the truth, says Rahul Gandhi
Jan 07, 2019, at 03:23 pm
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS) : After Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at Rahul Gandhi while defending the Rafale fighter jet deal, the Congress President on Monday accused the Defence Minister of lying even in her clarification in Parliament and once again threw a challenge at the Prime Minister for a debate on the issue.
Union Cabinet approves Gaganyaan project, three Indian astronauts will be sent to space in 2022
Dec 28, 2018, at 04:22 pm
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet has approved a budget of Rs.10,000 crore for sending three Indian astronauts to space for a period of seven days, officials said.
Triple talaq bill not against any community: Law minister
Dec 27, 2018, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IBNS): Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said it was essential that the Parliament saw the triple talaq bill as one for the rights of women and not against any community.
Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Congress party for comments on Statue of Unity
Nov 05, 2018, at 07:46 pm
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday slammed the Congress party and its senior leader P Chidambaram for his comments on Statue of Unity.
Shashi Tharoor's comment on Narendra Modi triggers controversy
Oct 28, 2018, at 09:39 pm
Bangalore, Oct 28 (IBNS): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has triggered a controversy after he quoted an RSS member who had purportedly described PM Narendra Modi as a "scorpion sitting on a Shivling".