New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said that MGNREGA should not continue forever as it was a scheme aimed at the poor and the target should be removing poverty from the country.
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi on Wednesday took a jibe at Congress, saying after Mahatma Gandhi, many Gandhis came but they did nothing for the country, triggering disapproval from Congress members.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 15 (ANI): Health Minister T S Singh Deo on Monday said the incumbent Congress government in Chhattisgarh had cleared out almost all the payment pending under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the state.
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jul 14 (ANI): Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan claimed that just like Congress even the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) would soon become "empty of MLAs" as many leaders are willing to join the BJP.
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Hoping to make the country clean before the upcoming 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla continued the special cleanliness drive in the Parliament premises for the second day on Sunday along with several MPs and Union Ministers.
Washington DC [USA], Jul 12 (ANI): US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday was all praises for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oratory skills, saying the Indian leader is "spectacular" and had the people in the "palm of his hands".
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a protest of Congress lawmakers against the political crisis in Karnataka and Goa. Party members protested in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament complex holding 'Save Democracy' banners.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar apprised the Lok Sabha with employment figures under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the party BJP MPs to hold "padayatras" in their constituencies engaging with eminent citizens from each booth and spread Mahatma Gandhi's vision on the rural economy.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday instructed BJP MPs to organise a 150 km long pad yatra (foot march) in their respective Lok Sabha constituencies between October 2 and 31 to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 6 (ANI): A local court here posted for October 19 the hearing of a criminal defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for blaming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 3 (ANI): BJP MLA Govind Patel on Wednesday said that Mahatma Gandhi's wish of dissolving Congress will get fulfilled soon.