India News / Press Releases on July 22, 2008

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UPA wins trust vote by 275 to 256

New Delhi: On a tumultuous day in Indian politics, speeches good and bad, drama over cash bribes for votes, the UPA Government won the vote of confidence in Parliament. ANI

When Somnath Chatterjee showed his magnanimity for Vajpayee
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee showed his magnanimity in Parliament when he gave special permission to former Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee to leave the lobby on health grounds. ANI

Maoists shutdown in Jharkhand to protest India-US nuke deal
Maoists in Jharkhand observed a dawn to dusk shutdown on Tuesday against the civil nuclear deal between India and the United States. ANI

Speaker Chatterjee earns praise for conduct of the house
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee earned the praise of all parliamentarians across the Indian political spectrum for the way he conducted proceedings in the Lower House during its two-day special session on July 21 and 22. ANI

BJP says it has credible proof of cash for vote scam
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today insisted that it had credible proof of their Members of Parliament receiving huge amounts of cash from the Samajwadi Party to abstain from Tuesdays trust vote. ANI

Legal experts say role of Speaker limited in cash for vote scam probe
); Legal experts today said that Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had a very limited role to play in ruling on the cash for vote scam that surfaced on Tuesday evening. ANI

National Conference to support Manmohan Government : Omar Abdullah
Making a brief but forceful statement in the Parliament during the vote of confidence today, Omar Abdullah, the National Conference leader opted to speak his mind before the trust vote. ANI

Cabinet appoints two new secretaries
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Tuesday approved the appointment of Pramod Kumar Rastogi as Secretary in the MInistry of Steel. Mr. Rastogi, an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1974 batch was earlier the Special Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. He replaces R.S. Pandey, who has relinquished the charge of the post. ANI

Bribery issue will be investigated, says Somnath Chatterjee
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has today said that he would get the issue of money being offered to three BJP MPs, allegedly by the Samajwadi Party, investigated. ANI

Placement cell web site for Ex-Air Warriors launched
Indian Air Force (IAF) today launched IAF Placement Cell Website www.iafpc.co.in. for the Ex-Air Warriors. ANI

Amar Singh rejects having a role in cash for vote scam
Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh on Tuesday strongly rebutted allegations that he had paid Rupees one crore each to three BJP MPS in exchange for them abstaining from this evenings trust vote. ANI

Lok Sabha trust vote will take place from 7 p.m.
All party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has decided that the confidence motion will take place from 7 p.m. ANI

Howrah Bridge-the quintessential for life around Hugli River
Howrah bridge today presents one of the most endearing images of modern-day Kolkata, connecting people living on the banks of River Hugli in West Bengal. ANI

Left parties are good at creating confusion: Lalu
Slamming the Left parties in the Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav today said that the Left parties are very good at creating confusion. ANI

BJP MPs claim Samajwadi Party bribed them
Debate and deliberations in parliament reached a new low on Tuesday when BJP and other opposition Members of Parliament trooped into the Well of the Lok Sabha, waving bundles of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 currency notes, and claimed that they had been paid off by the Samajwadi Party to abstain from this evenings trust vote. ANI

Antony says election in Jammu and Kashmir would be held on time
As the infiltration attempts from across the Line of Control have increased over the past three months, the Central Government has said that elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held in time and any attempt by terrorists to disrupt the process would be dealt with firmly. ANI

BSP charges CBI of compelling it to vote for UPA Government
Bahujan Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament Brajesh Pathak today alleged during the Lok Sabha debate that senior CBI officers had visited some leaders of the party over the past few days and compelled them to vote for the ruling party. ANI

Chidambaram says Left reluctant to see India ahead of China
Defending the Indo-US nuclear deal, Finance Minister P Chidambaram gave a sarcastic remark to the Left during discussion in the Lok Sabha saying that some people do not want India to be ahead of China. ANI

`I took five hours to write my speech, says Rahul Gandhi
Nehru-Gandhi scion and the Congress Member of Parliament from Amethi, Rahul Gandhi, told this correspondent, that he took five hours to write his speech on Monday that he delivered in the Lower House on Tuesday. ANI

Nuke deal will eradicate poverty, says Rahul Gandhi
All India Congress Committee General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said here today that energy security is very important if the country wants to eradicate poverty and the much publicised Indo-US civil nuclear deal is aimed at addressing to this problem. ANI

Ramadoss reiterates commitment for tobacco free India
Union Health Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss today reiterated that India should not only be smoke free, but it should be comprehensively tobacco free. ANI

Mozambique Interior Minister meets Shivraj Patil
A four-member delegation from Mozambique, led by their Interior Minister, Jose Pacheco met the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here last evening. ANI

SC allows Kanchi Shankaracharyas plea for a public prosecutor from Puducherry
The Supreme Court today allowed Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswatis plea for appointing a public prosecutor from Puducherry to hold trial against him in the Sankararaman murder case. ANI

Priyanka, hubby attend trust vote debate to support Rahul Gandhi
It was a Nehru-Gandhi-Vadra family affair in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. ANI

Makeshift studios spring up outside Parliament to cover nuke deal trust vote
While politicians are debating the Indo-US nuclear deal inside Parliament, makeshift studios have sprung up outside on its lush green lawns as frenzied media personnel zip around to get the best out of the unfolding situation. ANI

Supreme Court refuses to adjourn Sethusamudram project hearing
The Supreme Court today rejected a suggestion to adjourn the hearing on the Sethusamudram project on the grounds that the Government is seeking a trust vote in Parliament. ANI

Speaker suspends Lok Sabha debate following opposition ire
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was forced to adjourn proceedings in the Lower House on the second and final day of a special session called to discuss and vote on a confidence motion moved by the UPA Government, after the opposition stalled proceedings. ANI

Chidambaram says Hyde Act not binding on India
On the second day of the debate in the Lok Sabha over the Governments trust vote, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that the Hyde Act, passed by the US Congress to enable nuclear commerce with India, was a domestic law in that country and had no binding on India. ANI

Second days debate on confidence vote begins in Lok Sabha
The second days debate over the trust vote began in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. ANI

Amar Singh accuses Mayawati of kidnapping six SP MPs
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh today blamed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of kidnapping six MPs of his party. ANI

UPA Govt. to seek trust vote today
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government will face the trust vote in the Lok Sabha today. ANI

Ramadoss to attend Smoke Free Campus campaign
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss will give another push to his relentless campaign gainst tobacco when he will attend Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) programme Smoke Free Campus today. ANI

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Harvard Professor Tarun Khanna to Join GVK BIO Board
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Two more Mumbai schools take to University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) international curriculum
Sanjivani International School, Navi Mumbai and Billabong High School, Juhu latest entrants to CIE fold; Pune based Daffodils International School too becomes a CIE centre Integral PR

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