Providing food to poor is not wastage of money: Rahul
New Delhi: Virtually launching the election campaign in the capital, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the opposition for criticising the food security law, saying money spent on giving food to the po
Title of Land Bill changed on Rahul Gandhi's suggestion: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: The title of the Land Acquisition Bill was changed on a suggestion by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to convey the message that the UPA government was working for the interest of far
Landmark Food Security Bill gets Parliament nod
New Delhi: Ushering in the biggest programme in the world to fight hunger, Parliament on Monday gave its nod to the landmark Food Security Bill which seeks to provide highly subsidised foodgrains to
Food bill crushes rupee
New Delhi/Mumbai: The rupee hit an all-time low, plunging to 66.24 to the dollar, and the BSE Sensex slumped 590 points on worries about the impact of the Rs 1.35-trillion food security bill that the
Food Security Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The much-touted Food Security Bill, which proposes to give the country’s three-fourth population the right to highly-subsidised food, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday by Food Mini
Landmark Food Bill taken up in LS after much delay; BJP calls it vote security bill
New Delhi: After much delay, the landmark Food Security Bill was taken up in Lok Sabha today with Sonia Gandhi asking all parties to set aside differences and ensure its unanimous passage, even as ou
Food bill a historic step: Sonia Gandhi
The much-touted Food Security Bill, which proposes to give the country's three-fourth population the right to highly-subsidised food, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday by Food Minister K V Thomas.
Missing files din buries Food Bill
New Delhi: The relentless furore in both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday over the missing files on coal block allocations scuttled the government’s attempt to push through the UPA’s ambitious Nation
Narendra Modi objects to `flaws’ in Food Bill
New Delhi: On the eve of Tuesday’s all-party meeting on the Food Security Bill, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who heads the BJP’s campaign committee for the Lok Sabha polls, has said in a let
Jayalalithaa shoots 7 queries at Karunanidhi on food bill
Chennai: In a statement laced with sarcasm, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday rebutted DMK chief Karunanidhi’s recent remarks on proposed food security bill slamming him for his “double sta