Girija Vyas

Attacking the Modi government as it completed two years in office on May 26, Congress leader Girija Vyas questioned the GDP figures for the last two financial years and claimed the official numbers given by the ruling dispensation raised "broad skepticism"

Signs of fatigue in UPA-II as PM inducts new ministers

The United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) to have another cabinet reshuffle; possibly the last one before the 2014 elections, shows clear signs of fatigue in the UPA-II regime.

Here what experts make of PM's latest Cabinet reshuffle

Monday's cabinet rejig is being viewd as a reshuffle which has not been driven by any big idea , but just the necessity to accommodate a few individuals ahead of elections. Also that the Congress party has now realised its future lies in the party organisation and not in the government.

UPA Cabinet reshuffle: 8 new ministers inducted

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) inducted 85-year-old Sis Ram Ola in its cabinet as the Labour and Employment Minister while Mallikarjun Kharge was the new Railways minister.

Drop in child sex ratio: NCW asks govt to fill gaps

Describing the unprecedented decline in child sex ratio in the country as 'alarming', National Commission for Women today said there were several 'gaps' in the law for curbing pre-natal sex determination and the government should take steps to check them.