Trouble started brewing in the ruling alliance in January when Jharkhand Congress in-charge RPN Singh quit the party and joined the BJP, a move seen to have weakened the Congress’ position in the coalition government.
RPN Singh along with Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Jitin Prasada were ministers in the second term of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government from 2009 to 2014, and an integral part of the much-vaunted Team Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress leader and Union Minister in United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government RPN Singh quit the party earlier today and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), weeks ahead of Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections.
Singh, the Congress party’s Jharkhand in-charge and one of its biggest leaders from Uttar Pradesh, quit the party earlier in the day and announced a new beginning ahead of UP assembly elections.
Singh, 57, who had lost the last assembly elections from Padrauna in 2017, is considered close to Gandhis. His name was included in the list of Congress's star campaigners for UP elections released on January 24
Billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are accused in the nearly Rs 12,700-crore alleged fraud at Punjab National Bank.
Uttar Pradesh is going to polls in 2017 and the move is being done with the aim to woo Muslim and Brahmin voters in the state. Prasada is known to be a good organisational leader and is close to party vice president Rahul Gandhi.
Sources have indicated that Rahul Gandhi is finalising his list of colleagues who will take on more responsibilities in the party and is planning to induct younger Congress leaders.
Minister of state for home RPN Singh said the ministry's official position on IM is very clear and the outfit, like 34 other organisations, has been declared as banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
The hike in LPG prices has hit paramilitary forces who have now knocked the doors of the Home Ministry for relief.
CNBC-TV18 reports on the statement issued by RPN Singh, the minister of state for petroleum, regarding the hike in fuel prices.
Reliance Industries has slashed natural gas reserves in its main production gas fields in the Krishna Godavari basin D6 block by 70% to 3.10 Trillion cubic feet (Tcf) due to "unforeseen geological surprises".
Nayantara Rai caught up with minister of state for petroleum, RPN Singh and began by asking him the rationale for the price cuts by the oil marketing companies despite an environment of constantly depreciating rupee.
Diesel deregulation remains a distant dream for the government. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, RPN Singh, Minister of State of Petroleum & Natural Gas said, it is not possible to deregulate diesel at current prices.
The candidature of Sudhir Vasudeva, who was selected by government headhunters to head Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), has not been rejected by any committee, the government said today.
The government today said it would be mandatory for corporates to disclose to shareholders whether they have made a contribution of 2% of net profit toward corporate social responsibility activities.