Khursheed says Govt prefers smooth process for minority reservation

October 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed on Monday clarified his stand on companies paying exorbitant salaries to top company executives and managers, and said that the Government welcomes the top company brass to lead an austere life-style. Talking to media Khursheed said that the display of wealth and opulence is unacceptable in the present scenario.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After allocating Rs. 25 crore (Rs.250 million) for two more campuses of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), the government is planning to set up three more universities for the country's minorities, according to officials.

August 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government today expressed hope that it will be able to take up the Women's Reservation Bill in the next session of Parliament. The Bill that was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by the previous Government was referred to the Standing Committee.

July 27th, 2009 JAIPUR - The sit-in organised by the Gujjar Reservation Action Committee to build pressure on the Rajasthan Government to get the pending ST reservation bill cleared, continued for the second day on Monday. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has renewed his invitation to Gujjar leader Kirodi Singh Bainsla to resume talks with the government.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Minority and Corporate Affairs and senior Congress leader Salman Khursheed on Monday said that Congress party fully supports Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Indo-Pak joint statement issued in Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt recently and there is no difference of opinion on the issue. "There is no disagreement between the government and the party on the issue.

July 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new Companies Bill 2009, with stricter disclosure norms and provision for one-person corporate entity, will be tabled in the ongoing budget session of parliament, Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed said Saturday. "We will table the new bill this session itself," said Khursheed on the margins of a conference organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior BJP functionary Vinay Katiyar said on Thursday that the Bill on women's reservation was not acceptable to him. He opposed the present structure of Women's Reservation Bill, saying that, if passed, it will benefit only a few.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid Thursday said the government was considering giving constitutional status to the National Minorities Commission and would decide on reservation for Muslims after studying the Andhra Pradesh and Kerala models. We want to give the minorities commission a constitutional status and will try our best for that, Khurshid told reporters after a meeting with the commission members.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday opposed the present structure of Women's Reservation Bill, saying it is aimed at preventing the political progress of backward sections and would "finish" regional parties. "Mulayam Singh had said there was a conspiracy (in bringing the bill in its present form) and I am now exposing it," the RJD chief said in the Lok Sabha.

June 8th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Agitated activists owing allegiance to Punjab Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee (PPMCC) blocked roads and chanted slogans in Amritsar on Monday to protest against various politicians who were opposing the Women's Reservation bill in the parliament. Sharad Yadav, chief of Janata Dal (United) had threatened to consume poison if the Women Reservation Bill is passed in the parliament in its present form.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Tourism minister Kumari Selja on Monday sought support of all political parties for Women Reservation Bill, saying it would help in empowering the women fraternity across the country. "The Women Reservation Bill must be passed.

June 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav got company in former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharati, who has also decided to oppose the Women's Reservation Bill in its present form. "When I heard the President's speech on television that within 100 days, the Women Reservation Bill will be passed, then my party and I decided that we will oppose the bill in its present form," Uma Bharati, the Bharatiya Janashakti Party chief in the national capital.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav and member of Lok Sabha on Friday threatened to consume poison in the House if the Women Reservation Bill was passed in its present form. "We may not have the numbers but I will consume poison and die here but not allow the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill," Sharad Yadav said in Parliament.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Disappointing many women politicians, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday maintained his party's opposition towards Women's Reservation Bill in its "present form". "The Bill is not acceptable to us in its present form," Yadav told reporters outside Parliament.

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi University (DU) Friday announced 18 percent reservation, an increase of nine percent, for students of Other Backward Classes (OBC) from the next academic session. S.K. Vij, dean of students welfare, said at a press conference that along with the increase in reservation, there will be an increase in the overall number of seats for OBC students in each course.