Efforts to find YSR's successor gather momentumSeptember 8th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The central leadership of the Congress party has intensified efforts to find a successor to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash last week.
Who will succeed YSR: Sonia meets MoilySeptember 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday met union Law Minister and senior leader M. Veerappa Moily amid a strong campaign by party workers in Andhra Pradesh for Y.S.
Moily, Prithviraj Chavan to leave for HyderabadSeptember 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan are leaving Hyderabad to monitor the operation to locate the missing helicopter that was carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.
Government to curb misuse of Sec 377, says MoilyAugust 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has said on Sunday that the law should not become an instrument of exploitation by authorities, and the government will take action to apprehend the misuse of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against homosexuals in the future. "If it has been misused earlier, it can be misused in future as well.
Moily says more than 2.6 crore cases pending in subordinate courtsJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily, on Monday said that more than 2.6 crore cases were pending in the subordinate courts and over 39 lakh cases were pending in high courts across the country. "As per the reports received from the Registries of the High Courts, 39,10,858 cases were pending in the High Courts and 2,66,50,467 cases were pending in the Subordinate Courts as on December 31, 2008," Moily said.
Judicial reforms will be initiated in two months, says MoilyJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government is working for a national consensus on judicial reforms, and within a couple of months the judicial reforms will be implemented, Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said.
Veerappa Moily assumes charge as Minister of Law and JusticeMay 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veerappa Moily assumed charge as Law and Justice Minister here on Friday. He was welcomed by Secretary, T.K.Vishwanathan and other senior officers of the ministry.
Veerappa Moily wins from ChikballapurMay 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Former Karnataka chief minsiter M. Veerappa Moily Saturday won the Chikballapur Lok Sabha seat defeating BJP's C.
Congress removes Moily from Media Chairman postMay 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress party removed its Media Chairman Veerappa Moily from the post, a day after he made strong remarks against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar - emerging as Indian politics' most-wanted. Moily has been replaced by AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi, who had been holding the charge earlier.
Congress will not upset Mamata: MoilyMay 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress spokesperson Veerappa Moily Wednesday said his party will not form any alliance that will upset its poll partner Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. 'We won't do anything which will upset the Trinamool,' Moily told reporters here.
Moily files nomination from ChikballapurApril 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, M Veerappa Moily, today filed his nomination for Lok Sabha elections as a Congress candidate from Chikballapur constituency. Earlier in the day, he resigned as the Chairman of the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC).
Azharuddin joins CongressFebruary 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's former cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin has formally joined the Congress party, party leaders confirmed Thursday. Formal membership of the party had been given to the cricketer, who was removed from the team after his alleged involvement in match fixing, Congress leader Veerappa Moily told reporters.
Decision to induct Azharuddin in Congress soon: MoilyJanuary 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Saturday said that a decision would soon be taken on inducting former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin into the party. 'Azharuddin met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other senior party leaders recently and expressed a desire to join the Congress party.
No question of change in leadership: CongressJanuary 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Saturday clarified that there would not be any change in the leadership on account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's bypass surgery. 'There cannot be two prime ministers and under the constitution, there can only be one prime minister,' Congress general secretary Verappa Moily told reporters at Vigyan Bhavan here.
Congress to benefit if Priyanka contests: MoilyJanuary 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress will benefit if party president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra contests the Lok Sabha elections, the party said Tuesday. 'If Priyanka contests election, it would benefit the party.
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