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Page 9 - Latest Updates on Smriti Irani

Traders should handhold women startups, encourage tech adoption: Irani

Traders should handhold and encourage women startups to set up businesses to help them enter the mainstream of trade and commerce, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said.

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Updated On : 08 Mar 2022 | 7:22 PM IST

SP, Congress govts ate up rations meant for poor in UP: Smriti Irani

She also took a jibe at the Samajwadi Party, saying those who had opened fire on 'karsevaks' (in Ayodhya) are now having dreams about Lord Krishna, but Lord Krishna does not support hooligans

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Updated On : 22 Feb 2022 | 9:57 PM IST

UP polls a fight between development and 'goonda raj': Smriti Irani

Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani on Monday said that the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls was no ordinary elections and it was a fight between values and goonda raj'.

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Updated On : 22 Feb 2022 | 7:20 AM IST

Only BJP-led alliance can ensure Punjab's development: Smriti Irani

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday appealed to the people of Punjab to bring the BJP-led alliance to power for the state's overall development.

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Updated On : 16 Feb 2022 | 7:48 PM IST

UP Assembly polls: Smriti slams Akhilesh for seeking Mamata's support

Irani claimed Yadav was seeking support from Banerjee despite her insulting the traditions, culture and food habits of the people of Uttar Pradesh

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2022 | 8:37 PM IST

Smriti Irani lambasts Aam Aadmi Party govt's new excise policy

She said that while liquor stores were opened close to gurdwaras in Tilak Nagar, another was opened near a school in Shahdara

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2022 | 6:23 PM IST

Today, Congress tried to harm the Prime Minister of India: Smriti Irani

She asked why those who lead the security on behalf of the state government did not respond to any call or efforts to secure the Prime Minister

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Updated On : 05 Jan 2022 | 8:49 PM IST

Bill to increase marriageable age of women to 21 years introduced in LS

Union minister Smriti Irani introduced the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021 that seeks to increase the legal minimum age for women to marry to 21 years

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2021 | 11:12 PM IST

Amid Oppn din in LS, Irani raises Cong member's rape remarks

Opposition members, including from the Congress, have been protesting in the Lok Sabha demanding the removal of Union minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence

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Updated On : 17 Dec 2021 | 1:56 PM IST

Smriti Irani raised doubt over accuracy of Global Hunger Index

Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 had ranked India 101st out of 116 countries. In 2020, India was ranked 94th out of 107 countries

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Updated On : 08 Dec 2021 | 7:16 PM IST

Need to build a new India on the basis of women-led development: Irani

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said there is a need to ensure that a new India is built on the basis of women-led development

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Updated On : 28 Sep 2021 | 12:34 PM IST

Union ministers Mukhtar Naqvi, Smriti Irani relish dosa at Mumbai eatery

In Mumbai for a series of nutrition awareness programmes, Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Smriti Irani Monday took time off to savour dosa and vada at an eatery in Matunga.

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Updated On : 06 Sep 2021 | 6:37 PM IST

Irani inaugurates Rs 16.51 crore worth of development projects in Amethi

Union Minister Smriti Irani took a swipe at the Congress on Saturday after she inaugurated Rs 16.51 crore worth of development projects, including a 50-bed ayurveda hospital, in Amethi

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Updated On : 04 Sep 2021 | 8:34 PM IST

Amethi has become self-reliant in medical oxygen production: Smriti Irani

Irani, on a two-day visit to her parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, inspected a trauma centre in Jagdishpur.

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Updated On : 04 Sep 2021 | 3:45 PM IST

Smriti Irani launches Poshan 2.0, urges districts to set up Poshan Vatikas

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Tuesday urged all aspirational districts of the country to make a commitment to establish a Poshan Vatika

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Updated On : 01 Sep 2021 | 6:53 AM IST

Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs: Of the powerful, by the powerful

The role of the CCPA was in sharp focus during the years P V Narasimha Rao was prime minister

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Updated On : 26 Jul 2021 | 6:02 AM IST

Irani, Sonowal named for Cabinet committee on political affairs in rejig

Government has reconstituted powerful cabinet committees under which Union ministers Smriti Irani, Bhupender Yadav and Sarbananda Sonowal have been made part of Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs

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Updated On : 13 Jul 2021 | 10:16 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi bats for walk-in vaccination, Irani says already done

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded that every person walking into a COVID-19 vaccination centre should get the jab

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Updated On : 10 Jun 2021 | 9:23 PM IST

PM's announcement will help children orphaned by Covid: Smriti Irani

The announcements made by Modi on the eve of his government's second anniversary in its second term included ensuring a corpus of Rs 10 lakh to such children when they turn 18

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Updated On : 29 May 2021 | 8:53 PM IST

Twitter action validates our stand that BJP manipulated media: Congress

Congress said its stand on the 'Covid toolkit' issue stands validated after Twitter used the 'manipulated media' tag for BJP leaders Sambit Patra's tweets

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Updated On : 21 May 2021 | 8:24 PM IST