Venkiah Naidu

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday embarked on a three-nation tour of Gabon, Senegal and Qatar.

The 16-foot high bronze statue on a 14-foot pedestal has come in the same secretariat cum Tamil Nadu assembly complex that the five-time Chief Minister passionately built during his last tenure.

India and Zimbabwe on Saturday signed six signed agreements on mining, Information and communications technology (ICT), visa waiver and traditional medicine as Vice President Venkaiah Naidu met Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Kembo Mohadi and held wide-ranging talks here.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkiah Naidu today corrected the House records to state that a Bill to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 has not been passed by the Lok Sabha yet.

India's Vice President Venkiah Naidu conferred Badminton Association of India (BAI) Lifetime Achievement Award to 1983 World Championship medallist Prakash Padukone on Monday.

Staying true to his love for acronyms, Vice President elect M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that India stands for 'Integrated National Development Impacting All Indians'.

As the term of present Vice President Hamid Ansari, who has held the post for two consecutive terms, comes to an end on August 10, voting for his successor will take place tomorrow at the Parliament House. The battle will be fought between NDA's pick, former union minister M Venkiah Naidu, and the Opposition's nominee, former West Bengal governor G...

A day before elections for Vice President, lawmakers from the ruling BJP and its allies are attending a workshop on how to vote. The "dummy vote" is being organised at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), to ensure minimum invalid votes today.

NDA vice-presidential candidate M Venkiah Naidu today described both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President APJ Abdul Kalam as 'karma yogis' (selfless workers), committed to the growth of the country.

The government has merged the ministries of urban development, and housing and urban poverty alleviation -- involved in policy making in urban areas -- to form the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

In the latest list of 30 Smart Cities announced by the government, three cities each from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have found a spot.

"Life is becoming hell" in cities due to private vehicles, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said today, adding every city should shift focus to non-motorised modes of transport such as cycling.

It was sad, said union minister M Venkaiah Naidu this morning, that Ravinder Kumar, an e-rickshaw driver, was beaten to death in national capital Delhi for stopping people from urinating in public. Mr Kumar was promoting "Swachch Bharat (Clean India)," said the minister, adding that he has spoken to Delhi's police commissioner and "asked him to tak...

The Delhi Metro made a major foray into the Walled City of the national capital, as the ITO-Kashmere Gate 'Heritage Line' was thrown open to public on Sunday.

A public survey on the Swachh Bharat campaign, conducted by the Urban Development ministry, claims that the cleanliness initiative by the government has been successful. Urban Development Minister Venkiah Naidu released feedback statistics from the survey.

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday embarked on a three-nation tour of Gabon, Senegal and Qatar.

The 16-foot high bronze statue on a 14-foot pedestal has come in the same secretariat cum Tamil Nadu assembly complex that the five-time Chief Minister passionately built during his last tenure.

India and Zimbabwe on Saturday signed six signed agreements on mining, Information and communications technology (ICT), visa waiver and traditional medicine as Vice President Venkaiah Naidu met Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Kembo Mohadi and held wide-ranging talks here.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkiah Naidu today corrected the House records to state that a Bill to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 has not been passed by the Lok Sabha yet.

India's Vice President Venkiah Naidu conferred Badminton Association of India (BAI) Lifetime Achievement Award to 1983 World Championship medallist Prakash Padukone on Monday.

Staying true to his love for acronyms, Vice President elect M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that India stands for 'Integrated National Development Impacting All Indians'.

As the term of present Vice President Hamid Ansari, who has held the post for two consecutive terms, comes to an end on August 10, voting for his successor will take place tomorrow at the Parliament House. The battle will be fought between NDA's pick, former union minister M Venkiah Naidu, and the Opposition's nominee, former West Bengal governor G...

A day before elections for Vice President, lawmakers from the ruling BJP and its allies are attending a workshop on how to vote. The "dummy vote" is being organised at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), to ensure minimum invalid votes today.

NDA vice-presidential candidate M Venkiah Naidu today described both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President APJ Abdul Kalam as 'karma yogis' (selfless workers), committed to the growth of the country.

The government has merged the ministries of urban development, and housing and urban poverty alleviation -- involved in policy making in urban areas -- to form the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

In the latest list of 30 Smart Cities announced by the government, three cities each from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have found a spot.

"Life is becoming hell" in cities due to private vehicles, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said today, adding every city should shift focus to non-motorised modes of transport such as cycling.

It was sad, said union minister M Venkaiah Naidu this morning, that Ravinder Kumar, an e-rickshaw driver, was beaten to death in national capital Delhi for stopping people from urinating in public. Mr Kumar was promoting "Swachch Bharat (Clean India)," said the minister, adding that he has spoken to Delhi's police commissioner and "asked him to tak...

The Delhi Metro made a major foray into the Walled City of the national capital, as the ITO-Kashmere Gate 'Heritage Line' was thrown open to public on Sunday.

A public survey on the Swachh Bharat campaign, conducted by the Urban Development ministry, claims that the cleanliness initiative by the government has been successful. Urban Development Minister Venkiah Naidu released feedback statistics from the survey.