Haj pilgrims to pay Rs 10K more due to high ATF prices; govt says protected them from larger burdenHaj airfare sees a Rs 10,000 increase per pilgrim for Haj 2026. This rise stems from a sharp global surge in Aviation Turbine Fuel prices. ...
30 Apr, 2026, 08.33 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor junks Kiren Rijiju's claim that he agreed Congress is 'anti-women'; hails his partyReacting to Rijiju's claims, Tharoor stressed that the Congress is totally in favour of women's reservation and prepared to have it impleme...
28 Apr, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
BJP delegation meets EC, seeks stringent action against Kharge for 'terrorist' remark targeting PMA BJP delegation, including Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Kiren Rijiju, approached the Election Commission demanding strict action...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.28 PM IST
Rijiju urges Congress to back women’s quota rollout, says delay denies justiceUnion Minister Kiren Rijiju has responded to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge regarding the Women's Reservation Act. Rijiju stated tha...
12 Apr, 2026, 09.59 PM IST
No wrongdoing: Kiren Rijiju on removal as law ministerIndia Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrityunjay Mohapatra and Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor Vishwajit Sahay ...
19 May, 2023, 05.46 PM IST
Shifting Kiren Rijiju out of law ministry victory of judiciary system: Sanjay RautReacting to the development, Raut claimed there is no one in the Narendra Modi government capable of handling the law portfolio independent...
19 May, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
Kiren Rijiju's stint in Law Ministry witnessed frequent run-ins with judiciaryKiren Rijiju, a three-term LS member from Arunachal, was removed from his post as Law Minister in the BJP government on July 26, 2021, amid...
18 May, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
Modi Cabinet Rejig: Kiren Rijiju gets Ministry of Earth Sciences, Arjun Ram Meghwal appointed as new law ministerIn a major rejig of Prime Minister Modi-led Cabinet, Arjun Ram Meghwal was appointed as the new law minister replacing Kiren Rijiju on Thur...
18 May, 2023, 07.07 PM IST
Kiren Rijiju, the law minister who tried to shake things upRijiju, during this stint as law minister, brought the forgotten agenda of reforms in judicial appointments to the fore, and while doing so...
18 May, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Attempts by constitutional wing to encroach upon powers of other should be fiercely resisted: Law Minister RijijuRijiju's remarks at the Commonwealth Law Conference here came days after the Supreme Court ruled that the appointments of the chief electio...
06 Mar, 2023, 11.32 PM IST
Are your controversial statements meant to strengthen judiciary: Kapil Sibal's dig at Law Minister RijijuRajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday took a swipe at Law Minister Kiren Rijiju over his remarks that the government has not taken a single...
24 Jan, 2023, 12.32 PM IST
Govt "intimidating" judiciary with view to "capture" it: Congress on Kiren Rijiju's letter to CJI"The VP's assaults. The Law Minister's attacks. All this is orchestrated confrontation with the judiciary to intimidate and thereafter capt...
16 Jan, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
Fittest should be appointed, not someone whom Collegium knows: Law Minister RijijuThe system has to be accountable and transparent, Law Minister Rijiju said, adding, "If it is opaque, then who else will speak up against i...
04 Nov, 2022, 09.56 PM IST
Govt to push mediation bill for speedy justice: Kiren RijijuSpeaking at All India Conference of Law Ministers and Law Secretaries being held in Gujarat, Rijiju said the burden on the judicial system ...
15 Oct, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
P Chidambaram takes dig at law minister over 'no proposal to scrap sedition law', Kiren Rijiju hits backResponding to a question by Assam MP Badruddin Ajmal on whether the Supreme Court has recently termed the sedition law as colonial and has ...
11 Dec, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
CJI Ramana congratulates newly sworn-in Union Law Minister Rijiju, MoS S P Singh BaghelThe Chief Justice of India wished them the best in the discharge of their duties as Members of the Union Council of Ministers. An apex cour...
13 Jul, 2021, 09.45 PM IST
New Law Minister Kiren Rijiju meets predecessor Ravi Shankar PrasadRavi Shankar Prasad, who was holding the portfolio, besides the information technology and communications ministries, had resigned from the...
09 Jul, 2021, 03.43 PM IST