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"Govt will pry into citizens' lives, replicating Russia": Congress MP Kart
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed the Department of Telecommunications' directive to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on all new mobile handsets, calling it "Orwellian" and warning that the government will now "pry into the private lives of every citizen" and is "replicat
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Capex cuts to offset tax shortfalls, Govt on track for fiscal targets of F
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Central government is expected to meet its fiscal deficit target for FY26 by cutting back on capital expenditure to offset potential shortfalls in income tax and GST collections, according to a report by Goldman Sachs.
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Govt mandates 'Sanchar Saathi App' on all mobile handsets used in India
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
To safeguard the citizens from buying the non-genuine handsets, enabling easy reporting of suspected misuse of telecom resources and to increase the effectiveness of the Sanchar Saathi initiative, the DoT has mandated some norms for the manufacturers and importers of mobile handsets that are
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"Govt not honouring its assurances on electoral reforms": DMK MP Tiruchi S
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Today, in the all-party meeting, we raised the same issue (SIR)... Earlier too, we raised that electoral reforms must be given priority over any other subject... They said that it can be taken up later... Today, they started the listed business. And when we asked them about the assurance
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Winter Parliament session: Priyanka Gandhi slams govt, says "How will Hous
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to reporters, Congress MP said, "The government does not want to have a discussion on anything. Then how will the House run? They should listen to at least one thing that we ask. If not on SIR, then the election reforms or any other related issue can be discussed. How will the Ho
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"Govt can't decide which issues we should raise, which we shouldn't": Cong
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Monday asserted that the government has no authority to dictate what issues the opposition should raise in Parliament, vowing that the opposition will continue to highlight matters of genuine public concern during the winter session of the Parliament.
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Kharge slams PM Modi over 'drama nahi, delivery' remark, accuses govt of t
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pre-winter session appeal for "no drama, only delivery" in Parliament, accusing the government of continuously trampling parliamentary decorum and the parliamentary system f
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BLO deaths intolerable, govt must allow SIR discussion: Congress MP Pramod
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The entire nation saw during the previous session that the opposition was demanding a discussion on SIR...If BLOs who have been assigned to carry out the SIR exercise are dying by suicide, this is intolerable and any government which follows the Constitution should allow for a discussion
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"Congress willing to cooperate, Govt doesn't walk the talk": Gaurav Gogoi
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday said that his party is willing to cooperate with the government over the list of agenda, but the treasury benches must also allow them to raise important matters concerning the public.
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Congress' K Suresh slams govt over BLOs' death during SIR, says "only prio
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP K Suresh on Monday criticised the government, accusing it of being "unwilling to discuss" the deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the Centre is only pushing its own agenda as the winter ses
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TN: Govt gives ₹3 lakh relief assistance to next of kin of Sivaganga bus a
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Transport Minister Sivasankar and Cooperation Minister KR Periya Karuppan also visited the injured undergoing treatment at Sivagangai Government Medical College Hospital. The ministers also paid respects to the deceased, garlanding their bodies.
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Pakistan govt may impose Governor's Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid calls
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking at a Geo News program, Malik said that Afridi and his team had "badly failed in having any sort of a workable situation".
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