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Congress Scorpene leak broadside to divert attention from Rahul defamation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 25 (ANI): Hitting out at the Congress for coming down on the Centre over the Scorpene submarine data leaks, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday asserted that it was a ploy by the grand old party to divert attention from the 'embarrassment' caused to it by p
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Has 'Pakistani National Congress' decided to switch base to Isla
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday alleged that the Indian National Congress was at the moment behaving more like 'Pakistani National Congress' and said the grand old party, which has now lost hope in national politics, owes an apology to the nat
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Cong reaches out to Sidhu, says he must not expect much from AAP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): Hinting that the doors of the grand old party were open for cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Congress on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi -led government deceived him, adding Arvind Kejriwal led-AAP will not be able to provide him jus
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PM Modi has lowered dignity of his office, alleges Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): The Congress on Friday condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that the BJP has faced more adversities in independent India as compared to what the grand old party would have during the British rule and said that such false statements lower the digni
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Cong slams Naidu, says govt. trying to divide country on Kashmir
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 18 (ANI): Dubbing Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu's remark that the grand old party leaders are not guided by national interest but by political opportunism as 'unwarranted', the Congress on Thursday said the BJP-led NDA Government at th
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Naidu slams Chidambaram's remarks on Kashmir, says Congress guided by
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): Questioning former home minister P. Chidambaram's remarks on the Kashmir unrest, Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said it appears that the grand old party leaders are not guided by the national interest but by political opportu
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BJP, Congress trade barbs over Khurshid's 'Anari ki foreign pol
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow, Aug 18 (ANI): Criticising Congress Party leader Salman Khurshid for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy on Balochistan as 'Anari ki foreign policy' (novice foreign policy), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called Khurshid 'rabble-rouser' of the
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Attack on opposition 'unfortunate', says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are ideological descendents of non-participants of the freedom struggle, the Congress Party on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have talked about unity and integr
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BJP backs PM, says Cong has missed opportunity to expose Pak
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that the Congress was attempting to score political brownie points by criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address and said that the grand old party had in the process missed the opportuni
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Renuka Chowdhury stirs row, says 'rape to chalte hi rehte hain'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 9 (ANI): In what may give the opposition parties fresh ammunition to target the grand old party in the run up to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Congress senior leader Renuka Chowdhury on Tuesday sparked a controversy with her "rape to chalte hi rehte hain" (rape
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Congress throws doors open for Irom Sharmila
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur), Aug 9 (ANI): Praising Irom Sharmila for her determination, the Congress on Tuesday hinted that the grand old party will welcome the iron lady of Manipur in their party, if she wishes to join the political outfit.
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Swami Prasad Maurya taunts Cong for bringing rejected leaders in UP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sharvasti, Aug. 3 (ANI): Expelled Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Swami Prasad Maurya today taunted the Congress for declaring Sheila Dikshit as the party's chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh and said it is strange that the grand old party is bringing in rejected faces in the poli
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