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Consequential train accidents show remarkable decline, Ashwini Vaishnav gi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In a significant development, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that there has been a substantial decrease in consequential train accidents over the years. The average number of such accidents has dropped from 171 per annum during 2004-14 to 71 per annum between 2014-23.
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"PM Modi knows art of turning untruth into truth": Mallikarjun Kharge
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Manipur, stating that despite ongoing violence in the state for months, the Prime Minister adeptly transforming "untruth into truth."
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41,160 mobile towers have been sanctioned to provide 4G connectivity to ab
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A total of 41,160 mobile towers have been sanctioned with an outlay of Rs 41,331 crore to provide 4G connectivity to about 55,000 villages, the Centre told the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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"30 lakh govt posts vacant, but Modi government ignoring them": Mallikarju
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Modi-led government of neglecting the issue of unemployment and said that it is the "biggest issue" in the country.
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"Ab ki baar 400 par ho raha...": Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks left PM Modi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Referring to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party election slogan of "abki baar 400 par," Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, humorously remarked on Friday that this time the BJP is poised to surpass 400 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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"CM who speaks such language should be removed," Mallikarjun Kharge target
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday indirectly hit out at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's now-deleted post on the Varna system and said that the CM of this country who speaks such a language should be "removed."
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"From Kanyakumari to Kashmir...": Kharge condemns Cong MP's nationhood ran
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid an uproar in the Upper House on Congress leader and Karnataka minister DK Suresh's remark that southern states may soon demand separate nationhood if they continue to be treated unfairly in terms of budgetary allocations, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharg
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Budget Session: BJP MP Kavita Patidar to move motion of thanks on Presiden
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
On the third day of the Budget session of the Parliament, BJP MP Kavita Patidar will move a motion of thanks on President Droupadi Murmu's address in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Budget Session: Floor leaders to meet at Mallikarjun Kharge's office in Pa
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Floor leaders of the Opposition bloc -- Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) -- will hold a meeting on Friday at the office of the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, to draw up a floor strategy for the ongoing Budget session.
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Rajya Sabha Chairman reconstitutes 8-member panel of vice-chairpersons wit
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons comprising eight members with presence of 50 per cent women parliamentarians.
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"Trinity of democracy, demography and diversity can fulfill aspirations of
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday asserted that the BJP-led government at the Centre has worked with an approach to development that is "all-round, all-inclusive and all-pervasive" ('sarvangin', 'sarvasparshi' and 'sarvasamaveshi') and said that the trinity of "Democracy, De
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"Blow to Federalism": Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi, Tejashwi assail Centre over
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Reacting sharply to the resignation of Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren, Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said that forcing Hemant Soren to resign is a blow to Federalism.
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