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No mention of population Census in Union Budget, government likely to avoi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that Modi government has failed to conduct Census and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech on Tuesday did not mention funds for decadal Population Census which was supposed to take place in 2021
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Sitharaman has taken leaf out of Congress manifesto, say party leaders; sl
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Noting that there are "missed opportunities" in the Union Budget 2024-25 presented in Parliament on Tuesday, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has "virtually adopted" the Employment-linked incentive (ELI) outlined in Congress manifesto for the gen
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"BJP, PM Modi always tried to silence opposition in Parliament": Congress
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After PM Modi slammed the negative politics of some parties, alleging that the tactic of Opposition parties of not letting him speak in Parliament has no place in democracy, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala countered him, saying that it's BJP and PM Modi who has always silenced the opposit
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"Highly detrimental to central services, secularism...":Congress on order
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The central government's order lifting the ban on government employees to participate in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities has sparked a war of words between the opposition and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with Congress calling the order to be highly detrimental to the centra
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Congress MP Jairam Ramesh arrives for Strategy Group meeting at Sonia Gand
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh arrived at the residence of Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to attend the party's Parliamentary Strategy Group meeting on Monday.
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"Legal status to MSP, Swaminathan formula, farm loan waiver": Jairam Rames
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"Three important announcements are needed for farmer welfare in the budget - 1. Legal status to MSP 2. MSP is decided on the basis of Swaminathan formula 3. Loan waiver for farmers," Ramesh said in a post on 'X'.
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"Ban" on participation of Govt employees in RSS activities removed: Jairam
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Congress leader, in his post on X, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the ban that was in force even during former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure was removed on July 9.
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'JD(U), YSRCP demanded special status for Bihar, Andhra Pradesh at all par
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a recent all-party meeting ahead of the upcoming budget session, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh highlighted a significant shift in the political landscape regarding special category status for states.
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Annu Rani, Jyothi Yarraji warm up for Paris Olympics 2024 at Warsaw athlet
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Reigning Asian Games champion Annu Rani (women's javelin throw) and Rajesh Ramesh (men's 400m) won their respective events, while Jyothi Yarraji topped the qualifiers at the Warszawskie Zawody Lekkoatletyczne 2024 athletics meet in Poland on Saturday.
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"Multiple scandals that have plagued UPSC are cause of national concern":
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni's resignation amidst the controversy regarding trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the BJP-RSS of systematically indulging in an "institutional takeover" of India's constitutional bodies and said that multiple scanda
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MP: BJP MLA writes to CM Mohan Yadav to make rules to display shopkeeper's
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
MLA Mendola also shared a copy of his letter on his X handle writing that the name of any person is its identity and the person is proud of his name. Asking for the name is the right of the customer and the shopkeepers should be proud to tell their name.
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"Had to be nudged out..." Congress leader Jairam Ramesh questions timing o
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Criticizing the Narendra Modi-led government after UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni's resignation amidst the UPSC controversy, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh stated on Saturday that all constitutional bodies have been undermined since the BJP came to power in 2014.
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