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PM's condemnation of violent cow vigilantism 'publicity stunt�
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seeking publicity by criticising the violence in the name of cow vigilantism.
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BJP asks Congress to introspect after Vaghela slams Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata [India], June 26 (ANI): After senior Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela said that his commitment to party president Sonia Gandhi was over, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said the grand old party should introspect as to why their own party leaders are going agai
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Agriculture portfolio 'Cinderella' of NDA Govt.: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): With the farmers' agitations spreading across many states, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reneged on its promise by denying the farmers a reasonable increase in the minimum support price (MSP).
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Opposition meets President Mukherjee over Land Acquisition Amendment
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24(ANI): A delegation of opposition leaders led by senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday met President Pranab Mukherjee here, urging him to reject the Land Acquisition Amendment passed by the Andhra Pradesh Assembly as it compromises the interest of the f
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Pakistan bound by ICJ verdict, says Salman Khurshid
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Responding to Pakistan's refusal to abide by the verdict delivered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the execution of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, senior Congress leader and former law minister Salman Khurshid said it was mandatory
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Rahul Gandhi will bring Congress wave back: Hanumantha Rao
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] May 20 (ANI): Looking forward to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's visit to Telangana, senior Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Saturday said that the former will bring back Congress wave in the entire nation, adding the plight of the farmers will i
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Chennai: Chidambaram tears into Centre over CBI raids
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai [India], May. 16 (ANI): With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raiding the Chidambaram residence here today in connection with the FIPB approval in several cases, the senior Congress leader and former union minister lashed out at the Centre, accusing it of using national agen
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Will always remain a Congressman: Shankar Singh Vaghela
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], May 15 (ANI): Making it crystal clear that he has no intention of joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Senior Congress leader Shankar Singh Vaghela, who stirred rumors after un-following party vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Twitter, said here today that he
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Triple talaq row: Cannot abolish 'Islamic process', says cleric
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kanpur [India], May 13 (ANI): Criticising senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid's 'objectionable' statement on the Islamic divorce system of triple talaq being constitutionally unjustifiable, Muslim cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi said it cannot be abolished, as it is
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Triple Talaq cannot get Constitutional validity: Salman Khurshid
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid who is the amicus curiae in the ongoing Triple Talaq hearings, said before the Supreme Court that the controversial Islamic divorce system cannot be justified whatsoever.
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Digvijaya Singh welcomes CBI probe in 'anti-Shivraj Vyapam' camp
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Unfazed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against him for being involved in a campaign targeting Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Vyapam scam, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said he would continu
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Amid worsening Indo-Pak ties, Congress pushes Centre for `dialogue`
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 2 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan's move of mutilating bodies of two Indian soldiers who were killed in a ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir's Krishna Ghati sector, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said the incident shows barbaric nature of
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