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Farmers loan waiver: Congress leaders to meet PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): A delegation of senior Congress leaders will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to demand relief for debt-ridden farmers and also will express their apprehension at not being allowed to speak in parliament.
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Rijiju's scam row set to rock Parliament, as Oppn corners Centre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 14 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Wednesday gave notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha, for discussion over the alleged involvement of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju in the Arunachal Hydro-
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Congress uncomfortable with Centre's anti-corruption drive: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 13 (ANI): Countering senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram's allegation that demonetisation is the "biggest scam of the year", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the grand old party is uncomfortable with the anti-c
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Demonetisation is worse than a natural calamity: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 13 (ANI): Lambasting the Centre's demonetisation move, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said the note ban is worse than a natural calamity, adding that even a natural disaster might not cause so much of troub
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Demonetisation is a "thoughtless move", no one has good word for
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 13 (ANI): Hitting out at the Centre's demonetisation move, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said the note ban is a "thoughtless move" and no one has a good word for it.
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Jayalalithaa was both praised and criticised for her 'uncompromising&
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 6 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram today paid tribute to late chief minister Jayalalithaa who passed away on Monday night, saying that that she was both praised and criticised for her "hard, uncompromising style" to politics and governance.
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Kapil Sibal's conference nothing but 'bunch of lies': BJP
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Noida(UP)[India], Nov. 12(ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said the press conference conducted by senior congress leader Kapil Sibal is nothing but a bunch of lies.
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Ceasefire violations have increased under NDA regime: Azad
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 8(ANI): Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday claimed that ceasefire violations have increased ever since the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) came to power in 2014.
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Khurshid calls on Centre to take serious steps for preventing ceasefire vi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov. 6 (ANI): Expressing grief over the death of Indian soldiers in the ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir, former External Affairs minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday called on the Centre to take som
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Don't cheat nation's ex-servicemen: Antony to Centre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former union minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday strongly condemn the detention of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and said the Centre must not cheat the nation's ex serviceman.
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Azad blames NDA for tension in Kashmir Valley
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday blamed the Centre for the prevailing tension in the Kashmir Valley.
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R. S. Prasad asks, is Digvijaya Singh's comment Congress' line?
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): As senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh added fresh fuel to the controversy surrounding the Bhopal jail break by giving a religious overtone to the incident, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday asked president Sonia Gandhi whether or not t
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