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Congress leader Ashok Gehlot urges MEA to bring back mortal remains of Raj
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, has urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to take immediate action to repatriate the mortal remains of Satish Kumar, an Indian national, who was allegedly abducted and murdered in China.
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"Govt needs to give up all-India examination": P Chidambaram on row over N
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Amid the row over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-UG exam 2024, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram stressed on Sunday that the central government needs to give up all-India examinations, adding that the right to conduct examinations for medical colle
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"Emergency was a mistake, it was accepted by Indira Gandhi": P Chidambaram
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram highlighted that the emergency was a mistake and that it was accepted by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after the Centre led by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), announced to observe June 25 as 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas' to mar
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"Wind is behind sails of INDIA bloc": P Chidambaram on by-poll results
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Following the INDIA bloc's emphatic performance in the recently concluded by-polls in seven states, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram expressed confidence on Sunday that the "wind is behind the sails of the INDIA bloc."
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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, wife Kalpana meet Sonia Gandhi in Delhi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Days after taking oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister, Jharkhand Mukti Morch (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren along with his wife and party leader Kalpana Soren met with senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi in the national capital.
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Unorganised sector contracted 0.2 pc since FY16, claims Jairam Ramesh citi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"Unorganised sector contributes 44+% to India's Gross Value Added (GVA). The unorganised sector grew at 7.4% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) between FY11 and FY16, but has suffered an average yearly contraction of 0.2% since then," the senior Congress leader said.
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'I urged the Chief Minister to increase the compensation amount': Rahul Ga
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday that he has informed Uttar Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about the grief-stricken families of the Hathras stampede incident through a letter and urged him to increase the compensation for them.
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Jairam Ramesh tears into BJP for inflating "food bill subsidy" of Karnatak
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"Will the non-biological Prime Minister apologise to the tax-payers of India, for inflating the food bill subsidy by an estimated Rs16000- Rs18000 crore, by stopping the sale of excess rice stock to Karnataka and other states?" the senior Congress leader questioned.
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Dharmapuri Srinivas rendered exceptional service to Congress: Telangana CM
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to his family, Srinivas had been suffering from illness for some time and breathed his last due to a heart attack at 3 am on Saturday. He was 76.
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Telangana: Senior Congress leader Dharmapuri Srinivas passes away
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Former erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Pradesh Congress Committee president and former minister Dharmapuri Srinivas passed away. According to his family, he had been suffering from illness for some time and breathed his last due to a heart attack at 3 am on Saturday. He was 76.
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Disappointed with President's address to Parliament: Digvijaya Singh
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Thursday that he was disappointed with President Droupadi Murmu's joint address to both houses of Parliament.
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Digvijaya Singh criticizes government, claims recruitment, entrance exams
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has voiced strong criticism against the current government's handling of recruitment and entrance examinations, alleging that they have become a commercial enterprise.
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