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TV ratings industry was "wild west" before 2014 guidelines: Congress MP Ma
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Congress MP and former Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Saturday said that the Centre could direct the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to withhold reporting Television Rating Points (TRPs) for news channels, exercising the powers granted by the policy guid
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2012 deal with US on no Iran Oil purchase burns holes in Cong attack on Go
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
However, historical records from the Congress-led UPA government's tenure indicate that India too had reduced oil imports from Iran following pressure linked to US sanctions.
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"We bought 15 times more grain from farmers at MSP than Congress": Amit Sh
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday slammed Congress and LoP Rahul Gandhi for misleading the public by telling lies, adding that the Modi government has bought 15 times more grain from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) than the previous UPA government. Addressing a gathering in G
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"UPA government's rule was a decade of lost opportunity": BJP MP Tejasvi S
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
He further hailed the Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi, whose "dedication and delivery of governance", he said, has been awarded with an overwhelming victory thrice while other democracies witnessed major government shifts.
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"LOPs can't be insulted like this": Congress flags "protocol mess-up" as R
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Manickam Tagore accused the Central Government of "insulting" the Leaders of Opposition as they were seen sitting on the third row during the Republic Day Parade.
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"Centre provided Rs 3.2 cr to Kerala in past decade": Amit Shah blames CM
Updated : 2 months ago IST
"From 2004 to 2014, the UPA government gave Rs 72,000 crore to Kerala. From 2014 to 2024, Narendra Modi's NDA government gave Rs 3,23,000 crore, even though we don't have a government here... Yet Pinarayi Vijayan says that they are being treated unfairly. Pinarayi Vijayan ji, injustice wa
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Kapil Sibal accuses government of misusing ED, says it reaches "when elect
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Sibal also compared the ED's functioning under the Congress-led UPA government, when he was a union minister, and under the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government.
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UPA govt brought amendments to UAPA: Owaisi blames Congress for prolonged
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Owaisi said, "The Supreme Court did not grant bail to two undertrial accused, and the Supreme Court explained why it did not grant bail. During the UPA government, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act was amended, and included a definition of what constitutes terrorism."
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Telangana Assembly adopts resolution on MGNREGS, opposes proposed changes
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
On Friday, the resolution recalled that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was launched in 2005 by the UPA government led by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide employment to the rural poor and ensure financial security for impoverished families.
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Himachal Pradesh CM, party members hold protest in Shimla, says "Scrapping
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He said MGNREGA, conceived and implemented by the Congress-led UPA government under the leadership of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, had been a cornerstone of rural employment and inclusive growth.
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"Snatching rights of people": Kharge slams Modi govt, RSS at party event
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"In the last 11 years, the Modi government has weakened Congress-built institutions. RSS-BJP leaders have disregarded the national flag, Constitution, Ashoka Chakra, and Vande Mataram. They suppress people's rights, have no connection to the freedom movement, and today are taking away the
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses centre of undermining MGNREGA
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Chief Minister alleged that the new structure proposed by the Centre weakens the employment guarantee and makes access to work dependent on "the whims of political leaders". He claimed this would aggravate caste discrimination and social inequality, while also triggering distress migr
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