Sharad Pawar, the great elder of Maharashtra politics, has become the frontrunner to be appointed as the next UPA president to replace Sonia Gandhi as she appears poised to step down from office. According to sources, Sonia Gandhi’s reluctance to continue in the top position has been evident for a …
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With the head of the NCP, Sharad Pawar, backing the farmers’ protest against the controversial agricultural reforms, government sources noted on Sunday that, as minister of agriculture in the dispensation of the UPA, he had asked the senior ministers to amend the APMC Act. in their states to allow the …
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Congressional Senior Leader Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called his party colleague Ahmed Patel “one of the most trusted leaders of the Congress Party and a great friend of mine,” as he recalled lawmaker Rajya Sabha. Patel died that same day at the age of 71. Patel, who had been in …
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Congress lost Ahmed Patel when it needed him most. Always underrated and low-key, he was fiercely loyal to the party and its top leaders, especially Sonia Gandhi, whom he served as a political secretary even before the formation of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime in 2004. Patel was to …
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One day before the declaration of the Assembly Election Results, it was all quite in the offices of the political parties at Beerchand Patel Marg in Patna. The leaders remained mostly homebound on Monday and declined to comment on the election results. The man of the moment, Rashtriya leader Janata …
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The 9.02 km Atal tunnel reduces the Manali-Leh distance by 46 km or five hours. Rohtang / Sissu / Solang Valley (HP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that congressional governments had long compromised the country’s defense interests by “playing with files” and delaying the acquisition of fighter jets, …
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Congressional Leader P Chidambaram made a strong pitch for the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who turned 88 on Saturday. “Today is Dr. Manmohan Singh’s birthday. I wish the former prime minister many more years of good health and service to the …
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In this Dec. 14, 2019 photo, Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh interact during the party’s ‘Bharat Bachao’ rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. (PTI / File) India feels the absence of a prime minister with the depth of Manmohan Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi …
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Former Congress Speaker Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the India Against Corruption Movement (IAC) and blamed them as representatives of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. (RSS), in its bid to “subvert democracy” and overthrow the government …
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[ad_1] The government took into account the lessons of the 2008-13 period when designing its stimulus package of Rs 20 lakh crore, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told ET, explaining why it had avoided reckless spending to revive the economy. He was referring to the program implemented in the wake of …
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