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"Like To Remind Rahul Gandhi...": Anil Ambani's Reliance Group Hits Back
Anil Ambani's Reliance Group in a strongly worded statement has criticised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for accusing the industrialist of being a "crony capitalist and dishonest businessman", and pointed out that the conglomerate received projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore when the UPA was in power for 10 years.
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Under Modi Government, VIP Hate Speech Skyrockets - By 500%
The use of hateful and divisive language by high-ranking politicians has increased almost 500% in the past four years, an NDTV data collection exercise has found.
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Food Security Bill likely to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today
The landmark bill, aimed at providing rice at Rs 3 per kg, wheat at Rs 2 per kg and coarse cereal at Re 1 per kg to almost 800 million Indians, is expected to cost the national exchequer Rs 1.25 lakh crore.
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J Jayalalithaa protests Cabinet nod to raise natural gas price
Despite opposition, the Congress-led UPA government had last week approved doubling of natural gas prices from the present $4.2 mmBtu to $8.4 mmBtu from April 1, 2014.
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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill
The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...
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Cash transfer of subsidy brings hope to Ranchi village, but hurdles remain
As officials in Delhi get busy trying to roll out the UPA government's Aadhar card-based direct cash transfer of subsidy scheme on January 1, 73-year-old Chawa Oraon in faraway Ranchi is getting hopeful.
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Prime Minister's Office denies Narendra Modi's claim of Rs 1880 cr expense on Sonia Gandhi's trips abroad
The Prime Minister's Office has, without naming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, rubbished his allegation that the government spent Rs 1,880 crore of public money on UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips as "untrue and misleading", also stating emphatically that the Manmohan Singh government has not paid for Mrs Gandhi's medical treatme...
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Narendra Modi says he will apologise if charges on Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips proved wrong
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has offered to tender a public apology if his allegation that Rs 1,880 crore was spent from state exchequer for Congress President Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips is found to be false.
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DMK's executive meet on October 1; focus on countering 'political vendetta' against leaders
DMK, a key ally of the Congress-led UPA, has called for an emergency meeting of its executive on Monday. Recently, the party took a tough stand against the Centre move to hike diesel prices and its nod to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail. However, party sources say the meet would focus on evolving strategies to counter, what they call, the...
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Mamata Banerjee does an Anna Hazare; invites people on Facebook for Delhi rally on Oct 1
Mamata Banerjee, newly in the opposition, will lead a rally of her Trinamool Congress in Delhi on Monday next to protest against the decision to allow foreign direct investment or FDI in multi-brand retail.
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Presidential polls: Pranab Mukherjee to campaign in Karnataka on July 1
UPA's presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee will campaign in Karnataka on July 1st.
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Pranab Mukherjee to meet Andhra Legislative Assembly Congress members on July 1
UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee will have a meeting with the Congress members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad on July1, party sources said.
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Sonia, Tata among the world's 50 most-influential people: Survey
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and industrialist Ratan Tata were among the world's "50 most influential people" along with German chancellor Angel Merkel, who was ranked No 1, according to a survey by UK-based magazine NewStatesman.
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"Like To Remind Rahul Gandhi...": Anil Ambani's Reliance Group Hits Back
Anil Ambani's Reliance Group in a strongly worded statement has criticised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for accusing the industrialist of being a "crony capitalist and dishonest businessman", and pointed out that the conglomerate received projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore when the UPA was in power for 10 years.
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Under Modi Government, VIP Hate Speech Skyrockets - By 500%
The use of hateful and divisive language by high-ranking politicians has increased almost 500% in the past four years, an NDTV data collection exercise has found.
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Food Security Bill likely to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today
The landmark bill, aimed at providing rice at Rs 3 per kg, wheat at Rs 2 per kg and coarse cereal at Re 1 per kg to almost 800 million Indians, is expected to cost the national exchequer Rs 1.25 lakh crore.
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J Jayalalithaa protests Cabinet nod to raise natural gas price
Despite opposition, the Congress-led UPA government had last week approved doubling of natural gas prices from the present $4.2 mmBtu to $8.4 mmBtu from April 1, 2014.
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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill
The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...
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Cash transfer of subsidy brings hope to Ranchi village, but hurdles remain
As officials in Delhi get busy trying to roll out the UPA government's Aadhar card-based direct cash transfer of subsidy scheme on January 1, 73-year-old Chawa Oraon in faraway Ranchi is getting hopeful.
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Prime Minister's Office denies Narendra Modi's claim of Rs 1880 cr expense on Sonia Gandhi's trips abroad
The Prime Minister's Office has, without naming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, rubbished his allegation that the government spent Rs 1,880 crore of public money on UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips as "untrue and misleading", also stating emphatically that the Manmohan Singh government has not paid for Mrs Gandhi's medical treatme...
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Narendra Modi says he will apologise if charges on Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips proved wrong
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has offered to tender a public apology if his allegation that Rs 1,880 crore was spent from state exchequer for Congress President Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips is found to be false.
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DMK's executive meet on October 1; focus on countering 'political vendetta' against leaders
DMK, a key ally of the Congress-led UPA, has called for an emergency meeting of its executive on Monday. Recently, the party took a tough stand against the Centre move to hike diesel prices and its nod to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail. However, party sources say the meet would focus on evolving strategies to counter, what they call, the...
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Mamata Banerjee does an Anna Hazare; invites people on Facebook for Delhi rally on Oct 1
Mamata Banerjee, newly in the opposition, will lead a rally of her Trinamool Congress in Delhi on Monday next to protest against the decision to allow foreign direct investment or FDI in multi-brand retail.
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Presidential polls: Pranab Mukherjee to campaign in Karnataka on July 1
UPA's presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee will campaign in Karnataka on July 1st.
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Pranab Mukherjee to meet Andhra Legislative Assembly Congress members on July 1
UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee will have a meeting with the Congress members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad on July1, party sources said.
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Sonia, Tata among the world's 50 most-influential people: Survey
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and industrialist Ratan Tata were among the world's "50 most influential people" along with German chancellor Angel Merkel, who was ranked No 1, according to a survey by UK-based magazine NewStatesman.
