Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:40:55
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday criticised BJP for its "ill treatment" towards party veterans L K Adavani and Murli Manohar Moshi and said it is "really sad" to see the way the party is treating its founding members. "Today I spoke to Adavaniji in the morning. I enquired about his health. He said he felt good that I had called him. "It is really sad to see the way BJP is treat
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Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:07:24
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had shot down a live satellite in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile, hailing the test as a major breakthrough in its space programme.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:54:49
As the filing of nominations for the first phase of polling for 14 Lok Sabha constituencies ended in Karnataka Tuesday, a total of 455 nominations have been submitted by 362 candidates, poll officials said.
Among these, 337 are male candidates and 25 are female, the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer's office that revised nomination figures late Tuesday night said in a release.
Among the cons
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Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:46:27
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said his party consulted "big economists", including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, before it came up with the idea of minimum guaranteed income to the poorest 20 per cent households in the country.
Addressing a meeting of his party workers at the Ramlila ground here, Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to transfer Rs 15 lakh to every b
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Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:40:40
Nomination papers of 49 candidates for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on the state's eight seats were rejected Tuesday after they were found invalid during scrutiny, election officials said.
In a statement issued here, an official said that out of the total 146 candidates who filed nominations for the first phase on April 11, 97 remain in the fray after scrutiny.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:39:17
NCP president Sharad Pawar Tuesday said demonetisation was an "unfortunate" decision that has hurt the country "very badly".
He also said the after-effects of the 2016 decision will be felt for years to come.
Addressing a rally here in Marathwada region, Pawar said several industrial units shut down due to demonetisation announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a result of which 15 lak
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Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:37:32
India needs to focus on resolution of farm distress rather than loan waivers which kill the credit culture, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said Tuesday.
"First we need to worry about why people are so distressed and angry. There is a lot of agriculture distress. I personally believe that farm loan waivers are not the answers. But there are other answers," he said when asked about what shoul
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Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:35:32
The Congress party's minimum guaranteed income scheme will be rolled out in phases and the five crore beneficiary families will be covered in phases, senior leader P Chidambaram said Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference here, the former Finance Minister said enough economists and experts in the subject have been consulted and they broadly agreed that India has capacity to implement the sche
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