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  Govt is misleading country on GST, the bill is actually not ready: Congress

  Politics | December 19, 2015 14:10 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Anand Sharma today said that his party is ready to support the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill but the government is not ready with the legislation.Speaking at the 88th Annual

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  Hope govt has registered our concern on GST: Congress

  Politics | November 27, 2015 23:16 IST

  New Delhi: Congress tonight struck a cautious note after the first ever discussions with the government to thrash out a solution on the GST bill which the Centre is keen to pass in the current

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  'Authoritarian' PM Modi embarrassing India: Congress

  Politics | November 13, 2015 16:06 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his repeated claim abroad that he had restored the country's credibility.Calling him 'authoritarian', Congress leader Anand Sharma said, "We completely reject his claim

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  Pakistan using Hurriyat to sabotage NSA talks: Congress

  Politics | August 22, 2015 20:11 IST

  New Delhi:  The Congress on Saturday alleged that Pakistan was using Hurriyat to sabotage the national security adviser-level talks with India."It is very clear. Pakistan diverted attention from the two major terrorist attacks. Pakistan and its

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  No purpose of holding talks sans tangible deliverables: Congress

  Politics | August 22, 2015 15:02 IST

  New Delhi:  Alleging lack of sincerity on part of Pakistan, Congress today said there is “no purpose” of going ahead with the NSA-level talks unless there are tangible deliverables.“We would advise the government... unless there

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  Congress demands Arun Jaitley's apology over Rajya Sabha remark

  Politics | August 19, 2015 17:38 IST

  New Delhi:  Congress today demanded an apology from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for raking up the role of Rajya Sabha in stalling government's reforms agenda, insisting "redefining" Constitution and Parliament cannot be allowed."The Finance Minister

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  Congress hits back, says Modi arrogant, obdurate

  Politics | August 02, 2015 21:59 IST

  New Delhi: After being accused by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for causing a parliamentary logjam for two weeks, the Congress hit back on Sunday, saying the blame lies with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  Congress would insist on forced accountability in Parliament: Anand Sharma

  Politics | July 07, 2015 11:04 IST

  New York: Asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence over the Lalit Modi controversy, a senior Congress leader has said that the principled opposition party would insist on "forced accountability" during the upcoming

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  Congress high-level committee on GST Bill meets

  Politics | June 11, 2015 7:56 IST

  New Delhi: With the Goods and Services Tax Bill set to come up in the monsoon session of parliament next month, Congress has set up a high-level committee to take an "informed position" on the

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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi played "partisan politics": Congress

  Politics | June 08, 2015 22:58 IST

  New Delhi: Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing “partisan politics” by not taking with him the Chief Ministers of Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya and told him that he does not represent

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  RSS functionaries in every ministry, alleges Sharma

  Politics | June 01, 2015 23:17 IST

  Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday alleged that RSS functionaries are "posted" in the office of every Minister and members in the Narendra Modi ministry are not an "independent entity"."....It is RSS which

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  Rafale deal: Congress fires fresh salvo at Modi govt

  Politics | May 24, 2015 16:15 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today kept up its attack on the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal with France and questioned why the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd was kept out of the agreement for the

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  Not opposed to black money bill but scrutiny necessary: Congress

  Politics | May 11, 2015 21:23 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today said the party was not opposed to the black money bill but pitched for referring it to the Standing Committee when it is taken up in Rajya Sabha claiming that it

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  Rajya Sabha disrupted over demands for Gadkari's resignation

  Politics | May 09, 2015 7:43 IST

  New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted by repeated adjournments today following uproar by Congress, demanding the resignation of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari following a CAG report alleging irregularities involving loan extended to his family-linked

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  RS panel to revisit report on accessing of Jaitley's call data

  Politics | May 07, 2015 13:45 IST

  New Delhi: The Privileges Committee of Rajya Sabha will revisit its report which said that unauthorised access of call data records of Arun Jaitley in 2013 was not a breach of privilege and consider enlarging

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  Moga molestation issue forces RS to adjourn twice

  Politics | May 05, 2015 13:00 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition led by Congress today forced two adjournments in Rajya Sabha demanding discussion over death of a teenaged girl in Moga in Punjab after being allegedly molested and thrown off a bus owned

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  Congress slams Haryana Minister for calling farmers 'cowards'

  Politics | April 30, 2015 13:58 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition Congress today attacked a Haryana Minister for reportedly calling farmers committing suicide "cowards" and sought to know what action the Prime Minister proposed to take."This is a serious issue...A Haryana government minister

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  Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over 'scam India' remark of PM Modi

  Politics | April 28, 2015 14:55 IST

  New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha witnessed a ruckus on Tuesday over comments by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent three-nation tour.The house saw both treasury and opposition benches raise the pitch, necessitating three adjournments

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  Modi's remarks in bad taste, lower dignity of PM's office: Congress

  Politics | April 16, 2015 17:09 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks in Canada about the “mess” left behind by others, saying they were in “poor taste” coming on foreign soil and show

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  Government ready for improvements in land bill: Venkaiah

  India | March 23, 2015 14:34 IST

  Hyderabad: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said the NDA government was ready for a nation-wide debate on land acquisition bill and to make improvements if the opposition makes constructive suggestions.Claiming that it