Ashwani Kumar
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Ashwani Kumar credits Hardik Pandya's 'scare the opponents and enjoy' comment for POTM performance
Cricket | Apr 01, 2025, 04:08 PM ISTAshwani Kumar was the star for the Mumbai Indians in their win against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday (March 31). He picked up four wickets for just 24 runs in his three overs, registering the best figures for an Indian on debut in IPL history.
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Kapil Sibal exits Congress: A look at 5 leaders who left the grand old party recently
India | May 25, 2022, 09:15 PM ISTKapil Sibal, whose exit is another jolt for the electorally battered Congress that has seen a spate of high-profile resignations, said he dreams of bringing all opposition parties together in the fight against the BJP in 2024.
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Election results in Punjab will surprise many, says former Congress leader Ashwani Kumar
Elections | Feb 15, 2022, 04:09 PM ISTAshwani Kumar quit Congress in the midst of assembly polls in five states and ahead of the February 20 election in Punjab. His resignation comes close on the heels of a spate of resignations, the most recent being that of another former union minister RPN Singh.
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'Congress faces existential challenge': Former Union Minister Ashwani Kumar quits party
India | Feb 15, 2022, 02:46 PM ISTAshwani Kumar in his resignation letter addressed to Sonia Gandhi said that he can best serve national causes outside the party fold.
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Punjab BJP chief's car attacked
India | Oct 13, 2020, 08:46 AM ISTThe vehicle in which Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma was travelling was attacked by 30-40 people with bricks and sticks near the toll plaza in Hoshiarpur town on Monday evening, police said.
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Ashwani Kumar, ex-CBI chief, dies by suicide at his Shimla home, police at spot
India | Oct 07, 2020, 11:35 PM ISTEx-CBI Director and former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland Ashwani Kumar found hanging at his residence in Shimla, SP Shimla Mohit Chawla has informed.
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Congress leader calls for return of Rahul Gandhi as party chief to spur opposition against BJP
News | Mar 01, 2020, 10:25 PM ISTFormer Union Law Minister and Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on March 01 said that party leader Rahul Gandhi should return as president of Congress, in view of the deteriorating political situation in the country.
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Pranab Mukherjee's speech utterly uninspiring: Ashwani Kumar
National | Feb 23, 2016, 07:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: The presidential address to the joint sitting of parliament was utterly uninspiring and completely directionless, former union minister and Congress leader Ashwani Kumar said today.“The presidential speech was totally directionless. There was nothing
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Woman IAS officer slaps contractor in Jammu, misbehaves with media: Report
India | Jan 28, 2016, 04:12 PM ISTJammu: An IAS officer has landed into a controversy after she allegedly slapped a protesting contractor, misbehaved with media persons and snatched the camera of a video journalist who was covering the protest here.The Commissioner
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Case filed against BJP MP for calling Sonia, Rahul name
National | Jun 20, 2015, 03:14 PM ISTPatna : A case was filed on Saturday against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashwani Kumar Choubey for making offensive remarks about Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, a Bihar government lawyer
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Budget 'anti-poor' and a 'disappointment': Congress leads opposition fire
National | Jul 10, 2014, 04:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Opposition parties today termed Narendra Modi government's maiden budget a “disappointment” and an “anti-poor” exercise which can “benefit only the rich”. Despite raising expectations, the budget has turned out to be a “missed
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Meghalaya Governor takes additional charge of Nagaland
India | Jul 02, 2014, 02:53 PM ISTKohima: Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul today took over the additional charge as the 18th governor of Nagaland following the resignation of Ashwani Kumar from the post on June 25 last.After his swearing-in, the governor
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Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar resigns
India | Jun 25, 2014, 08:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar resigned today, becoming the third person occupying the gubernatorial post to put in his papers since the NDA government prodded some of the Governors, appointed during UPA rule, to
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Ashwani Kumar in Punjab PCC campaign panel for LS poll
India | Apr 25, 2014, 08:11 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar was among the four people included today in the Punjab Pradesh Congress' campaign committee for ongoing Lok Sabha elections.Besides Kumar, the othes included in the panel are former
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PM appoints Ashwani Kumar special envoy with cabinet rank
National | Aug 22, 2013, 10:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Nearly three months after he had to resign as Union Law minister in a blaze of controversy, Ashwani Kumar has been appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his Special Envoy to visit
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Bansal, Ashwani have mud on their faces: Trinamool
National | May 11, 2013, 07:10 PM ISTKolkata, May 11: The Trinamool Congress Saturday said Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar, who from the union cabinet resigned a day earlier, have "mud on their faces".Trinamool MP and former union minister Sougata Ray
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Congress takes pride over Bansal, Ashwani exit
National | May 11, 2013, 01:38 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 11: The Congress Saturday sought to take a high moral ground over the resignation of ministers P.K. Bansal and Ashwani Kumar, saying they quit though the charges against them have not been
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Resigned to end unnecessary controversy: Ashwani Kumar
National | May 11, 2013, 03:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 11: Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who was forced to resign yesterday, put up a brave face today claiming he quit to end an "unnecessary" controversy and maintained that the Supreme Court had
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Resignations a delayed step: BJP
National | May 11, 2013, 07:21 AM ISTNew Delhi, May 11: As Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar resigned from their ministerial posts, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said it was a delayed step."This is a delayed step," said BJP spokesperson
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Digvijay Singh backs Bansal, Ashwani
National | May 10, 2013, 11:01 AM ISTKanpur, May 10: Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, under fire over an alleged Railway bribery scandal, on Thursday got a backing from Congress leader Digvijay Singh who said BJP or any other party has no