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  Mufti Moh. Sayeed led J&K Government proposes Budget session from March 18

  Politics | March 03, 2015 7:11 IST

  Jammu:  The Jammu and Kashmir government Monday proposed to the Governor to summon the budget session of the state Legislature from March 18.This will be first budget session of PDP-BJP government led by Mufti Mohmmad

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  Rahul Gandhi is in Uttarakhand, claims a Congress worker, party denies

  Politics | February 25, 2015 13:24 IST

  New Delhi: In an interesting development, a Congress worker has claimed that he has spotted party vice-president Rahul Gandhi spending time lonely in the Uttarakhand hills.Jagdish Kumar Sharma, the Congress worker, has also released photos

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  Congress-ruled states had opposed original Land Act passed by UPA govt

  Politics | February 25, 2015 11:32 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress may have threatened to protest NDA government's Land Acquisition Bill, but most of the Congress-ruled states had in past expressed serious reservations on original Land Acquisition Act passed by the erstwhile

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  Rahul Gandhi's absence mocked on Twitter with #WhereIsRahul

  Mouthful | February 26, 2015 10:17 IST

  Ever since the news of Congress VP Rahul Gandhi going on ‘leave' has circulated in media, the Gandhi scion has become the hot topic on social media.Apart from opposition leaders targeting the party saying ‘country

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  Land Acquisition Amendment Bill tabled in Lok Sabha amid protests

  Politics | February 24, 2015 13:34 IST

  New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government today introduced the ‘contentious' Land Acquisition Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha.The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was tabled

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  Modi govt to introduce Land Acquisition Bill in Lok Sabha today

  Politics | February 24, 2015 10:28 IST

  New Delhi: Narendra Modi government will today introduce the Land Acquisition Bill in Lok Sabha to replace contentious land acquisition ordinance.Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh will introduce the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency

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  Rahul's sabbatical exposes Congress faultlines

  Politics | February 23, 2015 23:46 IST

  New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's surprise sabbatical has exposed faultlines in the electorally-battered Congress, which is bracing for a generational change. The party has tried to downplay Gandhi's sudden move saying he is the leader and

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  President Pranab Mukherjee says new tourism policy on anvil

  India | February 23, 2015 18:43 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said that there was enormous potential in the tourism sector and the government will bring out a new tourism policy. "A new tourism policy is on the anvil," Mukherjee said

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  Digital India to prepare nation for tech-based transformation : President

  February 23, 2015 14:35 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said Digital India programme would prepare the country for technology-based transformation."My government has envisioned an ambitious umbrella programme, Digital India, to prepare the country for technology-based transformation and citizen

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  Modi govt committed to effectively deal with black money: President

  Politics | February 23, 2015 13:36 IST

  New Delhi: The government is committed to take all possible measures to stop generation of black money by putting in place legislative and administrative frameworks, President Pranab Mukherjee said today.Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament,

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  Govt believes in principle of 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas': President Pranab Mukherjee

  Politics | February 23, 2015 12:04 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today said that the fundamental tenet of the government is development of all.Addressing the members of two Houses of Parliament at the start of Budget session, Mukherjee said that the

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  PM Modi expects Budget session to be productive

  Politics | February 23, 2015 11:50 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed hope that the Budget session commencing from today will be productive.“We hope Parliament's Budget session will be productive,” PM Modi said while talking to reporters today.The Prime

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  Ahead of budget session, govt reaches out to Sonia Gandhi for cooperation

  Politics | February 23, 2015 8:54 IST

  New Delhi: In order to get six different ordinances including the land-acquisition and FDI in insurance sector approved by the parliament ; M Venkaiah Naidu, parliamentary affairs minister, on Sunday visited Congress chief Sonia Gandhi

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  PM asks partymen to make strong push for crucial legislations

  Politics | February 22, 2015 23:49 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked partymen to make a “strong” push for passage of crucial legislations in the Budget Session of Parliament starting tomorrow in the interest of the nation.  At a

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  Government reaches out to Opposition for cooperation ahead of Budget session

  Politics | February 22, 2015 17:46 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre is set to face tough times during the budget session of Parliament starting Monday even as it promised to walk the “extra mile” to accommodate the Opposition's concerns and Prime Minister

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  Sonia holds strategy meet with party leaders on Parliamentary session

  Politics | February 21, 2015 22:07 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of the Budget session, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today met senior party colleagues to discuss the strategy to be adopted in Parliament where the government intends to pass a number of bills,

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  Congress says won't support bills that dilute UPA programmes

  Politics | February 20, 2015 21:26 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of the Budget session of Parliament beginning Monday, Congress today declared that it would oppose the Bills meant to replace the ordinances contending that the changes brought about in the relevant laws

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  Congress protests over land ordinance to regain lost base: BJP

  Politics | February 20, 2015 17:14 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today attacked Congress over its protest on the land acquisition ordinance issue, saying the rival party's stir was politically-motivated to regain its sliding base after successive electoral defeats.The BJP said the opposition

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  No Sonia plan for Budget session strategy with non-NDA parties

  Politics | February 20, 2015 7:29 IST

  New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has no plans as of now to convene a meeting of non-NDA parties ahead of the Budget session of Parliament starting Feb 23 though the Opposition is raring to

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  UP assembly's budget session rocked by disruptions on first day

  Politics | February 18, 2015 20:35 IST

  Lucknow: The first day of the month-long budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly got off to a stormy start Wednesday, with the opposition members disrupting the address of the governor and forcing the adjournment