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  Rahul Gandhi's young team will take over by March 2016: Jairam Ramesh

  National | October 18, 2015 14:47 IST

  New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi would bring with him a new team for Congress when he takes over as its president by March next year or even earlier, senior leader Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday, indicating

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  GST Bill's fate depends on government's ability to listen: Jairam Ramesh

  National | October 09, 2015 23:48 IST

  Kolkata: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said unless the government listens to the opposition, the GST Bill may get stalled in the forthcoming winter session of parliament."Our (political) system works through the policy

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  Jairam Ramesh suggests tacit understanding between BJP, SP

  National | September 05, 2015 14:29 IST

  Unnao: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has suggested a tacit understanding between BJP and Samajwadi Party for the chasm in the Janata Parivar."The BJP and SP have always had an understanding and this could be

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  Government has vitiated political atmosphere, Modi an autocrat: Jairam Ramesh

  National | August 26, 2015 7:03 IST

  New Delhi:  The country's political atmosphere has been vitiated by the "confrontationist attitude" of the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an "autocrat" who is not making efforts to reach out to the opposition,

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  GST Bill cannot be passed without Congress support: Jairam Ramesh

  National | August 20, 2015 8:21 IST

  New Delhi:  With the government contemplating a special session of parliament over the GST Bill, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said the economic measure cannot be passed without his party's support and sought four

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  BJP's Dhumal, Anurag Thakur involved in land allotment case: Congress

  National | August 03, 2015 9:05 IST

  New Delhi:  Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused former Himachal chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and his son Anurag Thakur of being involved in the 2002 Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) land allotment

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  Bihar to have remote-controlled CM if BJP wins: Jairam Ramesh

  National | July 25, 2015 7:24 IST

  Patna: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said the BJP will contest the coming Bihar Assembly elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and if it wins the state Chief Minister will

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  Vasundhara Raje's son files defamation case against Jairam Ramesh

  National | July 22, 2015 7:24 IST

  Jaipur: BJP's Lok Sabha member Dushyant Singh, the son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, on Tuesday filed a defamation complaint against Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and a TV channel in a court in Dholpur."We

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  Pressure mounts on Raje, Cong produces new documents on Dholpur palace

  National | June 30, 2015 18:30 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday stepped up pressure on beleaguered Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, producing fresh documents in support of its claim that the Dholpur Palace is a state-owned property.The party also demanded

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  Vasundhra Raje illegally occupying Dholpur Palace, says Jairam Ramesh

  National | June 29, 2015 23:40 IST

  New Delhi: Keeping up the heat on the Lalitgate issue, Congress on Monday accused Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhra Raje of “forcible, illegal occupation” of the Dholpur Palace, along with Lalit Modi, through a private company.Senior

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  Congress alleges deep nexus between Narendra Modi and Lalit Modi

  National | June 19, 2015 23:47 IST

  New Delhi:  The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having a "deep nexus" with Lalit Modi and bluntly told the government that there was no way out other than the resignation of

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  Congress high-level committee on GST Bill meets

  National | 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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  Appeal in disproportionate case cannot be knee-jerk: Congress

  National | May 22, 2015 16:52 IST

  Chennai: The appeal in the disproportionate assets case against AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa cannot be ‘knee-jerk' and should be analysed from all angles, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said.“Appealing cannot be knee-jerk,

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  Secular forces will join hands to defeat BJP in Bihar: Ramesh

  National | May 21, 2015 17:25 IST

  Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has expressed confidence that all “secular forces” would join hands to defeat the BJP in forthcoming elections in Bihar.“Bihar elections would be the third nail in BJP's coffin.  First

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  Expect Rahul to become Congress president this year: Jairam Ramesh

  National | May 20, 2015 17:09 IST

  Hyderabad: Rahul Gandhi is expected to become the party president this year and intends to build the outfit similar to the one that existed during Nehru's time by promoting regional faces, senior Congress leader Jairam

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  Jairam Ramesh hits out at Centre for fuel price hike

  National | May 17, 2015 21:10 IST

  PATNA: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today hit out at the Centre for the recent petro price hike and said it will hurt the common man."The NDA government has raised prices

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  Rajya Sabha names 10 members to Joint Committee on land bill

  National | May 13, 2015 16:17 IST

  New Delhi: Rajya Sabha today named 10 members, including Digvijaya Singh of Congress and TMC's Derek O'Brien, to the Joint Committee that will look into the controversial Land Acquisition Bill.The 30-member Joint Committee of Lok

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  Congress will continue to oppose land Bill: Ramesh

  National | May 04, 2015 16:11 IST

  Bhopal: The Congress will continue its tirade against the land Bill as it is “anti-farmer and dilutes the pro-farmer provisions of Land Acquisition Act-2013” which was passed with the consent of all parties, former Union

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  Land bill issue will act as 'sanjeevani' for Congress: Jairam Ramesh

  National | April 25, 2015 21:47 IST

  Bengaluru:  Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said the land acquisition amendments issue will act as a 'sanjeevani' for the party in 2015 just as Chikmagalur was to Congress in 1978.  "We strongly believe that

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  Congress warms up for tomorrow's rally, launches website

  National | April 18, 2015 20:57 IST

  New Delhi: Taking the battle on the land bill issue to social media, Congress today launched a “Zameen Wapsi” website on the eve of its farmers' rally which is expected to see the first major