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  UPA awarded Aadhaar card projects over Rs.13,000 crore without tenders

  India | September 19, 2015 21:13 IST

  Mumbai: Aadhaar card projects of the UIDAI worth over Rs.13,000 crore were awarded without issuing tenders by the previous UPA government, according to a RTI response, an activist said here on Saturday.RTI activist Anil Galgali

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  Move to review performance of government employees at the age of 50 is not new

  Politics | September 19, 2015 14:28 IST

  The news that the NDA government has decided to review the performance of government employees (central) at the age of 50, leading to compulsory retirement of inefficient officials, created quite a flutter. News articles were written

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  UPA govt discussed Dawood's surrender request in 2013

  India | August 11, 2015 15:33 IST

  New Delhi: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, wanted for a number of heinous crimes including 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, had in 2013 offered to return to India and expressed willingness to face trial.According to a report

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  P Chidambaram accuses Rajnath Singh of distortion on terror remarks

  Politics | August 01, 2015 20:28 IST

  New Delhi: Former Home Minister P Chidambaram today attacked Home Minister Rajnath Singh accusing him of resorting to a completely distorting Hindu terror remarks to blame the former UPA government.He said former Home Minister Sushil

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  No death sentence to Rajiv killers, SC dismisses centre's petition

  India | July 29, 2015 19:05 IST

  New Delhi: Supreme Court today dismissed the curative petition of Central government to reconsider its verdict of commuting the death sentences of three convicts to life in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.On July 21, the Centre

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  BJP seeking revenge instead of resignations: Congress

  Politics | July 23, 2015 20:04 IST

  New Delhi:  Accusing the BJP of indulging in politics of “revenge instead of action”, the Congress said on Thursday that the ruling party was trying to divert attention from the opposition demands for the resignations

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  BJP govt no different from UPA regime: Prakash Karat

  Politics | July 23, 2015 12:37 IST

  Erode: Former CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat has lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre, saying it was no different from the previous UPA regime in "indulging in corruption.""There is no difference between

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  Sushma Swaraj's help to Lalit Modi is a clear case of favouritism: P Chidambaram

  Politics | June 17, 2015 22:39 IST

  Chennai: Rejecting allegations of vendetta levelled against him and the UPA, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today demanded that the government should ensure that Lalit Modi returns to India to face the probe by Enforcement

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  Why Congress doesn't give Manmohan Singh the credit he deserves

  Politics | May 30, 2015 10:23 IST

  The Narendra Modi government's chief economic advisor, Arvind Subramanian, has said that the rate of poverty reduction from 2005-06 to 2011-12 was the fastest in the country's history. The reason, according to him, was "fast

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  Corruption removed from India's political dictionary: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | May 22, 2015 15:03 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said corruption has been removed from India's political dictionary under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that there is a thrust towards reforms and liberalisation without crony capitalism and harassment.Marking

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  Opposition to Land bill nothing but public posturing: BJP

  India | April 10, 2015 16:33 IST

  Kolkata: BJP today asserted that the Land Acquisition Bill was pro-farmer and pro-growth, and opposition to it was nothing but public posturing to prove publicly that the Centre was anti-farmer.BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra today

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  Is Narendra Modi following Manmohan Singh's footsteps?

  India | February 26, 2015 11:51 IST

  While UPA was in power, ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh was often criticized to be a puppet in hands of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and the same was never expected from the current BJP government seeing

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  Govt trying to 'mislead' people on Land Act: Hazare

  Politics | February 25, 2015 22:45 IST

   New Delhi:Social activist Anna Hazare, who is spearheading agitation against amendments in the Land Acquisition Act, today rubbished Government's claim that these were more “effective”The Gandhian activist threatened to go ahead with a nation-and “farmer-friendly”,

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  Security breach in currency printing: Internal inquiry indicts top officials, govt yet to take action

  India | February 23, 2015 7:38 IST

  New Delhi: On one hand, Narendra Modi government is investigating espionage in various  ministries; on the other side it is yet to take action on a grave security breach in the printing of currency notes.According

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  Delhi polls: Soaring prices of vegetables, fruits may prove costly for BJP

  India | February 04, 2015 8:19 IST

  New Delhi: Common man does not seem to have any relief from day by day soaring prices of fruits and vegetables although Narendra Modi-led NDA govt claims to have curtailed inflation. The soaring prices may

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  Govt initiates inquiry into transfer of 123 properties to Delhi Wakf Board by UPA

  India | February 02, 2015 8:43 IST

  New Delhi: The transfer of 123 prime properties to Delhi Wakf Board by the erstwhile UPA government in national capital has come under the scanner.The NDA govt has now initiated an inquiry to find out

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  Swachh Bharat 'repackaged' initiative of UPA government: Manmohan Singh

  Politics | November 28, 2014 22:35 IST

  Kumbalangi: Taking a dig at the Narendra Modi government's cleanliness drive 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said it was a 'repackaged' programme of previous UPA regime headed by him."These are

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  Buy LPG on market rates from next year as subsidy will go directly to your bank accounts

  November 15, 2014 8:36 IST

  New Delhi: From January 1 of next year, the subsidy on LPG cylinders will be directly transferred to a consumer's bank account. It means that he'll have to buy LPG cylinder on market rates with

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  AAP slams Modi govt over hike in gas price

  Politics | October 19, 2014 7:18 IST

  New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday slammed BJP-led Narendra Modi government for increasing the price of natural gas and said it was “unjustified” and would have a cascading effect on prices in multiple sectors.“Though

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  UPA pressured me to drop names from CWG, coal reports: Vinod Rai, Congress fumes

  Politics | August 24, 2014 20:02 IST

  New Delhi: In fresh embarrassment to Congress, especially former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ex-CAG Vinod Rai has claimed he was pressurised by the UPA regime to drop certain names from audit reports in Coalgate and