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“What Happens If You Don’t Have A Job?” Shashi Tharoor On Union Budget 2025

February 1, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday reacted to the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, questioning what would happen to those who are not employed. Mr Tharoor’s statements were in response to the revised tax slabs and rates under the new regime. “I think, frankly, the applause you heard from the…

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Mamata Banerjee In Book On Why BJP Won 2024 Polls

January 29, 2025 admin

Kolkata: In her new book, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has squarely blamed Congress for the BJP’s return to power at the Centre for the third consecutive term in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. A total of three new books penned by the Chief Minister were released on the first day of the Kolkata…

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Congress On National Voters’ Day

January 25, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Congress hit out at the Election Commission on Saturday, saying the “self-congratulation” on National Voters’ Day would not obscure the fact that the poll panel as it has been functioning makes a “mockery” of the Constitution and is an insult to the voters themselves. The opposition party also alleged that over the…

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AAP vs BJP: Who Will Charm Delhi’s Middle Class?

January 23, 2025 admin

The battle to woo the middle class has heated up in poll-bound Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in its bid to win over this section of voters, has listed seven demands for the Centre to consider in the upcoming Budget: increase the education budget from 2% to 10%; cap private schools fees and provide…

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Next 20 Months Can Change Congress’s Fate In Karnataka

January 22, 2025 admin

As we reach almost the end of the first month of the new year, the Congress government in Karnataka completes 20 months in office—a third of its 60-month (five-year year) term. The next 20 months will decide the fate of the government in the state. One notices that most regimes in Karnataka tend to slip…

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Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief On “Groupism” Within Party

January 21, 2025 admin

Bhopal: At a time when the Congress is preparing for its ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, and Jai Samvidhan’ rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow on January 27, state Congress president Jitu Patwari’s remarks about the “cancer of groupism” within the party have sparked a political storm. The rally, organized to honour Dr BR Ambedkar at his…

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Congress vs BRS Over Farmer’s Suicide In Telangana’s Adilabad

January 20, 2025 admin

Adilabad: Congress leader Kota Neelima hit out at the BRS party on Sunday, accusing them of being anti-poor and anti-farmer after the latter alleged that the Congress-led Telangana government is responsible for a farmer’s suicide in Adilabad. “If any political party has thought about farmers, then it is Congress, and our history proves that…BRS is…

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ED âmisleadingâ people on attachment of immovable properties in MUDA probe: Congress MLC

January 20, 2025 admin

Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah did not rule out the possibility of the ED issuing such a statement to influence the court, which is expected to shortly give a ruling on the petition to hand over the case to the CBI. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah termed the recent tweet by…

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Congress Leader Ajay Maken’s Big Claim

January 18, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Congress leader Ajay Maken said on Saturday that his party should have no alliance with the AAP in Delhi, but left the option open, saying this is his personal view. Asked whether the Congress will lend support to the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, if need be, after the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls, Mr Maken…

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Rahul Gandhi Meets Families Of Patients Outside AIIMS

January 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the families of patients camped outside All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday night, lamenting the Centre and Delhi government’s insensitivity as they stayed on roads, footpaths and subways amid biting cold. “Burden of disease, biting cold, and government insensitivity – today I met patients and…

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