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Caste Census Only Way To Ensure Equal Opportunity For All: Congress

March 24, 2024 admin

“We cannot deny caste-based discrimination in India,” said Jairam Ramesh (File) The Congress on Sunday asserted that a caste census is the only way to ensure equal opportunity for all in the country. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said caste has been a socio-economic reality of Indian society for centuries. “We cannot deny caste-based discrimination…

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Congress condemns terror attack in Moscow; says terrorism biggest threat to humanity, peace

March 23, 2024 admin

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on March 23 condemned the “dastardly” terror attack in Moscow and said “we strongly stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Russia”. “Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on March 22 and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing more…

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Congress Chief Weeks Before Lok Sabha Polls

March 13, 2024 admin

Mr Kharge urged people to stand strong together and ensure his party’s victory to “save” democracy. Kalaburagi: Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday indicated that the party is facing a funds crunch alleging that bank accounts where money donated by people had been kept had been frozen by the BJP-led NDA government, while huge…

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Congress Chief On Senior Leaders ‘Opting Out’ Of Lok Sabha Polls

March 12, 2024 admin

“We also have a list of ten people asking for the same seat,” Mr Kharge said. New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday rejected suggestions that senior party leaders are shying away from contesting the Lok Sabha polls and said that if workers ask him to fight the elections he may do so. He,…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 12, 2024

March 12, 2024 admin

NSA Ajit Doval meeting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. Photo: X/@IsraeliPM India test-fires Agni-V ballistic missile with multiple warhead technology under Mission Divyastra In a major technological breakthrough and building in redundancy into the country’s nuclear weapons programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the successful test firing of Agni-V ballistic missile with…

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Mallikarjun Kharge May Skip Lok Sabha Contest, Unease In Party: Sources

March 12, 2024 admin

Mallikarjun Kharge has said he does not want to get “confined” to one constituency New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge may not contest the Lok Sabha polls this time — a possibility that has rung alarm bells in some sections. The general cannot be missing in the battlefield is the sentiment and they advocate him…

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Congress Holds First Meet To Pick Candidates. 10 States, 60 Seats On Table

March 7, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Congress is getting down to the contentious task of candidate selection, with only 10 more days to go for Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. The party’s election committee is meeting in Delhi this evening. On its list are 10 states, for which it has to pick 60 candidates. The list includes Delhi,…

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge Engage In War Of Words

March 7, 2024 admin

Mallikarjun Kharge targeted Shivraj Chouhan during ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ in Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal: BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan engaged in a war of words with Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday after the Congress chief asked why Mr Chouhan had to step down as Madhya Pradesh chief minister after the assembly elections. Addressing a rally at…

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Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge Writes To President Droupadi Murmu On Agnipath Scheme

February 26, 2024 admin

He shared his letter on X and said the Congress is with the youths in the fight for justice. New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu highlighting the “gross injustice” done to the country’s youths seeking regular employment in the armed forces due to the Agnipath scheme and urged…

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Mallikarjun Kharge completes one year as party chief, Congress says it made ‘significant progress’ under him

October 27, 2023 admin

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. | Photo Credit: ANI As Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge completed one year in office, the party said it has made “significant progress” under his leadership and he has been instrumental in revitalising the organisational structure. Mr. Kharge was elected as the Congress president last October after defeating Shashi Tharoor in the…

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