Tag: Upa

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FM hits out at critics, says have pulled back economy

Hitting out at critics of UPA's management of economy, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the government has "pulled back" the economy from a difficult situation and put it back on a high growth path

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Shah Panel's full report on Odisha unlikely to be made public

The UPA government is unlikely to make public full report of the Shah Commission on illegal mining in Odisha, which has recommended recovering over Rs 59,203 crore from miners in the state for "illegally and without lawful authority" extracting iron ore

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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MGNREGA has cut down rural migration: Birender Singh

The rural employment guarantee act has lessened people's migration from villages to cities for work and the government would work towards strengthening the scheme, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said Monday

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Elections 2019: BJP to gain in Odisha, predicts ‘ABP-CVoter’ survey

Bhubaneswar: The ABP News-C Voter ‘Desh ka Mood’ survey has predicted that Narendra Modi-led BJP is likely to win big in Odisha during the upcoming 2019 general elections even though it will not be a smooth ride for its ruling alliance NDA, which is projected to emerge victorious in 276 of the 543 Lok Sabha […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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Hardik Patel to join Congress, contest LS polls

Ahmedabad: Firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel is set to join the Congress and even contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, informed sources said on Thursday. Sources in his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) confirmed late Thursday that the decision was taken at a meeting held at Tarkhadi village in Rajkot district. According to PAAS leader […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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NDA continues to be well ahead of UPA in seat and vote share: survey

New Delhi: The State of the Nation March 2019 Wave-II opinion poll conducted by CVoter for IANS shows a marginal change in fortunes for the NDA and the UPA in seat share as compared to an earlier CVoter poll put out on March 10. However, there is a sharp increase in vote share for the […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Jaitley slams Congress over 'Hindu terror' slogan

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday slammed the Congress, while accusing it of coining the “Hindu terror” slogan and filing cases based on fake evidence to gain political mileage. Days after an anti-terror court in Haryana acquitted Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 bombing of the Samjhauta Express, Jaitley said a decision has to […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Sonia Gandhi unhappy over Congress manifesto layout

New Delhi: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was apparently unhappy over the layout of party manifesto released on Tuesday as she wanted a bigger picture of party President Rahul Gandhi on the cover, sources said on Wednesday. Sonia Gandhi, who did not look her usual self, conveyed her viewpoint to party leader Rajeev Gowda, the convener […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Go ahead take action: Rahul dares Modi on graft cases

Rae Bareli: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday made it clear that he doesn’t attach much importance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s threats of putting Congress leaders behind bars if voted to power for the next five years. Modi is “not invincible” and it will become clear after the Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi told reporters […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Several surgical strikes executed during UPA: Congress

New Delhi: With the BJP highlighting the issue of nationalism in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Thursday said that multiple surgical strikes were carried out during the tenure of Congress-led UPA government. Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a tweet: “Multiple surgical strikes took place during our tenure too. For us, […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Exit polls indicate Congress issues of corruption, welfare may not have clicked

New Delhi The prediction by the exit polls about dismal performance by the Congress suggests that the party got it all wrong and the issues like the Rafale deal, NYAY, unemployment and alleged “arrogance” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised by it during the election campaign failed to impress the voters. The exit poll results […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
Rahul Gandhi
Exit polls indicate Congress issues of corruption, welfare may not have clicked

New Delhi: The prediction by the exit polls about dismal performance by the Congress suggests that the party got it all wrong and the issues like the Rafale deal, NYAY, unemployment and alleged “arrogance” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised by it during the election campaign failed the impress the voters. The exit poll results indicate […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Close match in 78 seats could hurt both NDA and UPA

New Delhi: A set of Lok Sabha seats which are expected to be closely contested is turning out to be the big variable ahead of the counting of votes on Thursday. These comprise at least 78 seats where the gap in vote share is likely to be less than 3 per cent, according to an India […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
Air India letter surfaces to haunt UPA

New Delhi: Amid enquiry into alleged role of a middleman in higher bilateral seat quota with Gulf countries during UPA era, it has now emerged that national carrier Air India had repeatedly warned against such move. Letters written by the airline to Civil Aviation Ministry had claimed that the capacity entitlements on almost all the […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
Sonia-Gandhi
Government approaches Sonia ahead of Parliament session, 10 ordinances on agenda

New Delhi: With heavy legislative agenda that includes 10 ordinances, the government on Friday reached out to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to seek her cooperation in smooth running of the Parliament session with three Union ministers visiting her 10 Janpath residence. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and his deputy Arjun […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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