Parties reach consensus on House panels, Congress may head 4, including external affairs & HRD | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After days of impasse over distribution of department-related parliamentary standing committees, parties are learnt to have reached a consensus with Congress likely to head four key panels including external affairs, education, human resource development and agriculture.Sources said a notification in this regard is expected shortly. In 2014, with the Congress tally at just…

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Move towards landmark poll reform, says Shah; BJP stunt, claims Kharge – Times of India

NEW DELHI: As the Union Cabinet accepted the proposal for ‘one nation, one election’ on Wednesday, BJP and its NDA partners welcomed the move, with home minister Amit Shah calling it a giant stride towards a landmark electoral reform.“Under the leadership of PM Modi, Bharat has been witnessing transformative reforms. Today, in this direction, Bharat…

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Caste survey, legal guarantee for MSP: Congress announces 7 guarantees for Haryana | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday released the party’s manifesto for the Haryana assembly elections.While speaking on the manifesto, Kharge said the party will conduct a caste survey to ascertain where every community stands in the welfare schemes. He said it would help in identifying the participation of castes in education and jobs.Kharge…

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Kharge’s ‘jail’ remark shows his dictatorial mindset: BJP | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge‘s remark that the BJP leadership would have been languishing in jail if Congress had got just 20 more seats in the Lok Sabha polls has drawn an aggressive response from BJP, with former I&B minister Anurag Thakur accusing him of harbouring an “intolerant and dictatorial mindset“.“The mask of love…

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‘They would be in jail if …’: Kharge’s attack draws BJP’s ‘Emergency DNA’ jab | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who is in J&K to drum up support for the party, exuded confidence that the Congress party and INDIA bloc’s good run in the Lok Sabha polls will continue in the upcoming J&K assembly elections as well. The Congress chief also used the occasion to belittle the BJP‘s performance…

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PM Modi considers Ukraine conflict more important than reining in Manipur violence: Congress | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Amid renewed violence in Manipur, Congress Monday said PM Narendra Modi thinks it’s more important to intervene in the Ukraine conflict than to rein in violence in the north-eastern state, as it demanded that CM Biren Singh be sacked and serious steps be taken to restore normalcy. It also said SC-mandated inquiry panel…

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Congress: Bulldozer justice targeting minorities is ‘deeply troubling’ | India News – Times of India

the NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday expressed concern over “repeated targeting” of minorities in BJP-governed states, saying that it was “deeply troubling”. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge strongly condemned BJP for allegedly using “bulldozing as a tactic to instill fear among citizens”.Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said “bulldozer justice is completely unacceptable” and “it must…

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