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Cost of 651 essential medicines down 7% from April, as govt caps ceiling prices

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:41:32 S O Correspondent

Navjot Sidhu says his security reduced, calls Mann ‘most protected CM’

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:38:04 S O Correspondent

69 shops completely gutted in fire in Odisha’s Keonjhar

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:35:17 S O Correspondent

“Congress wants all opposition parties to unite to fight against Modi govt’s dictatorship”: P Chidambaram

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:36:29 S O Correspondent

Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram urged all the political parties to unite and continue to fight against the dictatorship of the Modi government.

In his appeal, Rahul Gandhi says was treated harshly by trial court, sentenced to attract disqualification as MP

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:27:18 S O Correspondent

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday told a sessions court in Surat his conviction by a magistrate's court in a 2019 defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark was erroneous, patently perverse, and he was sentenced in a manner so as to attract disqualification as a Member of Parliament.

TN CM Stalin makes strong pitch for opposition unity

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:22:03 S O Correspondent

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Monday made a strong pitch for opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, saying there was “no use in seperate voices,” and there should be collective effort towards ensuring federalism, equality and social justice.

MGNREGA protest enters day 40, opposition MPs extend support

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:20:42 S O Correspondent

As MGNREGA workers continued to protest for the 40th day against the new app-based attendance mechanism, DMK MP Kanimozhi and RJD MP Manoj Jha extended their support to the protesters and demanded the new systems be rolled back.

Parliament passes Competition Amendment Bill, 2023; Opposition continues protest over JPC demand on Adani issue

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:19:12 S O Correspondent

Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Competition Amendment Bill, 2023 even as the opposition forced adjournments in the two Houses of Parliament over its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Hindenburg-Adani row.

EVMs hacked to steal votes, public agitation needed to save democracy: Congress leader Digvijaya

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:14:53 S O Correspondent

Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday alleged that votes cast by people in electronic voting machines (EVMs) during polls in the country were being stolen through hacking of these devices, posing a threat to democracy.

Rahul Gandhi to file appeal in Gujarat court on April 3 against conviction in defamation case

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 08:44:45 S O Correspondent

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Monday file an appeal before a court in Surat in Gujarat against his conviction in a criminal defamation case.

After PM’s ‘supari to dent my image’ remark, Sibal says let us know names, they must be prosecuted

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 08:28:29 S O Correspondent

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that some people have given ‘supari (contract)’ to dent his image, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday urged the PM to name them and said “let us prosecute them”.

505% rise in cases registered by ED since 2018

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 08:21:33 S O Correspondent

Amid a spike in raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) during the past few years, with several persons, including political leaders having been booked in cases of money laundering under various provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), there has been a stupendous rise of over 500 per cent in the number of cases registered by th