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Congress Starts Austerity Drive, Asks MPs To Contribute Rs 50,000 A Year
From urging parliamentarians to use their air travel benefits instead of charging the party, to donating Rs 50,000 a year to the party's coffers, the opposition Congress party has announced a range of measures to cut costs and raise funds.
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Cut Down On Expenditure, H D Kumaraswamy Tells Officials
Embarking on an austerity drive,days after the JDS-Congress government announced waiver of loans taken by farmers, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today asked officials to reduce extraneous expenses.
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Centre to stick with austerity despite forthcoming elections: P Chidambaram
The government will have to rein in spending and cut subsidies to meet its fiscal deficit target, the country's finance minister said today, underlining that an austerity drive will not be blown off course by an election due next year.
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Rahul Gandhi undertakes train journey from Gorakhpur to Mumbai
Rahul Gandhi undertook an unpublicised train journey in the ordinary sleeper class from Gorakhpur to Mumbai ten days ago. His mission was to acclimatise himself with the problems of the people who migrate to the metropolis in search of livelihood. "The Congress general secretary landed at Gorakhpur from a special plane from Bihar and boa...
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Tharoor tweets sorry, Gehlot says quit
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor "tweeted" his apology around midnight to all those hurt by his "cattle class" remark.
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Tharoor tweet not sweet, says Congress
The austerity drive, or to be more precise his Twitter comment about it, has landed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shashi Tharoor in trouble.
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Austerity drive: Tharoor's tweet irks Cong
Tharoor reportedly wrote on Twitter: "Absolutely, in cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows."
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Austerity drive: Lalu wants PM, Sonia to take train
RJD chief Lalu Prasad is not impressed and wants Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to travel in trains.
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Rahul Gandhi's train to Ludhiana
Rahul Gandhi has set a new benchmark by taking the Shatabdi Train to Ludhiana from Delhi.
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Sonia flies economy, Rahul to take train
The Congress' austerity drive has received a giant push. Sonia Gandhi is booked to fly on an economy-class ticket from Delhi to Mumbai.
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350-cr Shivaji statue: Where's the austerity?
Sonia Gandhi's flying economy now. So are her ministers, including seniors like Pranab Mukherjie. Austerity is the buzzword in the Congress for now.
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Krishna, Tharoor leave 5-star hotels on Sonia's intervention
S M Krishna and Shashi Tharoor left their temporary accommodation in five-star hotels after Sonia Gandhi is believed to have intervened. Congress leaders on Wednesday said Sonia had told Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to ask the two ministers not to stay in five star hotels and move elsewhere. The party, however, downplayed the issue of Krishn...
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Congress Starts Austerity Drive, Asks MPs To Contribute Rs 50,000 A Year
From urging parliamentarians to use their air travel benefits instead of charging the party, to donating Rs 50,000 a year to the party's coffers, the opposition Congress party has announced a range of measures to cut costs and raise funds.
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Cut Down On Expenditure, H D Kumaraswamy Tells Officials
Embarking on an austerity drive,days after the JDS-Congress government announced waiver of loans taken by farmers, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today asked officials to reduce extraneous expenses.
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Centre to stick with austerity despite forthcoming elections: P Chidambaram
The government will have to rein in spending and cut subsidies to meet its fiscal deficit target, the country's finance minister said today, underlining that an austerity drive will not be blown off course by an election due next year.
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Rahul Gandhi undertakes train journey from Gorakhpur to Mumbai
Rahul Gandhi undertook an unpublicised train journey in the ordinary sleeper class from Gorakhpur to Mumbai ten days ago. His mission was to acclimatise himself with the problems of the people who migrate to the metropolis in search of livelihood. "The Congress general secretary landed at Gorakhpur from a special plane from Bihar and boa...
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Tharoor tweets sorry, Gehlot says quit
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor "tweeted" his apology around midnight to all those hurt by his "cattle class" remark.
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Tharoor tweet not sweet, says Congress
The austerity drive, or to be more precise his Twitter comment about it, has landed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shashi Tharoor in trouble.
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Austerity drive: Tharoor's tweet irks Cong
Tharoor reportedly wrote on Twitter: "Absolutely, in cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows."
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Austerity drive: Lalu wants PM, Sonia to take train
RJD chief Lalu Prasad is not impressed and wants Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to travel in trains.
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Rahul Gandhi's train to Ludhiana
Rahul Gandhi has set a new benchmark by taking the Shatabdi Train to Ludhiana from Delhi.
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Sonia flies economy, Rahul to take train
The Congress' austerity drive has received a giant push. Sonia Gandhi is booked to fly on an economy-class ticket from Delhi to Mumbai.
-
350-cr Shivaji statue: Where's the austerity?
Sonia Gandhi's flying economy now. So are her ministers, including seniors like Pranab Mukherjie. Austerity is the buzzword in the Congress for now.
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Krishna, Tharoor leave 5-star hotels on Sonia's intervention
S M Krishna and Shashi Tharoor left their temporary accommodation in five-star hotels after Sonia Gandhi is believed to have intervened. Congress leaders on Wednesday said Sonia had told Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to ask the two ministers not to stay in five star hotels and move elsewhere. The party, however, downplayed the issue of Krishn...
