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"People Say I Was...": When Manmohan Singh Defended "Silent PM" Charge
Dr Manmohan Singh's critics often labelled him as a "silent Prime Minister", taking a dig at his reticent demeanour during his decade-long tenure at the helm of the UPA government from 2004 to 2014.
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Opinion: Not Amrit Kaal, This Could Be India's "Vish Kaal"
Why am I starting this piece by quoting the annual growth figures? Because these are nine-year figures that include one year of UPA rule and eight years of Modi rule, for comparison purposes.
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"I Stand With Modiji": Jibe From Shashi Tharoor Over Ladakh's Buffer Zone
The mutual withdrawal of Chinese and Indian troops in Ladakh, leaving a buffer zone, that has helped the Congress and its senior leader Shashi Tharoor to settle an old dispute. The target was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who tweeted a jibe in 2013 at the then UPA government in a similar situation.
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Lok Sabha's Productivity In BJP Rule Much Better Than UPA II
The productivity of the Lok Sabha during BJP rule was way above UPA II but slightly lower than the UPA I tenures.
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When Sonia Gandhi Said 'Will Miss Tantrums' Of Pranab Mukherjee
"I will miss his tantrums" is what Congress president Sonia Gandhi said while bidding farewell to Pranab Mukherjee from the Congress Working Committee at a meeting which formally approved his name as the UPA's presidential nominee in June 2012.
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I'm Like Football Being Kicked By 2 Teams, NDA And UPA: Vijay Mallya
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has compared himself to a 'football' being kicked around by "two fiercely competitive teams", in reference to the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA, following the Centre's intention to frame a legislation to prevent loan defaulters from fleeing the country.
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Ishrat Case: I Was Allured To Go Up To Modi As SIT Chief, Says Satyapal Singh
A former Mumbai Police commissioner and BJP lawmaker Satyapal Singh today said that as the SIT chairman he was allured by the then Congress-led UPA government to frame Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jehan.
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India, Pak Were Close to Kashmir 'Framework': Ex-Pak Foreign Minister
India and Pakistan were about to reach a "framework" on Kashmir during UPA I rule and both sides even had decided not to proclaim "victory" post the announcement, former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said today.
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Senior Congress leader HR Bhardwaj Lashes Out at Sonia Gandhi, Says She's in the 'Grip of Sycophants'
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj made a direct attack on party president Sonia Gandhi, alleging that she "shared no responsibility" and was in the "grip of sycophants and corrupt people".
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Nitish Kumar Talks Centre-State Cooperation, Says Can Meet PM Modi
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said in the "interest of Bihar", he was ready even to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "I would like to thank Narendra Modi for this wishes," Mr Kumar said soon after taking oath. "In the interest of Bihar, if I have to meet Mr Modi, I will do so."
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Taxmen Must Recover Legitimate Dues: Arun Jaitley
Referring to the retrospective tax amendments by the UPA government, Mr Jaitley said "I have not been able to see the real colour of money as far as those taxes are concerned because some court somewhere has stopped it or quashed it. But what has happened in the process is that it has brought us a bad name".
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Life is like T-20 match, will decide how to play last overs: P Chidambaram
Life is like cricket and "I want to decide on how I will play the last ten overs" of life, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said justifying his stand of not contesting the Lok Sabha polls.
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Op-ed: Elections 2014 is a battle for India's soul, says Shashi Tharoor
India, I have long argued, is more than the sum of its contradictions. It is a country held together, in the words of Nehru, "by strong but invisible threads... a myth and an idea, a dream and a vision, and yet very real and present and pervasive".
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Average economic growth during UPA I & II at 7.7%: Prime Minister
Agriculture growth rate, it said, has been rising consistently and the sector expanded by 2.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent during the 10th and 11th Five Year Plans, respectively, and expected to touch 4 per cent in the ongoing 12th Plan period.
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Prime Minister's address on UPA's 10-year achievements: who said what
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced that he will retire after the general election and not seek a third term even if his party defies predictions and is re-elected for a third consecutive term. "In a few months' time, after the general election, I will hand the baton over to a new Prime Minister. I hope it will be a UPA-chosen Prime Minis...
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"People Say I Was...": When Manmohan Singh Defended "Silent PM" Charge
Dr Manmohan Singh's critics often labelled him as a "silent Prime Minister", taking a dig at his reticent demeanour during his decade-long tenure at the helm of the UPA government from 2004 to 2014.
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Opinion: Not Amrit Kaal, This Could Be India's "Vish Kaal"
Why am I starting this piece by quoting the annual growth figures? Because these are nine-year figures that include one year of UPA rule and eight years of Modi rule, for comparison purposes.
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"I Stand With Modiji": Jibe From Shashi Tharoor Over Ladakh's Buffer Zone
The mutual withdrawal of Chinese and Indian troops in Ladakh, leaving a buffer zone, that has helped the Congress and its senior leader Shashi Tharoor to settle an old dispute. The target was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who tweeted a jibe in 2013 at the then UPA government in a similar situation.
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Lok Sabha's Productivity In BJP Rule Much Better Than UPA II
The productivity of the Lok Sabha during BJP rule was way above UPA II but slightly lower than the UPA I tenures.
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When Sonia Gandhi Said 'Will Miss Tantrums' Of Pranab Mukherjee
"I will miss his tantrums" is what Congress president Sonia Gandhi said while bidding farewell to Pranab Mukherjee from the Congress Working Committee at a meeting which formally approved his name as the UPA's presidential nominee in June 2012.
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I'm Like Football Being Kicked By 2 Teams, NDA And UPA: Vijay Mallya
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has compared himself to a 'football' being kicked around by "two fiercely competitive teams", in reference to the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA, following the Centre's intention to frame a legislation to prevent loan defaulters from fleeing the country.
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Ishrat Case: I Was Allured To Go Up To Modi As SIT Chief, Says Satyapal Singh
A former Mumbai Police commissioner and BJP lawmaker Satyapal Singh today said that as the SIT chairman he was allured by the then Congress-led UPA government to frame Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jehan.
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India, Pak Were Close to Kashmir 'Framework': Ex-Pak Foreign Minister
India and Pakistan were about to reach a "framework" on Kashmir during UPA I rule and both sides even had decided not to proclaim "victory" post the announcement, former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said today.
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Senior Congress leader HR Bhardwaj Lashes Out at Sonia Gandhi, Says She's in the 'Grip of Sycophants'
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj made a direct attack on party president Sonia Gandhi, alleging that she "shared no responsibility" and was in the "grip of sycophants and corrupt people".
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Nitish Kumar Talks Centre-State Cooperation, Says Can Meet PM Modi
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said in the "interest of Bihar", he was ready even to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "I would like to thank Narendra Modi for this wishes," Mr Kumar said soon after taking oath. "In the interest of Bihar, if I have to meet Mr Modi, I will do so."
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Taxmen Must Recover Legitimate Dues: Arun Jaitley
Referring to the retrospective tax amendments by the UPA government, Mr Jaitley said "I have not been able to see the real colour of money as far as those taxes are concerned because some court somewhere has stopped it or quashed it. But what has happened in the process is that it has brought us a bad name".
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Life is like T-20 match, will decide how to play last overs: P Chidambaram
Life is like cricket and "I want to decide on how I will play the last ten overs" of life, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said justifying his stand of not contesting the Lok Sabha polls.
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Op-ed: Elections 2014 is a battle for India's soul, says Shashi Tharoor
India, I have long argued, is more than the sum of its contradictions. It is a country held together, in the words of Nehru, "by strong but invisible threads... a myth and an idea, a dream and a vision, and yet very real and present and pervasive".
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Average economic growth during UPA I & II at 7.7%: Prime Minister
Agriculture growth rate, it said, has been rising consistently and the sector expanded by 2.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent during the 10th and 11th Five Year Plans, respectively, and expected to touch 4 per cent in the ongoing 12th Plan period.
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Prime Minister's address on UPA's 10-year achievements: who said what
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced that he will retire after the general election and not seek a third term even if his party defies predictions and is re-elected for a third consecutive term. "In a few months' time, after the general election, I will hand the baton over to a new Prime Minister. I hope it will be a UPA-chosen Prime Minis...
