| Cabinet approves Rs 7,266-cr plan for Bundelkhand | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The Union Cabinet has approved a special package worth Rs 7,266 crore for the Bundelkhand region, comprising parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The aim is to mitigate the effects of drought in seven districts of UP and six districts of MP. The project is spread over a three-year period. |
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| Govt may rework pricing Ordinance for sugarcane | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The Manmohan Singh government is trying to find a middle path in the impasse over the recent sugarcane pricing Ordinance that created an uproar inside and outside Parliament today. According to top sources in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the government may rework the Sugarcane (Control) Order to relieve the states' burden and appease a united Opposition that claims to have the power to defeat the Bill in the Upper House. |
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| Bundelkhand gets special package of Rs 7,266 cr | 19-NOV-09 |
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| Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's plans for development of Bundelkhand today received the nod of the government which announced a special package of Rs 7,266 crore for development of the drought-hit region that spans across Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. |
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| Rural Rahul | 22-OCT-09 |
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| Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s shadow over the government’s social sector programmes just got longer. After being a part of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development, Gandhi has now been inducted to Parliament’s Consultative Committee on Rural Development — he is one of the 30 members of the committee which was constituted last month and which is headed by Rural Development Minister C P Joshi. |
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| Kalavati files papers from Wani seat | 26-SEP-09 |
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| Ending uncertainty over her contesting polls, Kalavati Bandurkar, whom Congress leader Rahul Gandhi mentioned in Parliament to highlight the plight of debt-ridden farmers in Vidarbha, today filed nomination papers from Wani assembly constituency as an independent. |
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| Mayawati cries foul over Rahul's 'surprise' UP visit | 25-SEP-09 |
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| In the ongoing tussle between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s ‘surprise visit’ to the state, allegations of security norm violations has now occupied centre stage. Annoyed with Gandhi’s surprise visit last night to a Dalit-dominated village, the Mayawati administration is crying foul that it has been kept in the dark over the Special Protection Group (SPG)-protected leader’s movements in Uttar Pradesh. |
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| Kalawati not to contest polls | 23-SEP-09 |
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| In a U-turn, Kalawati Bandurkar, the poor widow introduced to the nation by Rahul Gandhi as the face of have-nots, says she will not contest the Assembly polls in Maharashtra after she was fielded as a candidate to fight the Congress. Kalawati, 48, was named to contest the October 13 polls from Wani in Yavatmal district as a Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti nominee as part of the opposition campaign. |
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| 4,000-Mw power plant plan for Bundelkhand | 21-SEP-09 |
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| Within two months of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and demanding a development package for the Bundelkhand region, the Planning Commission has firmed up a proposal to set up a 4,000-Mw power plant there. |
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| Punjab lowers vehicle category entitlement | 18-SEP-09 |
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| Taking a cue from UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the Punjab government today decided to launch austerity measures in the state by lowering vehicle category entitlement for officers. |
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| Rahul may not travel in train anymore | 17-SEP-09 |
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| The austerity drive in the Congress party might be tempered as Rahul Gandhi — the Special Protection Group-protected general secretary — has been asked not to travel by train anymore due to security concerns. Gandhi’s train was attacked as people pelted stones near Haryana’s Panipat on Tuesday when the Congress general secretary was returning from Chandigarh after attending a party meeting. |
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| 'India putting pressure on Lanka to protect rights of Tamils' | 10-SEP-09 |
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| India is putting massive pressure on Sri Lanka to protect the rights of Tamils affected by the ethnic strife, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today refuting the charge that government was not doing enough to mitigate their suffering. |
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