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CPI(M) demands JPC probe into role of govt, PM Modi in Rafale deal

The CPI(M) on Sunday demanded the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the role of the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale deal

Turncoats, pandemic fallout thorns in flesh for BJP ahead of Goa polls

Even as the Opposition assailed the government's "disastrous" pandemic management, a blame game ensued between CM Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane

Water cannons used on AAP workers trying to gherao Punjab CM's residence

The protesting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, led by its Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann, shouted slogans against the Congress government over the power shortage.

Capt Amarinder Singh to meet Congress' high command in Delhi next week

Days after lunch diplomacy, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is all set to meet Congress High Command in Delhi next week in order to resolve the ongoing crisis in the party's state unit

U'khand CM's resignation due to constitutional compulsion biggest lie: Cong

Veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat said Tirath Singh Rawat's resignation as Uttarakhand CM due to constitutional compulsion and byelections cannot be held in state due to Covid is the biggest lie

Best of BS Opinion: Stock market as mirror, politics in diversity & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Politics in diversity

PEW survey of Indians' religiosity tells you why Modi's rivals have failed to challenge him: Confused secularism that's ceded religion to the BJP

Reserve Bank of India: The real hero of the 1991 economic reforms

The three governments of that decade - the Congress, the United Front, and the National Democratic Alliance - went along because whatever the RBI did had no impact on votes

Congress urges Centre to hold delimitation process in Telangana, Andhra

Telangana Congress leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy on Thursday urged Central government to hold simultaneous delimitation of constituencies in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh alongside Jammu and Kashmir

Capt Amarinder Singh to meet Cong leaders from urban areas of Punjab today

Amid the ongoing crisis in Punjab Congress, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will meet party leaders from urban areas of the state, followed by lunch in Chandigarh on Thursday

Congress leader says, 'No differences in Thackeray-Modi friendship'

Backing Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's statement, Aslam Shaikh on Wednesday said there are no differences in friendship between Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Punjab Congress crisis: Navjot Singh Sidhu to meet Rahul Gandhi today

Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday left from his residence in Patiala to meet Rahul Gandhi in the national capital

Ashwani Sekhri not leaving Congress: Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said that senior party leader and former minister Ashwani Sekhri will stay in Congress and there was no question of his leaving the party

MVA govt on the edge with relation between allies on constant simmer

The Shiv Sena and the NCP suspect that either of them may walk into the waiting arms of the BJP. The Congress feels that the Sena and the NCP may eventually team up and marginalise it

Rahul Gandhi meeting Punjab Congress leaders to resolve crisis in state

Rahul Gandhi meeting Punjab Congress leaders to resolve crisis in state

New entrants to Congress should avoid groupism, says K'taka party president

Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Friday welcomed new leaders to the party and advised them not to indulge in groupism.

CWC member backs Shiv Sena's pitch for Rahul Gandhi & Pawar joining hands

Congress Working Committee member Dinesh Gundu Rao backed the Shiv Sena's pitch for his party leader Rahul Gandhi joining hands with NCP chief Sharad Pawar to align all opposition parties together

Why no large-scale testing to prevent spread of Delta plus variant: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked the government why "large-scale testing is not being done" to check and prevent the spread of the Delta plus variant of coronavirus

US Congress repeals Trump-era set of regulations on payday lenders

Congress on Thursday overturned a set of regulations enacted in the final days of the Trump administration that effectively allowed payday lenders to avoid state laws capping interest rates.

Congress to launch 10-day nationwide protest against price rise

The Congress Party will launch a 10-day nationwide agitation against inflation from July 7."Moved by the plight of the people already suffering on account of the COVID pandemic, rampant unemployment and salary cuts, the Congress Party has decided to launch nationwide agitation programs at Block, District and State levels. These programs shall be implemented by the State units between July 7 and July 17, 2021. It shall comprise Congress Party Leaders, AICC frontal organisations including Mahila Congress leaders and members, aided by scores of ordinary party workers all over the country," reads a Congress statement.According to Congress statement, party leaders and workers would take out Cycle Yatra at district levels. The party leaders and workers will also take out march and processions at the state level. A signature campaign will be run at all petrol pumps across the country demanding a reduction in fuel prices.Earlier on Thursday, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi chaired a ..