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Eyeing election, Rahul Gandhi sets out small business focus
Rahul Gandhi speaks at an event in Singapore on March 8, 2018. (File photo: Reuters) LONDON: Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition Congress party, said he would seek to shift the focus of India’s economic policy towards supporting small and medium-sized firms if he won power at an upcoming election. The fourth-generation politician of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty spoke to reporters and academics Read More
Meet Rahul Gandhi, the smart realty investor
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi made significant gains in a couple of real estate transactions between 2005 and 2010. The member of Parliament purchased two shops in MGF Metropolitan mall in Delhi’s Saket area during the tenure of the first United Progressive Alliance government and sold it during the term of UPA-II at thrice the cost price, records reviewed by Business Read More
The night Rajiv Gandhi died: An eyewitness account
As we turned off the main road, there was a mandatory burst of welcoming firecrackers. We had stopped on a slope on slightly higher ground and had walked down the approach, a few hundred yards or so to the open space in front of the main temple at Sriperumbudur, where a red carpet had been laid out. Stepping out from Read More
Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi again, this time on bullet trains
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second day in a speech to party workers in Lucknow. The Congress vice-president criticised PM Modi for promising bullet trains, saying the “tickets will be not less than Rs 15,000”. “Only Modi ji and his suit-boot friends will travel in it,” he said. Accusing PM Modi of failing Read More
Airline employee booked on extortion charges at Indira Gandhi International Airport
An employee of Qatar Airways working at the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi, has been booked on charges of extortion after he was allegedly caught taking Rs 35,000 cash from a Doha-bound flyer. Officials said the incident took place late night on July 26 after CISF personnel detected the foreign airline employee taking some cash from the passenger on Read More
Arunachal Pradesh SC verdict: Rahul Gandhi to Arvind Kejriwal — who said what
The Supreme Court on Wednesday restored the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh and quashed President’s rule in that state. The apex court dismissed the “message and direction” issued by Arunachal Pradesh Governor JP Rajkhowa and restored status quo as on December 15 when Congress’ Nabam Tuki was the chief minister. Here are some of the reactions to the Supreme Court’s order. Read More