SHAMBHU, India, Feb 29 (Reuters) – When India’s powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in 2021 to repeal three farm laws aimed at overhauling the antiquated agriculture sector, he seemed to have won over farmers who had been protesting for over 12 months. But just over two years later, farmers are on the warpath again
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NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a seven-year-old election funding system that let individuals and companies make unlimited and anonymous donations to political parties. The move was seen as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the largest beneficiary of the system, just weeks before
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Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], January 9 (ANI): Amid a diplomatic row with the Maldives following ‘derogatory remarks’ against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by three Maldivian deputy ministers, Congress on Tuesday alleged that the PM is taking everything ‘personally’ since he came to power in 2014. Speaking to the media, the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge advocated for
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New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) With the beginning of the winter session of Parliament, several opposition parties met here on Monday to forge a strategy to corner the Narendra Modi-led central government on issues of public interest. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge after the meeting said that they will continue to remain a responsible opposition. “As
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