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Congress lost focus, wrote Pranab in memoir
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Del
UPDATED ON JAN 07, 2021 03:20 AM IST
In a wide ranging autobiography, the late Mukherjee — who passed away in 2020 — has documented his years as President, weaving in the personal and the political.
Rain accompanied with high velocity wind brings down mercury in Shimla, Manali
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Shimla
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 12:46 PM IST
Tourist destinations near Himachal’s state capital such as Narkanda, Kufri got snow on Tuesday
UPA couldn’t bring in farm reforms due to pressure: Agri minister Tomar
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2020 02:24 AM IST
“Many chief ministers had tried to implement the same farm laws that the Narendra Modi government had brought but could not implement them due to these external pressures,” Tomar said, according to the agency.
Forces pressurised Manmohan Singh, Sharad Pawar not to implement farm sector reforms, says Union minister Tomar
By Asian News International | Posted by Deepali Sharma | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 28, 2020 02:59 PM IST
Tomar stated that many Chief Ministers had tried to implement the same farm laws that the Narendra Modi government has formulated for agriculture sector reforms.
Govt expedited reforms by Narasimha, says vice-president Naidu
By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 28, 2020 06:12 AM IST
Rao and then-finance minister Manmohan Singh in the early 1990s initiated the reforms that dismantled the so-called License Raj of approvals and red tape that stifled businesses for much of the first four decades of independence, and opened India up to foreign investment.
The Anna and kisan movements, writes Rajdeep Sardesai
PUBLISHED ON DEC 17, 2020 09:34 PM IST
The Anna movement had the support of the media and middle-class and a clear enemy. The farm protests lack all three elements
In memoir, Pranab blames Manmohan, Sonia for Cong’s defeat, says Modi govt’s first term autocratic
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2020 12:28 AM IST
The Presidential Years is the fourth volume of Mukherjee’s memoirs and will be released in January 2021.
Court stays order to disclose PM’s flight details but disagrees with IAF on 1 point
By Richa Banka | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 01:45 PM IST
The Delhi high court was hearing a plea by the IAF against the CIC’s July 8 direction to provide certified copies of available and relevant Special Flight Returns-II to RTI applicant Commodore (retd) Lokesh K Batra.
Heavy snow forecast in Himachal Pradesh, rain in Punjab and Haryana on December 11, 12
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Shimla
UPDATED ON DEC 10, 2020 11:46 AM IST
Atal Tunnel closed for traffic as higher reaches get snow, rain for the second day on Thursday
Met predicts heavy snowfall in Himachal on December 12
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times/Shimla, Shimla
UPDATED ON DEC 09, 2020 12:38 AM IST
State meteorological department director Manmohan Singh said snowfall and rainfall was also likely to take place in the higher and middle hills of the state on December 9
Make inclusive changes in the agrarian sector
By Shashi Shekhar
UPDATED ON DEC 07, 2020 01:13 AM IST
The impasse will end sooner or later, but will the problems that beset agriculture be solved?
Attachments up to Rs 40k-crore remain pending as key tribunal stays headless
By Neeraj Chauhan | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 27, 2020 06:55 AM IST
Worse still, it has only one member, out of a sanctioned strength of four members and a chairman. This member, GC Mishra, formerly a top bureaucrat in the law ministry is its acting chairman.
Fresh snowfall in Kufri, Narkanda, NH 5 blocked
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times/Shimla, Shimla
UPDATED ON NOV 27, 2020 08:23 AM IST
The weather will get clear from November 27
Ahmed Patel’s demise irreparable loss to party: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2020 03:37 PM IST
Patel, who was critical since the last few days, was admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on November 15 after he developed complications.
Ahmed Patel: Congress’ indispensable man, an emissary and an archetypal party person
By Vinod Sharma | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2020 02:44 PM IST
A three-term Lok Sabha and five-time Rajya Sabha member, Patel never held a ministerial office. He was an archetypal party person, an apparatchik whose membership of the Congress’s core group fetched him a slot on the high table
Great friend, irreplaceable comrade: Congress leaders remember Ahmed Patel
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Srivatsan K C | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2020 02:49 PM IST
“In the shocking demise of Shri. Ahmed Patel ji, the Congress Party has lost one of its strongest pillars & the nation has lost a deeply dedicated leader. With a heavy heart we pay our profound condolences to his family & his followers at this time of grief,” the Congress party tweeted.
Congress’ new internal panels include old guard
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 21, 2020 02:33 AM IST
The appointments come against the backdrop of rumblings within the Congress over the outcome of the assembly elections in Bihar, and by-polls to 58 seats across 11 states.
Sonia Gandhi forms panels on economy, foreign affairs, national security; former PM to head all 3
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 20, 2020 05:43 PM IST
Apart from Manmohan Singh, the committee on economic affairs will have former union ministers P Chidambaram, Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh, who will also be its convenor, besides former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh
‘A Promised Land’: First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir to hit stands on November 17
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 16, 2020 09:46 PM IST
The book, titled ‘A Promised Land’, mentions former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party president Sonia Gandhi.
‘How much does he know about this nation?’: Sanjay Raut in response to Obama’s memoir
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Prashasti Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 14, 2020 06:13 PM IST
“A foreign politician can’t give such opinions on Indian political leaders; subsequent domestic political discourse on it is distasteful. We won’t say ‘Trump is mad’. How much does Obama know about this nation?” Raut said.
What Barack Obama said about Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh in his memoir
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | New York
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2020 09:17 AM IST
The NYT review said in the memoir “we are told of the handsomeness of men like Charlie Crist and Rahm Emanuel, but not the beauty of women, except for one or two instances, as in the case of Sonia Gandhi.”
‘Eager to impress...’: Barack Obama’s book on Rahul Gandhi
By Yashwant Raj | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2020 08:03 AM IST
The observations, whether in direct quotes or paraphrased, are from the review that ostensibly quotes from the book, “A Promised Land”, which is set for public release next week.
This is definitely not the 1991 moment for agriculture, writes Capt Amarinder Singh
By Captain Amarinder Singh
UPDATED ON NOV 02, 2020 07:04 PM IST
Farm laws will destroy the agri-economy and ruin farmers. The Centre must pull back
Two light intensity quakes occur in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur, Chamba
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Dharamshala
PUBLISHED ON OCT 24, 2020 03:37 PM IST
A quake of 3.2 on the Richter scale occurred at Bilaspur, while one of 2.7 intensity rattled Chamba for the second day
My life has been about reconciling contradictions: NK Singh
By Prashant Jha | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 19, 2020 08:38 AM IST
In an interview with HT, Singh examines his early socialisation in Bihar, the economic doctrines that governed India in the 1960s and 1970s and its subsequent evolution, the current political moment, and the structural challenges faced by India.
Sachin Pilot, Ghulam Nabi Azad among Congress’ star campaigners for Bihar
By Aurangzeb Naqshbandi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 11, 2020 05:12 AM IST
The list of star campaigners also includes Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Bihar assembly election 2020: Full list of Congress’ star campaigners for phase 1
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kanishka Sarkar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON OCT 10, 2020 08:04 PM IST
Elections to the 243-seat Bihar assembly will be conducted in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, while the results will be out on November 10.
‘Poor, Dalit have lost a strong voice’: Congress leaders condole death of Ram Vilas Paswan
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Arpan Rai | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON OCT 08, 2020 10:37 PM IST
“The news of untimely demise of Ram Vilas Paswan ji is tragic. The poor and Dalit have lost a strong political voice today. My condolences to his family,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
On Amnesty row, BJP leader quotes ex-PM Manmohan Singh to defend govt
By Smriti Kak Ramachandran | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 29, 2020 09:02 PM IST
Amnesty International, in a statement, said that the freezing of its bank accounts by the Indian government, which it is learnt was done earlier this month, has brought its work to a juddering halt.
After CWC, key Congress poll panel set for rejig
By Aurangzeb Naqshbandi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON SEP 29, 2020 09:09 AM IST
Chances of the CEC being reconstituted before the Bihar elections are bright, given that the panel will select the party candidates for the assembly polls