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“If voted to power, I.N.D.I.A. bloc will remove 50 per cent cap on reservation”: Rahul Gandhi

Ranchi, 5/2: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised a nationwide caste census and removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservation if the I.N.D.I.A. bloc forms the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. He also alleged that the BJP tried to topple the JMM-Congress-RJD government in Jharkhand as the chief…

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Congress should look outside Gandhi family for leadership: Sharmistha Mukherjee

New Delhi, 5/2: Congress leader and former president Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee on Monday said the time has come that the party should look outside the Nehru-Gandhi family for its leadership. Speaking to PTI on the sidelines of the 17th Jaipur Literature Festival here, she said the number of Congress’ seats in the Lok…

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Rahul Gandhi meets Hemant Soren’s wife in Ranchi

Ranchi, 5/2: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday met former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren, days after the JMM executive president was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said Gandhi met Kalpana Soren a few minutes before a public rally at…

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India beat England by 106 runs in second Test to level five-match series 1-1

Visakhapatnam, 5/2: Indian bowlers won an engrossing battle against England’s firebrand batting for a series-levelling 106-run victory in the second Test here on Monday, blunting ‘Bazball’ with their resilience in a roller-coaster contest. England began day four at 67 for one, chasing a record target of 399. They were bowled out for 292 in the…

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