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Subsidized LPG cylinders should be raised from 9 to 12: Rahul

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): During his speech at the AICC meet on Friday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi made the biggest demand to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He asked Prime Minister to increase the cap on annual sales of subsidized cooking gas cylinders to 12 from 9 per household. Jan 17, 2014
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Congress took steps to ensure power to people: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meet on Friday said that the Congress had taken a lot of steps to ensure power to the people and that the Right To Information Act (RTI) was one of them. He also said that the Congress played a vital role in transforming the Panchayati Raj system. Jan 17, 2014
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South Korean President pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): South Korean President Park Geun-hye paid homage at Rajghat, the memorial of iconic freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi on Friday. Accompanied by delegates from South Korea, Park laid a wreath at the memorial and was presented with Gandhi's statue by MoS for external affairs Preneet Kaur. Park will also address a meeting of leading Indian businessmen and industrialists to strengthen trade ties between the two Asian nations in New Delhi. Park is on an official four-day visit to India. Jan 17, 2014
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Congress will win elections, make Rahul Gandhi PM: Harish Rawat

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Harish Rawat on Friday said that the Congress will win the elections, and then make party Vice President Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister. Sonia Gandhi at the All India Congress Committee meet had said that the decision taken yesterday by the party that Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be the poll panel head is final, and that the Congress was ready for the battle. Jan 17, 2014
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Kumar Vishwas on Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): A day after the Congress announced that party Vice President Rahul Gandhi is not their PM candidate for the upcoming general election; Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on Friday claimed that according to his information, Amethi is not confirming Rahul Gandhi's MP ticket. He also said that now even the sympathizers of BSP and SP wants AAP to win from Amethi. Jan 17, 2014
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Rahul's role is final, Congress ready for battle: Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday at the All India Congress Committee meet said that the decision taken yesterday by the party that Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be the poll panel head is final, and that the Congress was ready for the battle. She added that Congress is ready for the battle. Jan 17, 2014
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Congress and corruption made for each other, will leave nation together: Naqvi

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that Congress and corruption are made for each other and that both will leave the nation together when India will desire so. After Rahul Gandhi was announced as Congress' poll campaign head and not the PM candidate, Naqvi said that it hardly affects the situation. Further, commenting on Sonia Gandhi's statement that party should work in unison, Naqvi said that Congress has unity only with corruption. Jan 17, 2014
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Sonia Gandhi accuses BJP of spreading communalism

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday at the All India Congress Committee meet assailed the BJP and said it is spreading communalism and using divisive policies in the country. She further said that secularism is of utter importance for the Congress party. Jan 17, 2014
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Rahul not PM candidate, Politicos says Congress scared

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): After Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was announced as head of party's poll campaign, defeating speculations on him being the PM candidate, politicos said that Congress is scared. BJP Vice President Vinay Katiyar said that Congress and Gandhi is scared of Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, JD (U) leader Ali Anwar said that Gandhi has lost self-confidence and is scared of losing in the upcoming 2014 elections. Jan 17, 2014
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UK to investigate on its involvement in 1984 Operation Bluestar

New Delhi/ Amritsar, Jan 17 (ANI): United Kingdom said that it would investigate into the declassified letters, which suggest that it colluded with India's former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, upon whose orders Indian security forces entered the Golden Temple in Amritsar 1984, to flush out militants. During his visit for a bilateral meet with MoS for Labour and Employment K Suresh, the United Kingdom's MoS for Skills and Enterprise Mathew Hancock emphasised on the strong bonds between the two nations. Britain's Labour party's minister says that he has seen documents which suggest then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's administration dispatched Britain's Special Air Service (SAS) officers to help Indira Gandhi in the storming of the Golden Temple. Jan 17, 2014
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Rahul Gandhi not PM candidate, will head Congress poll campaign: CWC

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi announced that the party's Vice President Rahul Gandhi will head the campaign for the upcoming general elections. Dwivedi announced this decision while addressing mediapersons after the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in the national capital. The CWC meeting was held to announce Gandhi's role for the upcoming 2014 elections and other issues. When questions were raised about Congress being tight lipped about the announcement of its PM candidate, Dwivedi retaliated that it is not a trend to be followed. Jan 17, 2014