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Committed to restoring J&K statehood, says PM Modi at all-party meet

Farooq Abdullah overtly flagged a return to the pre-5 August 2019 status of J&K when Article 370 was written down. In an emotional speech he spoke about the loss of trust

Modi doesn't hide true self: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad hails PM

Earlier this month, Azad, who served as Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha, retired from the House

Cong leader Mallikarjun Kharge is new Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has become the new leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha following the retirement of Ghulam Nabi Azad

Artfully crafted performance: Tharoor on PM's emotional farewell to Azad

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Wednesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emotional farewell speech for Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad an "artfully crafted performance". The Prime Minister had turned emotional several times in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday while recalling his close association with Congress leader Azad, whose term in the House ended. Participating in a discussion on former Vice President Hamid Ansari's book "By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life", Tharoor said, "It (the farewell speech by the PM) was a very artfully crafted performance." "It was partly in response to Tikait's tears that he decided he also has tears," Tharoor said, referring to farmer leader Rakesh Tikait who broke into tears recently while talking about the ongoing farmers' protests at the Ghazipur border. Reminiscing about their long association, Modi said that as chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat, both of them kept in touch with each other. Sharing details of thei

Farewell, Azad: The incident that brought tears to PM Modi's eyes

Country needs Ghulam Nabi Azad's political sagacity, commitment: Deve Gowda

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Wednesday said the country needs Ghulam Nabi Azad's political sagacity and commitment, as he retires from the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha members bid farewell to four retiring members

Rajya Sabha on Tuesday bid farewell to four retiring members of the Upper House with Deputy Chairman Harivansh heaping lavish praise on the leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad

PM gets emotional while reminiscing about his ties with Ghulam Nabi Azad

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's Rajya Sabha term is coming to an end next week

Taking swipe at Cong's G-23 row, PM hopes party learns from Ghulam Azad

Azad, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, was among the letter writers who had triggered a storm in the Congress with their step and had drawn a sharp reaction from Gandhi loyalists

Congress to name new Rajya Sabha leader as Ghulam Nabi Azad's term ends

The Congress would be naming its new Leader of Opposition in the Upper House as Ghulam Nabi Azad's term as a member of the Rajya Sabha is ending this month.

Ghulam Nabi Azad tests positive for Covid-19, goes into home isolation

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad has tested positive for Covid-19 and has quarantined himself at home.

Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet Prez over farm Bills, suspension of MPs: Report

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad will meet President Ram Nath Kovind at 5 pm on Wednesday over the farm Bills and the suspension of the eight MPs, sources said

Oppn to boycott Rajya Sabha till suspension of 8 members revoked: Azad

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said the opposition will boycott the proceedings of the House till the suspension of eight members is revoked

Sonia removes Azad, Soni, Vora and Kharge as AICC general secretaries

She also set up a special committee comprising senior leaders A K Antony, Ahmed Patel, and Ambika Soni to assist her in party matters

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal should exit Cong, join BJP: Ramdas Athawale

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has suggested that senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal should resign from the Congress party and join the Bharatiya Janata Party

As RS polls near, fever to destabilise state govts rises: Ghulam Nabi Azad

The BJP's policy has always been to ensure that states do not get any government except that of the party, he said.

Manmohan Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad not to attend banquet for Donald Trump

Singh and Azad will not attend as Rashtrapati Bhavan has not invited Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi to the banquet, Congress sources said

'Don't have capability to build roads in Bihar': What was Gadkari implying?

Was Gadkari taking a swipe at the Bihar government?

Citizenship Act: Centre responsible for violence across India, says Azad

He also alleged that the removal of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir has "seen the "death" of wishes of people of the state and now what would one expect from the people who are "dead" now.

J&K has freedom of expression; inciting speeches must stop: Centre to SC

In August, the central government had scrapped Article 370 and bifurcate the erstwhile state into two UTs -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh