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Presidential Invite for G20 Dinner Sparks Opposition Debate: ‘India’ Or ‘Bharat’?

September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 Editor

Opposition Alleges Rashtrapati Bhavan Used ‘President of Bharat’ in G20 Dinner Invite The opposition Congress party on Tuesday alleged that the Rashtrapati Bhavan had sent out an invite for a G20 dinner, with the invite reading ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the ‘President of India.’ Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the development was “deeply disturbing” and that it “undermines the basic values of our Constitution.” He also said that the Article 1 of the Constitution, which defines India as a “Union of States,” would now have to be changed…

Opposition, Hurriyat on same page over amnesty to stone-pelters

December 4, 2017 Editor

The Hurriyat Conference and Opposition parties NC and Congress are on the same page over the scrapping of cases against stone-throwers and stated that the PDP was only trying to recover the “ground lost by the party’’ after the “massive” pro-freedom protests in Kashmir. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti led PDP-BJP coalition government’s decision to grant amnesty to “first time stone-pelters” is seen by the pro-freedom camp a policy “ framed in Nagpur, packaged in Delhi and marketed in Kashmir with a very deep motive”. But people who faced cases say…

Govt heading for GST Showdown with Trade bodies, Opposition

June 16, 2017 Editor

KTMF, KTF call for strike on Saturday ‘We don’t believe in ‘One India One Tax’, we have a special status’ Kashmir Joint Business Forum warns govt against ‘major confrontation’ Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) and Kashmir Traders Federation (KTF) have called for state-wide strike on Saturday as a mark of protest and resentment against the proposed implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference, KTMF President, Muhammad Yasin Khan, who also heads Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), said: “We have given a call…