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Topic: Amethi

India & Russia begin joint manufacturing of AK 203 rifles in UP, might export them too

India and Russia had inked an agreement in December 2021 for procurement of 6,01,427 assault rifles through Korwa Ordnance Factory in Amethi.

Congress left empty-handed in ‘home’ constituencies of Amethi and Rae Bareli

From a tally of two out of 10 seats in 2017, Congress is down to 0 in the Gandhi family bastion. Compared to six seats last time, BJP in leading in four and SP is ahead in six.

‘Is Modi Hindu or Hindutvawadi?’ asks Rahul at Amethi rally, says they are two different things

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had also sought to make a distinction between Hinduism and Hindutva at a rally in Jaipur earlier this week.

In 2014, Smriti Irani told she’d be shot in Amethi, husband devised plan to save her — book

In 'Amethi Sangram: Aitihasik Jeet Ankahi Dastan', journalist Anant Vijay details BJP leader Smriti Irani's campaign in Gandhi pocket borough she succeeded in snatching from Congress.  

BJP wants to do an Amethi in Baramati but doesn’t have a Smriti Irani to defeat Pawar clan

BJP is confident of winning the Maharashtra assembly elections. But its hopes in Baramati are tenuously hanging on ‘outsider’ Gopichand Padalkar.

Serial party-hopper, ‘Raja of Amethi’ Sanjay Sinh says he quit Congress as it’s ‘headless’

Sanjay Sinh started with Congress in the 1980s, then moved to Janata Dal, then to the BJP. He was back to the Congress, which made him Rajya Sabha MP from Assam.

Sanjay Singh criticises Congress for being ‘unaware of future’, quits party to return to BJP

A member of the Amethi royal family, Sanjay Sinh also resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat, saying the Congress was "still in the past".

Rahul finally reaches Amethi, promises action against ‘helicopter-flying’ party leaders

In Amethi for the first time since 2019 Lok Sabha poll verdict, Rahul Gandhi blamed his defeat on local leaders who stayed away from people.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi for the first time after Lok Sabha defeat to Smriti Irani

On 10 July, Rahul Gandhi will travel to Amethi -- a former Congress bastion that handed Smriti Irani a win by over 52,000 votes this Lok Sabha election.

Army chief’s new experiment — Major General is CEO of AK-203 rifle factory in Amethi

Major General Sanjeev Sengar has been appointed CEO for 4 years, the first time in decades that a uniformed officer will head an ordnance factory.

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Digital push for grassroots banking: 2 new apps to transform urban cooperative banks for 9 cr users

Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.