Category: Politics
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Labour Diversity Night
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At the totally rammed Labour Diversity Night – popular Indian culture being celebrated “vigorously” by almost all the shadow cabinet! Wonder what will happen when the get into power!
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Labour Friends of India – A Labour of Love we should all feel proud of
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Yesterday we celebrated the deep relationship between the Labour Party and India at the Labour Party conference in Manchester. Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party was the chief guest. It was jointly hosted by Barry Gardiner MP and the Indian High Commissioner. Ed Miliband reaffirmed the Party’s long…
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Labour MP Barry Gardiner's speech on J & K
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Labour MP Barry Gardiner’s speech on Jammu & Kashmir in the UK Parliament today. Worth a full read.
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India’s move away from a please-all policy
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Washington at the end of September for his first official meeting with US President Barack Obama. It will cap a month of feverish, high-powered diplomacy, which, some say, could herald a more proactive phase in New Delhi’s engagement with the world.
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Tackling Financial Untouchability in India
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In his Independence Day speech, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said 75 million families (almost 400 million people) lacking access to banking services is akin to untouchability that was prevalent against the so-called lower castes till a few decades ago.
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I am supporting Uma Kumaran – will you?
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Uma has been selected by the Labour Party to stand as a member of parliament for Harrow East.
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Violence Against Women & Girls – Labour's Commitment
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I am pleased that Ed Miliband has announced a major commitment to tackling violence against women and girls in the UK. He has appointed the very able Seema Malhotra MP as shadow minister with a specific brief to look at ways in which this issue can be tackled.
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Violence Against Women & Girls – Labour's Commitment
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I am pleased that Ed Miliband has announced a major commitment to tackling violence against women and girls in the UK. He has appointed the very able Seema Malhotra MP as shadow minister with a specific brief to look at ways in which this issue can be tackled.
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Modi bats for India: Building toilets (and much more)
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As pointers to the direction his government proposes to take India in, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech can’t be faulted. His focus on sanitation, safety of the girl child, village development, mutually beneficial ties with neighbouring countries, skill development for the youth, manufacturing and exports has set the…
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India is right to block WTO deal
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The choice was stark before the Indian government: it could ratify the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the WTO meeting in Geneva and leave 800 million of its poor people at the mercy of market forces, or it could stand up for them and risk the opprobrium of the US…