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Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader who has been the Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries in the Narendra Modi Cabinet since 2023 and 2024 respectively. He was also the Minister of Law and Justice from 2021 to 2023, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State for Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2021. Rijiju was the Minister of State for Home Affairs from 2014 to 2019 in the first Narendra Modi Cabinet. Rijiju won the first Lok Sabha election in 2004 from the Arunachal West constituency when he defeated Arunachal Congress candidate Kamen Ringu with a margin of 47,424 votes. However, he lost the 2009 Lok Sabha polls from the same constituency against Congress candidate Takam Sanjoy by just 1,314 votes. Rijiju left the BJP to join the Congress after his defeat but later returned to the saffron party. Rijiju again won the Arunachal West seat in the 2014 and 2019 elections by defeating Congress candidates Takam Sanjoy and Nabam Tuki respectively. The BJP has again fielded Rijiju from Arunachal West against Congress candidate Nabam Tuki.
Kiren Rijiju
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No plans to demonetise Rs 2,000 notes: Govt informs Parliament
National | Apr 05, 2017, 04:29 PM ISTScotching all rumours of the possible demonetisation of Rs 2,000 notes, the government today said that there were no such plans under consideration for the new currency notes.
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250 Pakistani nationals, 1,750 Bangladeshis deported from India in last three years
National | Mar 30, 2017, 01:46 PM ISTThe government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that around 250 Pakistani nationals and 1,750 Bangladeshis were deported from India in the last three years.
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344 paramilitary personnel committed suicide in 3 years, Govt informs Lok Sabha
National | Mar 29, 2017, 12:00 AM IST344 paramilitary personnel have committed suicide in last three years, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
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Govt carrying out security audit of remote airports, Kiren Rijiju informs Parliament
National | Mar 28, 2017, 02:45 PM ISTThe central government today informed the Parliament that it is carrying out security audit of remote airports in the country as the terrorists may use such installations for anti-national activities.
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Christian population on the rise in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur: Report
India | Mar 08, 2017, 01:01 PM ISTThe Christian population is rising rapidly in at least two north-eastern states of India, namely Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.
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'Pain deeper than ocean': Kiren Rijiju tweets jawan’s old video slamming Afzal sympathisers
National | Mar 01, 2017, 08:06 PM ISTUnion Minister Kiren Rijiju today tweeted an Army jawan’s video slamming Afzal Guru sympathisers.
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'I am not anti-national, nobody polluting my mind': Kargil martyr's daughter to Rijiju
India | Feb 28, 2017, 12:03 AM ISTDelhi University student Gurmehar Kaur on Monday said she was neither an anti-national nor was she being influenced by anybody.
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‘Who’s polluting her mind?’: Kiren Rijiju reacts to DU girl’s campaign against ABVP
India | Feb 27, 2017, 01:20 PM ISTReacting to the social media campaign against ABVP initiated by Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, daughter of Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Monday wondered who was “polluting” her mind.
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Hindu population reducing because they ‘never convert people’: Rijiju
National | Feb 13, 2017, 04:15 PM ISTIn a remark that could trigger controversy, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said that the Hindu population in the country was reducing as the community ‘never converted people’. Rijiju further added that minorities in Indi
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UP reported maximum incidents of communal violence in 2016, says govt
India | Feb 07, 2017, 08:26 PM ISTPoll-bound Uttar Pradesh witnessed maximum incidents of communal violence last year as the number of such cases increased from 155 in 2015 to 162 in 2016, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said today.
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Bengaluru mass molestation: Uproar over Karnataka minister’s ‘irresponsible’ remarks
National | Jan 03, 2017, 01:46 PM ISTUnion Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju condemning Karnataka Home minister G Parameshwara for his remarks and sought immediate action on the culprits.
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Manipur government must act to restore normalcy, says Kiren Rijiju
National | Dec 23, 2016, 06:19 PM ISTThe Centre today issued a stern message to the Manipur government saying that it can't escape responsibility for the "humanitarian crisis" arising out of the 52-day economic blockade by a Naga group and must work
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‘Joke of year’: BJP hits back after Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi ‘terrified’ of him speaking in LS
National | Dec 14, 2016, 08:35 PM ISTBJP today hit back at Rahul Gandhi after the Congress vice-president claimed that he has detailed information about personal corruption by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Congress demands sacking of Kiren Rijiju over alleged 'Rs 450-crore Arunachal power project scam'
National | Dec 13, 2016, 09:57 PM ISTCongress today demanded the sacking of Kiren Rijiju alleging his involvement in the Rs 450-crore Arunachal power scam.
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Fake Indian currency worth Rs 43.83 cr seized in 2015, Rs 27.79 cr till September this year
Dec 06, 2016, 05:26 PM ISTFake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) seized from various parts of the country amounted to Rs 43.83 crore in 2015, whereas such notes worth Rs 27.79 crore were recovered till September 2016, Lok Sabha was informed
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10-year Permanent Residency Status to foreign investors, barring Pak citizens: Govt informs Rajya Sabha
National | Nov 23, 2016, 06:47 PM ISTIndia has decided to grant Permanent Residency Status for 10 years with multiple entry to certain category of foreign investors, barring Pakistani citizens
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Demonetisation has badly hit terror funding: Kiren Rijiju
National | Nov 22, 2016, 01:38 PM ISTMoS for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said that terror funding has been badly hit by demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1,000 notes as their counterfeit supply from Pakistan was affected.
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Two crore Bangladeshis illegally living in India: Govt informs Rajya Sabha
India | Nov 16, 2016, 10:24 PM ISTIn a stunning declaration, the government on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that around two crore illicit Bangladeshi transients are unlawfully staying in India. "As per available inputs, there are around 20 million illegal Bangladeshi migrants
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Bhopal jail break: Stop questioning police, says Kiren Rijiju
National | Nov 01, 2016, 02:09 PM ISTIn the backdrop of opposition parties questioning the government over killing of eight SIMI operative in Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said that raising doubts and questioning police should stop and no conclusion should be drawn o
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‘How will govt counter alien attack’? RTI query stumps MHA
India | Sep 22, 2016, 12:02 PM ISTThe Ministry of Home Affairs has received an RTI query seeking details of government’s action plan to counter a ‘zombie’ or an alien attack.