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Narendra Modi won't bar ministers from wearing jeans: Javadekar
India | Sep 03, 2014, 08:08 AMNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives his ministerial colleagues all the freedom and encourages them to take decisions, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said yesterday while remarking that "policy paralysis" had come to
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Media should devise 'self evolved mechanisms': I&B Minister
India | Sep 02, 2014, 09:29 PMNew Delhi: The government today stressed that media should devise “self evolved mechanisms” to control itself saying freedom of press has not come free and every freedom entails responsibility.Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar, while
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Pakistan should mend its ways, avoid tension with India: Prakash Javadekar
Politics | Aug 31, 2014, 04:51 PMJaipur: Expressing concern over frequent ceasefire violations, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today cautioned Pakistan that it should avoid increasing tension along the border as it would not be beneficial to it.“We fully
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Pakistan should mend its ways, avoid tension with India: Javadekar
India | Aug 31, 2014, 04:21 PMJaipur: Expressing concern over frequent ceasefire violations, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today cautioned Pakistan that it should avoid increasing tension along the border as it would not be beneficial to it.“We fully
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Centre will soften, redefine environmental norms: Javadekar
India | Aug 30, 2014, 10:17 PMDehradun: Stressing that environment and progress can supplement each other, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today spoke of softening and redefining of parameters to allow quarrying in rivers.Javadekar, after meeting with Uttrakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat
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SC decision on coal blocks to ultimately benefit economy: Javadekar
India | Aug 26, 2014, 05:58 PMNew Delhi: The Supreme Court decision treating as illegal all coal block allocations since 1993 till 2010 will ultimately benefit the country's economy, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today."Yesterday, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has already
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BJP slams Sonia Gandhi, says Congress most communal party
Politics | Aug 13, 2014, 04:35 PMNew Delhi: The BJP today hit back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her remarks on "increase" in communal incidents in the country after it came to power, saying the charges were "baseless" and an
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Opposition not being allowed to speak in parliament, Rahul Gandhi complains to Advani
Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 04:53 PMNew Delhi: An upset Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is understood to have today conveyed his displeasure to senior BJP leader L K Advani about the opposition allegedly not being allowed to speak on important
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Government to convene all-party meet on UPSC row
Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 04:01 PMNew Delhi: Under fire from the Opposition on the UPSC row, Government today decided to convene an all-party meeting on the issue while indicating its unwillingness to postpone the civil services preliminary examination scheduled for
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Pro Kabaddi: Classy U Mumba crush hapless Puneri Paltan
Other Sports | Aug 05, 2014, 07:59 AMNEW DELHI: U Mumba produced a clinical performance to thrash Puneri Paltan 44-28 in today's first match in the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League here at the Thyagraj Stadium.The Union Information & Broadcast Mminister Prakash
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UPSC row: One more attempt to be allowed for aspirants who appeared in 2011
India | Aug 04, 2014, 04:02 PMNew Delhi: In a major development to end the row over the alleged language bias in the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examination, the Centre on Monday said that one more attempt will be
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Rajya Sabha adjourned again over UPSC row
Politics | Aug 05, 2014, 11:24 AMNew Delhi: The UPSC exam row again echoed in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as opposition members pressed the government to find a solution.The question house was disrupted over a derogatory article about Tamil Nadu
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UPSC row: RJD MP Pappu Yadav throws paper at LS Speaker
Politics | Aug 01, 2014, 03:45 PMNew Delhi: The UPSC exam row generated heat in both Houses of Parliament with RJD MP Pappu Yadav tearing a paper and throwing it towards the Speaker in Lok Sabha and almost the entire opposition
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Indo-US group to work very closely on climate change: Javadekar
India | Jul 30, 2014, 11:47 PMNew Delhi: Terming the Indo-US Joint Working Group as an “important platform” for addressing environment and sustainable development concerns, Environment minister Prakash Javadekar today said the group needs to work “very closely” and develop common
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UPSC issue again echoes in Rajya Sabha
Politics | Jul 30, 2014, 03:38 PMNew Delhi: The UPSC row again echoed in Rajya Sabha Wednesday with the JD-U and other opposition parties questioning what the government is doing to resolve it.Raising the issue in the house, Janata Dal-United leader
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BJP leaders attend Shahnawaz Hussain's Eid lunch
Politics | Jul 30, 2014, 11:54 AMNew Delhi: A number of BJP leaders, including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, today attended a lunch hosted by party leader Shahnawaz Hussain to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr.Other Union Ministers like M Venkaiah
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RSS outfits oppose GM crop trials, government says no decision yet
Politics | Jul 30, 2014, 11:54 AMNew Delhi: Two RSS-linked outfits today met Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and claimed the clearance given by biotech regulator for field trials of genetically-modified crops has been put on hold but the government said no
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Winds of change in offices: Minister saab is watching
Politics | Jul 27, 2014, 03:28 PMNew Delhi: Most officials are reporting for work on the dot at 9 a.m. and, those who get delayed, especially those coming from outside Delhi, have to perforce take the day off as "minister saab",
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BJP distances itself from a party leader's statement on Sania Mirza
Tennis | Jul 25, 2014, 12:49 PMNew Delhi: BJP today distanced itself from a party leader's statement on tennis star Sania Mirza calling her a 'daughter-in-law' of Pakistan, saying it was not BJP's position. "This is not BJP's position," senior BJP
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Modi government's media policy - keep them away?
Politics | Jul 21, 2014, 01:07 PMNew Delhi: It has been almost two months since Narendra Modi took charge as India's prime minister, but the new government is yet to spell out its media and information policy - except by default.
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