Cabinet
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Narendra Modi Cabinet leaner than UPA and previous NDA
National | Nov 09, 2014, 06:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: The big expansion of his Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today has taken the number of ministers to 66 but it is still leaner than those headed by Manmohan Singh
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Maharashtra: Fadnavis Cabinet not to be expanded before floor test
National | Nov 02, 2014, 09:20 AM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made it clear that the his Cabinet wil not be expanded till floor test is complete. The BJP government needs to prove its majorit on the floor of
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Cabinet rejects commission report on church attacks
India | Oct 16, 2014, 08:38 PM ISTBangalore: Rejecting the Somashekhar Commission report on the church attacks in 2000, the Karnataka cabinet today decided to ask the home department to take action, as per the recommendations of National Human Rights Commission, against
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David Cameron reshuffles cabinet ahead of general elections
World | Jul 16, 2014, 08:02 AM ISTLondon: British Prime Minister David Cameron undertook a major cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, appointing more women ministers in his cabinet ahead of the general elections next year.The reshuffle, which started on Monday, saw dozens of
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Lawyers dominate Modi's cabinet
India | Jun 08, 2014, 10:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: One-third of the Union Council of Ministers are law degree holders while two are doctors and nine graduates in various other streams.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh are among 12
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Cabinet passes resolution condoling Munde's death
National | Jun 03, 2014, 11:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: The union cabinet Tuesday passed a resolution condoling the death of Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde in a car accident here.Munde would be cremated in his village in Maharashtra Wednesday "with full state
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TDP recommends Gajapathi's name for induction into Cabinet
National | May 25, 2014, 11:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: TDP today recommended the name of party MP Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who won from Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency, to be inducted into the Union Cabinet. “Ashok Gajapathi's name has suggested to be inducted
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Court dismisses Thai PM, part of cabinet from office
World | May 07, 2014, 04:27 PM ISTBangkok: Thailand's beleaguered premier Yingluck Shinawatra and nine cabinet ministers were today dismissed from office by a court that found her guilty of abuse of power for the benefit of her powerful family, plunging the
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Cabinet clears SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Amendment Ordinance
India | Mar 03, 2014, 07:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a bid to woo the SCs and STs ahead of elections, government on Sunday cleared an ordinance making penal provisions more stringent to deter people committing crimes against members of these communities.The
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Cabinet defers consideration of anti-corruption ordinances
India | Feb 28, 2014, 04:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: The much-anticipated anti-graft ordinances being pushed by Rahul Gandhi were today put off by the Union Cabinet.The Cabinet which met for nearly two hours decided to postpone the ordinances amid speculation that its
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Cabinet approves state support, shareholder agreement for DMIC
India | Jan 29, 2014, 10:39 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra cabinet today approved the state support and shareholder agreement for the 1483-km Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), which will run through six states.Addressing a press conference after the weekly cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Prithviraj
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Sunanda death: Naidu demands removal of Tharoor from cabinet
National | Jan 18, 2014, 11:10 PM ISTHyderabad: TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu today demanded that Union Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor be removed from the Cabinet till the probe into his wife Sunanda Pushkar's suspicious death gets over.In a
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Cabinet approves 10,000 more MBBS seats in India
India | Jan 09, 2014, 10:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government on Thursday approved a proposal to increase the number of MBBS seats in the country by 10,000 by upgrading existing state and central government medical colleges.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
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Cabinet approves regulatory framework for TV rating agencies
India | Jan 09, 2014, 10:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government on Thursday introduced a comprehensive regulatory framework for television rating agencies in India.The framework in the form of guidelines was approved by the union cabinet in a meeting here.The guidelines cover
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Cabinet approves constitutional status for Judicial Appointments Commission
India | Dec 26, 2013, 04:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid demands by jurists and BJP, government today gave the go ahead to grant constitutional status to a proposed Commission for appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary to ensure that
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GoM clears Telangana, Cabinet to discuss today
India | Dec 05, 2013, 08:33 AM ISTHyderabad: The Group of Ministers (GoM) last night cleared the draft bill for the creation of a state of Telangana.The Union Cabinet will consider the GoM's report today.According to the reports it is believed that
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Cabinet nod for Legislative Council in Assam
India | Nov 28, 2013, 09:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Assam is set to get a legislative council nearly 66 years after it was abolished, post Independence.A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today approved a proposal to
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Narendra Modi inducts 6 more ministers into cabinet
India | Nov 01, 2013, 05:00 PM ISTGandhinagar: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today inducted six ministers, including an expelled Congress leader into his cabinet. Governor Kamla Beniwal sworn in all six ministers at a swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan. The six
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Cabinet clears revised PMA policy for electronic, telecom equipment
Oct 17, 2013, 07:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Cabinet today approved a revised version of the Preferential Market Access (PMA) policy that will apply to the supply of electronic and telecom equipment that has security implications.“PMA policy which is linked
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Cabinet approves creation of Telangana as 29th state
India | Oct 03, 2013, 10:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre today took the first significant step towards creation of a separate Telangana state from out of Andhra Pradesh and decided that Hyderabad will be the joint capital of the two states