Cabinet
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Cabinet to discuss tomorrow ordinance, trashed by Rahul as 'nonsense'
National | Oct 01, 2013, 06:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Cabinet is meeting tomorrow and may decide to withdraw the controversialordinance on convicted lawmakers in the wake of its denunciation by Rahul Gandhi, who has dubbed it as “complete nonsense” and
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Cabinet to meet on October 2, to decide on controversial ordinance
India | Sep 30, 2013, 04:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Cabinet is meeting on October 2 to take a call on possible withdrawal of thecontroversial Ordinance on convicted lawmakers, whose fate appears to have already been sealed after Rahul Gandhi's strong
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Cabinet approves nearly Rs 2,000 crore port road project
India | Sep 24, 2013, 08:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: The cabinet on Tuesday approved the upgrading of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) port road project in Maharashtra with a total outlay of Rs.1,943.37 crore.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved
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Cabinet approves buying USD 4.3 billion World Bank bonds
National | Sep 12, 2013, 08:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government today approved a proposal to invest USD 4.3 billion in World Bank bonds, which will help the country secure additional funding from the multilateral agency for infrastructure projects. “The Cabinet has
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Cabinet note on NHPC share buyback soon
Sep 12, 2013, 04:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: The country's largest hydro power producer NHPC will buy back its shares worth Rs 1,600 crore from the market and the Power Ministry will soon float a Cabinet note for the same.According to
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Cabinet passes Judicial Appointments Bill
National | Aug 23, 2013, 10:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: Overcoming resistance from the judiciary, the government today took a significant decision to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high courts.The Cabinet today approved the bill which
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Cabinet approves Judicial Appointments Commission bill
India | Aug 23, 2013, 08:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: Overcoming resistance from the judiciary, the government on Thursday took a significant decision to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high courts.The Cabinet today approved the bill
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Bill to tax super-rich not taken up by Cabinet
India | Aug 22, 2013, 11:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: A proposal to tax the super-rich at a higher income tax rate of 35 per cent in the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill was not taken up by the Cabinet today.While the Bill
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Cabinet negates SC verdict on debarring convicted MPs, MLAs from contesting
India | Aug 23, 2013, 07:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Seeking to negate two Supreme Court verdicts, the Cabinet today gave its nod to proposals that will allow people in jail to contest polls and convicted MPs and MLAs to retain their membership
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MP cabinet expanded, 4 ministers inducted
India | Aug 14, 2013, 11:13 PM ISTBhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was expanded this evening, with the induction of two cabinet ministers and two ministers of state. Those who took oath are:
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Telangana: Govt says, cabinet note will deal with substantive issues
India | Aug 05, 2013, 04:56 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 5: Amidst an uproar over creation of Telangana, Government today told Parliament that a Cabinet note is being prepared to go into substantive and procedural issues concerning formation of the new state.“In
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Cabinet approves keeping political parties out of RTI ambit
National | Aug 01, 2013, 10:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, August 1: The union cabinet on Thursday approved an amendment to the Right to Information (RTI) Act which aims at keeping the political parties out of its ambit, said informed sources.The issue has
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Cabinet clears 100% FDI in telecom
Aug 02, 2013, 10:01 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 2: The cabinet on Thursday cleared 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the telecom sector, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here. "There has been detailed discussion and now it has
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Hemant Soren finds it tough to assemble his cabinet
India | Jul 22, 2013, 01:08 PM ISTRanchi, July 22: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren won the trust vote July 18 but is delaying the cabinet expansion to keep the alliance partners together to sail through the monsoon session of the assembly
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Gehlot Cabinet approves Agriculture Policy, Memu coach factory
India | Jun 26, 2013, 08:33 PM ISTJaipur, June 26: Rajasthan government today approved a new agriculture policy, land allotment for a Memu rail coach factory at Bhilwara, and housing policy for lawyers. The Agriculture Policy (AP) is aimed at doubling production
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Cabinet clears conciliation to resolve Vodafone tax issue
Jun 04, 2013, 10:16 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 4 : In a bid to break the stalemate on the Vodafone tax issue, the Cabinet today approved a proposal for non-binding conciliation with the British telephone major, the outcome of which
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Cabinet agrees to reduce age of consent to 16
India | Mar 14, 2013, 10:32 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 14 : The union cabinet Thursday cleared the anti-rape bill by agreeing to replace the word “sexual assault” with “rape” and reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16, informed sources
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Cabinet Defers Anti-Rape Bill Again
National | Mar 12, 2013, 12:38 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 12: A bill which seeks to make punishment for crime against women more stringent was today referred to a Group of Ministers for further consultations after differences erupted in the meeting of
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Bill on anti-rape law likely to come up before Cabinet on Thursday
National | Mar 07, 2013, 10:42 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 6: A person in authority convicted of rape will have to spend rest of his natural life in jail, according to a proposal in the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill which is likely
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Rape with death can now attract death penalty
India | Feb 02, 2013, 12:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 1: Rape that leads to death of the victim or leaving her in a vegetative state can now attract death penalty under an ordinance cleared by the Union Cabinet tonight in a