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Cabinet approves setting up of ISRO's technical liaison unit in Moscow
India | Jul 31, 2019, 11:02 PM ISTThe step comes amid the India Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) cooperation with Russia on the Gaganyaan project--India's human space mission programme. An average annual expenditure of about Rs 1.5 crore per annum is anticipated to be incurred at ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) towards salary, office expenses, rent and taxes.
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Cabinet clears changes to Aadhaar Amendment Bill for use of biometric ID in state schemes
India | Jul 24, 2019, 06:46 PM ISTThe Cabinet on Wednesday approved official changes to Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 that incorporates a clause to allow the use of Aadhaar data for state schemes and subsidies.
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Cabinet approves bill to scrap 58 redundant laws
India | Jul 17, 2019, 06:14 PM ISTIn its effort to weed out archaic and dead statutes, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to scrap 58 laws which have lost their relevance.
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Cabinet likely to consider transgender bill on Wednesday
India | Jul 09, 2019, 11:24 PM ISTPassage of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, which aims at empowering the community by defining and protecting their rights, is one of the priorities of the Social Justice and Empowerment ministry in the first 100 days agenda of the second term of the Narendra Modi government, an official source said.
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Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat under pressure to expand cabinet
India | Jul 03, 2019, 09:23 AM ISTThe cabinet expansion is also necessitated by the fact that the Chief Minister is keeping 42 portfolios including Finance, Excise, PWD, Home, Rural Development with himself, making it hard-pressed.
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Amitabh Kant gets two-year extension as Niti Aayog CEO
India | Jun 26, 2019, 04:38 PM ISTThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of Kant's tenure.
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DNA profiling bill likely to come up before Cabinet on Monday
India | Jun 24, 2019, 08:19 AM ISTThe bill was passed in the Lok Sabha in January, but lapsed as it could not be cleared in the Rajya Sabha due to lack of support from the opposition.
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Aadhaar Amendment Bill gets Cabinet nod, to be introduced in coming Parliament session
India | Jun 12, 2019, 09:23 PM ISTThe Bill -- which will be in form of amendment to Aadhaar Act 2016 and other laws and will replace an ordinance issued in March, 2019 -- also proposes stiff penalties for violation of norms.
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Triple talaq: Union Cabinet may consider fresh bill to ban it
India | Jun 12, 2019, 06:57 AM ISTThe Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, which made the practice of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) a penal offence, was opposed by opposition parties which claimed that jail term for the husband for divorcing his wife was legally untenable.
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Modi Sarkar 2.0: UP gets maximum berths in Cabinet, followed by Maharashtra, Bihar
India | May 31, 2019, 07:11 AM ISTDespite the BJP bagging all seven parliamentary seats in Delhi, only Harsh Vardhan-- the winning MP from Chandni Chowk-- could find place in the Modi 2.0 cabinet. Also inducted into the cabinet were Nirmala Sitharaman, a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka.
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Ramdas Athawale hopes to be minister, says expecting 'a phone call'
India | May 30, 2019, 01:15 PM ISTFor a second term, PM Narendra Modi is all set to take oath with a new council of ministers on Thursday. A multi-layered security arrangement is in place in the national capital Delhi.
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Karnataka Congress leaders meet chief minister Kumaraswamy over cabinet reshuffle
India | May 29, 2019, 03:21 PM IST"Our party leaders met Kumaraswamy at the state-run Kumarakrupa guest house in the city to discuss a cabinet reshuffle and ensure the continuation of the government," Congress spokesman Ravi Gowda told IANS.
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Arunachal cabinet recommends assembly's dissolution ahead of BJP legislature party meet
India | May 27, 2019, 08:05 AM ISTThe BJP has emerged as the single largest party in Arunachal Pradesh by winning 41 of the total 60 seats in the House.
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Fly on the wall: Likely candidates in next NaMo cabinet
World | May 25, 2019, 12:01 AM ISTThe NDA's landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections has put the spotlight on the next big headline: the men and women who will be in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers.
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Union Cabinet takes 23 decisions, CCEA five ahead of polls' announcement
Feb 20, 2019, 09:13 AM ISTIt also approved banning of unregulated deposit schemes ordinance, which is expected to find a mention in poll speeches in West Bengal.
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Cabinet Secretary-led search panel did not short-list 2 serving information commissioners for CIC post
India | Jan 20, 2019, 09:38 PM ISTThe search committee led by the Cabinet Secretary had finalised five names to be put before the selection panel, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
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Cabinet approves Rs 3,600 cr for setting up 13 central varsities
India | Jan 16, 2019, 06:05 PM ISTThe new Central universities were established under the Central Universities Act, 2009 in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
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No differences within Raj Cong over portfolio distribution, says Gehlot; 1st Cabinet meet today
National | Dec 28, 2018, 06:48 AM ISTIt was a well-thought out exercise and has been welcomed by the people, he said while justifying the allocation of portfolios.
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Madhya Pradesh: 28 MLAs take oath as ministers
News | Dec 25, 2018, 04:38 PM ISTTwenty eight MLAs took oath as ministers in Madhya Pradesh as Chief Minister Kamal Nath expanded his Cabinet on Tuesday.The oath ceremony took place at Raj Bhawan.
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Rajasthan cabinet formation: 23 ministers take oath today in presence of CM Ashok Gehlot
Dec 24, 2018, 11:59 AM ISTRajasthan can have a total of 30 ministers including the chief minister.