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  Delhi High Court junks PIL seeking freeze on BJP's lotus symbol

  India | December 21, 2015 21:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking freezing of BJP's election symbol "Lotus" on the ground that it "represents the manifestation of God" and its use during elections was

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  Centre awaiting UP Govt's report on Dadri lynching: Mukhtar A Naqvi

  Politics | December 02, 2015 16:55 IST

  New Delhi: The central government is awaiting a report it had sought from the Akhilesh Yadav dispensation to ascertain factual position and action taken by the state in the Dadri lynching incident, Lok Sabha was

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  7th Pay Commission likely to propose 23% salary hike today

  November 19, 2015 20:17 IST

  New Delhi: The 7th Pay Commission is likely to recommend a 22-23 per cent jump in central government employees salary and allowances.The Pay Commission headed by Justice AK Mathur has suggested a 15 per cent

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  Sajjan Singh Yadav appointed Delhi's VAT commissioner

  India | October 27, 2015 17:32 IST

  New Delhi: Amid the confrontation between the AAP government and the Centre over the appointment of the VAT commissioner, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today appointed senior IAS officer Sajjan Singh Yadav to the post.  The

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  Rs.1,000 crore to be spent in a year on greening highways

  India | September 25, 2015 10:57 IST

  New Delhi : The central government aims to spend around Rs.1,000 crore in a one-year period on greening Indian roads under a policy for highways to be unveiled soon, a senior official said on Thursday."The

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  7th Pay Commission to submit report soon

  India | September 23, 2015 16:55 IST

  New Delhi: Seventh Pay Commission is ready with its recommendations on revising emoluments for nearly 48 lakh central government employees and 55 lakh pensioners, and will soon submit report to the Finance Ministry.Earlier in August,

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  Now, Smart City app for Kolkata suburb

  India | September 09, 2015 12:38 IST

  Kolkata: Say goodbye to confusing roadmaps and guidebooks! A new app will ensure residents and visitors to West Bengal's New Town suburb -- nominated under the central government's Smart City project -- gain easy access to

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  Nitish Kumar urges Centre to grant special status to Bihar

  Politics | September 08, 2015 18:44 IST

  Patna:  Ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has reiterated his demand before the central government to grant "Special Category" status for Bihar.The move seems to be aimed at targetting

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  Government Should Allow International Aid for Jammu and Kashmir Flood Victims: Omar Abdullah

  Politics | September 07, 2015 19:05 IST

  Srinagar:  A year after devastating floods hit Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asked the Centre to allow international aid to the state if it did not have money or was unwilling

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  Supreme Court notice on woman officer's plea for permanent commission

  India | September 02, 2015 2:36 IST

  New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a petition by a decorated woman army officer challenging her release by the army, even though she opted for a permanent

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  Union Minister Maneka Gandhi Blames Environment Degradation for Rising Prices

  Politics | August 28, 2015 1:59 IST

  Bhopal:  Union Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi today blamed environmental degradation for spiraling prices of essential commodities, which has been burning a hole in the pockets of common people."Forests are being cleared and

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  Centre to bear escalated East West Metro project cost: Suresh Prabhu

  India | August 21, 2015 5:28 IST

  Kolkata:  Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said the central government will bear the entire escalated cost of the East West metro rail project, the first phase of which is expected to be completed by

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  Record all employees' Aadhaar in service books: government to Departments

  India | August 06, 2015 3:00 IST

  New Delhi:  All central government ministries have been asked to ensure employees' Aadhaar numbers are recorded in their service books.Instructions have already been issued to ensure inclusion of Aadhaar numbers of employees' in their service

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  Jammu AIIMS protest shutdown extended by 72 hours

  India | August 02, 2015 23:00 IST

  Jammu:  Ignoring appeals to call off their protest shutdown on the AIIMS issue in Jammu region, the agitation committee spearheading the stir on Sunday extended their shutdown by another 72 hours. "The utter failure of the

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  Mahindra Reva unveils 'Mahindra e2o'

  July 29, 2015 10:07 IST

  Hyderabad:  Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt Ltd, a part of the USD 16.9 billion Mahindra Group, today unveiled its all-electric, fully automatic, zero-emission car 'Mahindra e2o' here.Arvind Mathew, Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Reva said the

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  Centre trying to undermine democratic mandate through LG's office: AAP

  Politics | July 24, 2015 3:10 IST

  New Delhi:  The Aam Aadmi Party today alleged that the central government through the office of Lieutenant Governor is trying to undermine the democratic mandate of the people of Delhi.The party's reaction came after the

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  100 IAS officers came under CBI scanner in last 5 years: Government

  Politics | July 23, 2015 15:40 IST

  New Delhi:  100 IAS officers came under theCBI scanner in the last five years for their alleged involvement in various corruption cases with the Central Government according sanction to prosecute 66 of them.The CBI has

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  Making marital rape an offence will lead to false complaints

  India | July 19, 2015 19:25 IST

  New Delhi:  Men's rights activists working for "gender-neutral" family laws have condemned the central government's move to term marital rape an offence, saying any new law would give scope to file false complaints."Marriage has an

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  RJD calls Bihar shutdown on July 27 over caste census

  Politics | July 14, 2015 19:47 IST

  Patna:  A day after leading a protest march through the state capital, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday called for a Bihar bandh (shutdown) on July 27 to protest the withholding of caste-based census data

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  'Viswanathan should have got Padma award

  Politics | July 14, 2015 17:56 IST

  Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday condoled the death of music director Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan and said the central government should have honoured him with a Padma award. In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa