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  Centre has failed to protect security forces personnel: Azam Khan

  Politics | December 07, 2014 16:57 IST

  Rampur (UP): Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan said the central government has failed to protect security forces personnel who are being killed by militants and Maoists from Jammu and Kashmir in the north to

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  Bureaucrat can't be victimized for criticising government: SC

  India | September 24, 2014 6:59 IST

  New Delhi: A bureaucrat cannot be victimized for criticising government before a judicial forum, as it does not amount to service misconduct, the Supreme Court has said while slapping a fine of Rs 5 lakh

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  Centre seeks daily report from J&K government on relief and rehabilitation work

  India | September 16, 2014 9:18 IST

  New Delhi: The Central government has asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to provide daily report on the relief and rehabilitation assistance to the people in order to ensure that there are no gaps in

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  Centre may drop mandatory police verification for government jobs

  India | September 04, 2014 15:58 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre is considering a move to drop mandatory police verification of candidates selected for government jobs and may accept self-attestation certificates from them.The issue of omitting the need of police verification of

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  SC notice to Centre on PIL for precautions against Ebola

  India | August 29, 2014 17:27 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking immediate steps for proper screening of international flyers coming to India from Ebola virus-affected countries to prevent the deadly virus

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  J&K Assembly asks government to provide ration at Rs 2/kg

  India | August 27, 2014 19:06 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today adopted a resolution asking the government to provide 35 kilograms ration to each family at the rate of Rs two per kilogram.The Private Member's resolution was adopted by

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  Except peons, all employees to file property returns: Government

  India | August 26, 2014 21:43 IST

  New Delhi: All central government employees, except those working as peons or multi tasking staff, need to declare their assets and liabilities and those of their spouses and dependent children as mandatory obligation under Lokpal

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  UP flood toll at 28; more than 1,000 villages hit

  India | August 17, 2014 20:31 IST

  Lucknow: Twenty-eight persons have died so far in Uttar Pradesh in floods which have hit the state with several rivers flowing above the danger mark and posing a threat to more than 1,000 villages in

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  NTPC power plants have 2 days of coal stock left; Government steps in

  India | July 17, 2014 21:00 IST

  New Delhi: As electricity demand peaks due to sub-normal monsoon, state-owned NTPC has warned that power plants are running on very low coal stock of less than two days, prompting government to take steps to

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  No 'wish list' for Modi, says Omar Abdullah

  Politics | July 02, 2014 18:41 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he does not have a “wish list” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will visit here later this week, but will only demand the state's

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  Justice Mathur to head 7th Central Pay Commission

  India | February 04, 2014 15:11 IST

  New Delhi: Former Supreme Court Judge Ashok Kumar Mathur will head the 7th Pay Commission, which will revise salaries of over 50 lakh central government employees and remuneration of 30 lakh pensioners.“The Prime Minister has

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  Jains granted minority status by central government

  India | January 21, 2014 0:01 IST

  New Delhi:  Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Jain community was today accorded minority status by the central government which will enable them to avail of benefits in government schemes and programmes.The decision to

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  Karnataka seeks drought aid from central government

  India | December 27, 2013 8:10 IST

  Bangalore: Karnataka yesterday sought Rs.1,719 crore from the central government toward drought relief to the affected people and farmers in the state's 10 drought-hit districts, especially Tumkur."We have sought Rs.1,719 crore from the central government

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  Central government probing Bhushan plant mishap

  India | November 20, 2013 8:26 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The central government Tuesday deputed a senior official to probe Odisha's Bhushan Steel Plant mishap nearly a week ago that left one dead and several injured.Minister of State for Labour and Employment Kodikunnil Suresh

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  Foodgrain allocation for Maharashtra to increase to 45 lakh tonnes

  India | September 29, 2013 19:15 IST

  Mumbai: Foodgrain allocation to Maharashtra from the Central government would increase from the current 36.5 lakh tonnes to 45 lakh tonnes after the National Food Security Bill comes into effect, Union Minister for Rural Development

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  Mamata not to accept present Indo-Bangla boundary agreement

  India | August 25, 2013 7:06 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday night said it was indeed difficult to accept the present proposal of giving away land to Bangladesh without agreement from the state government."In the Land Boundary

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  Centre suffering from 'multi-organ failure': Yashwant Sinha

  Politics | June 24, 2013 14:21 IST

  Jamshedpur, June 24: Lambasting the Congress-led UPA government's failure to bring the economy back on the track, senior BJP leader and former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has said the Centre was suffering from “multi-organ

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  Centre disregarding federal structure: Narendra Modi

  Politics | June 19, 2013 10:52 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 19: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the Planning Commission were on Tuesday at loggerheads at the annual plan meeting with Modi accusing the Centre of adopting 'big brother' attitude disregarding the

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  Centre may hike DA to 80 per cent tomorrow

  India | April 01, 2013 22:32 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 1 :  Union Cabinet is likely to approve tomorrow a proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 per cent from existing 72 per cent benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30

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  Centre should respect TN assembly resolution: CPI

  India | March 31, 2013 23:00 IST

  Thanjavur, TN, Mar 31: The CPI today said the Centre should respect the resolution passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly asking it to stop treating Sri Lanka as a friendly nation and to slap sanctions