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Centre calls protesting farmers for talks on December 1
India | Dec 01, 2020, 12:04 AM ISTUnion Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has invited protesting farmers for talks at 3 pm on Tuesday citing the winter season and pandemic.
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Govt okays 28 projects in 10 states, likely to create over 10,000 jobs
Business | Nov 21, 2020, 09:57 PM ISTAs many as 28 projects spread over 10 states were approved under the CEFPPC Scheme during the Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee (IMAC) meeting that took place on Saturday.
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PIB Fact Check: Centre has not cancelled title of over 2 lakh newspapers
India | Nov 20, 2020, 04:27 PM ISTIt is being claimed that the Central Government has canceled the title of more than two and a half lakh newspapers and has excluded hundreds of newspapers from list of DAVP. However, PIB Fact Check says the claim is fake.
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Entire shortfall of compensation to states will be compensated: Sources
Business | Sep 08, 2020, 12:05 AM ISTDays after government announced 2 options for States on the issue of meeting GST compensation, Finance Ministry sources on Monday said the entire shortfall of compensation to the states irrespective of whether it is on account of GST implementation or coronavirus pandemic will be compensated.
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Air India can resume non-scheduled international flights with middle seats booking for 10 days: SC
Business | May 25, 2020, 12:48 PM ISTAir India shall be allowed to operate non-scheduled foreign flights with middle seats booking for next 10 days, Supreme Court has ordered after hearing an urgent plea filed by Centre and Air India against Bombay High Court order to keep middle seats vacant in international flights.
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Owaisi slams MHA for not announcing financial aid for states
India | May 02, 2020, 02:55 PM ISTAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out at the Centre for issueing new guidliens to the states without annoucing any financial package during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Haryana resumes rapid coronavirus testing from today after green signal from Centre
India | Apr 30, 2020, 04:13 PM ISTHaryana will resume rapid tests for coronavirus in the state after it received a green signal from the Centre. The state will conduct rapid tests for detecting COVID-19 using 25,000 test kits it received from a South Korean company. The testings will commence from today (Thursday).
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Centre releases Rs 1,237 crore GST compensation arrears to Punjab
Business | Apr 12, 2020, 03:08 PM ISTThe Centre has released Rs 1,237 crore to Punjab as GST compensation arrears for July 2017-March 2019. Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal in a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the funds came at a "crucial time" when the entire country is facing the Covid-19 crisis.
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Centre extends dates for completing employees’ annual appraisal process
India | Mar 30, 2020, 04:02 PM ISTThe Central government on Monday extended the dates for initiation and completion of its employees’ annual performance appraisal reports (APARs) due to coronavirus pandemic, according to a Personnel Ministry order.
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CAA doesn't violate fundamental rights: Centre tells Supreme Court
India | Mar 17, 2020, 03:14 PM ISTThe Centre in a preliminary affidavit point-by-point responded to the criticism against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said India is constitutionally secular.
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Mamata alleges Centre's 'vendetta politics' for actor-politician Tapas Pal's death
India | Feb 19, 2020, 03:23 PM ISTA day after actor-politician Tapas Pal's death, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that "pressure" created by central agencies and "vendetta politics" led to the death of Trinamool Congress leader.
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Aadhaar linking with Voter ID: Govt to soon give legal power to Election Commission
India | Feb 19, 2020, 12:29 PM ISTThe Election Commission might soon be eligible to link Aadhaar with the Voter Ids as the Central government is looking to amend the Aadhaar act to legally allow the election body to link both the ids.
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Prince Charles opens new Tata JLR innovation centre in UK
World | Feb 18, 2020, 11:15 PM ISTBritain's Prince Charles on Tuesday formally launched a new Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) innovation centre, Europe's largest automotive research and development facility of its kind, at the University of Warwick in central England.
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SC upholds constitutional validity of SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018
India | Feb 10, 2020, 11:07 AM ISTSupreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that ruled out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs.
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Nirbhaya case: Centre, Delhi govt move SC challenging Delhi HC verdict on hanging of convicts
India | Feb 05, 2020, 04:54 PM ISTThe Centre and the Delhi government moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the rejection of their plea by the Delhi High Court against the trial court's order staying the execution of four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
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Air India disinvestment 'wholly anti-national': Subramanian Swamy
India | Jan 27, 2020, 01:02 PM ISTBJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has hit out at the Centre for allowing 100% disinvestment in Air India saying calling the move a wholly anti-national.
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Supreme Court to hear various pleas challenging Art 370 abrogation today
India | Jan 22, 2020, 08:05 AM ISTThe Supreme Court will today hear pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370.
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SC refuses to put interim stay on CAA, asks Centre to respond in 4 weeks
India | Jan 22, 2020, 11:43 AM ISTSupreme Court on Wednesday restrained all High Courts from hearing pleas on CAA till it decides petitions. The top court also seeked Union government's response on the new Citizenship law within four weeks. Supreme Court, until then, has refused a stay on the law.
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Puducherry power tussle: Madras HC reserves verdict on appeals of Centre, Kiran Bedi
India | Dec 14, 2019, 10:21 AM ISTAllowing the plea, a single judge of the court observed that the elected government functioning through a council of ministers could not be defeated by the acts of an administrator who is also functioning under the provisions of the Constitution.
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Hyderabad vet murder: Centre to send advisory to all states, Modi minister wants capital punishment
India | Nov 29, 2019, 03:42 PM ISTThe Centre on Friday said it will send an advisory to all states to take precautionary steps to check crime against women in the wake of the murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad.