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Centre approves colleges for 5 Rajasthan districts
India | Nov 26, 2019, 07:09 AM ISTThe Centre has approved the opening of medical colleges in Sawai Madhopur, Jhunjhunu, Hanumangarh, Tonk and Dausa of the state.
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Centre to vet penalty for driving under drug influence
India | Nov 20, 2019, 07:06 PM ISTTo curb the growing drug abuse in the country, the government would vet a proposal to extend penalty provisions applicable to drunken driving.
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Centre bans Meghalaya-based insurgent group HNLC
India | Nov 18, 2019, 06:49 PM ISTIn the wake of increased activities of violence and other subversive acts of HNLC, the Union Home Ministry issued a notification, saying the group continues to intimidate and bully civilians to extort funds, maintains links with other insurgent groups of the Northeast to carry out acts of extortion and intimidation, and maintains camps in Bangladesh to give sanctuary and training to its cadre
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Centre not providing funds that are due to Bengal: Mamata
India | Nov 15, 2019, 09:34 AM ISTThe chief minister said the administration is able to provide lanterns and kerosene to only 40,000 families, and asked the Centre for more lanterns. Banerjee had on Wednesday announced one lantern and 5 litres of kerosene for each affected family in the state. Relief kits are also being prepared and would soon be delivered to them, she added.
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HC issues notice to Centre on PIL over passport rules on sex reassignment surgery
India | Nov 13, 2019, 04:49 PM ISTThe petitioner, who has been actively involved in furthering the interests of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer) community, referred to a Supreme Court judgment relating to the rights of transgenders in the plea.
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Leaves cancelled, 4000 paramilitary personnel rushed: How Centre is preparing for Ayodhya D-day
India | Nov 07, 2019, 11:38 PM ISTWith the Ayodhya verdict on cards, the Centre is strengthening its security preparedness. As many as 4,000 paramilitary personnel have been rushed to Uttar Pradesh while the Railway police canceled leave of its force and stepped up vigil at 78 major stations and on trains.
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Centre to take call on onion imports as prices surge
India | Nov 06, 2019, 11:14 AM ISTTwo Inter Ministerial teams are to be dispatched on Wednesday and Thursday to Karnataka and Rajasthan to take stock of the onion supplies and encourage the supplies to consuming regions including Delhi-NCR.
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7th Pay Commission: CONFIRM! Centre announces pension hike for these retired employees; check details
Business | Aug 22, 2019, 01:41 PM IST7th Pay Commission: In a big relief to the retired government employees, the Central Government has decided to revise the pension of the Ex-servicemen. The government will revise the pension of staffers who retired before 2006.
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Centre's reply sought on parenting norms over divorce
India | Jul 19, 2019, 05:45 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and sought its response on a plea seeking framing of a law for joint parenting of a child in the event of a divorce.
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HC seeks Centre's reply on plea to review political parties having names with religious connotations
India | Jul 17, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) on a plea for barring political parties from having names with religious connotations and symbols similar to the national flag.
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DMK opposes Centre's 'one nation, one ration card' scheme
India | Jun 30, 2019, 10:59 PM IST"Public distribution is a fundamental right of state governments. The Union food minister does not understand the repercussions that would follow if such a right is infringed upon," DMK president M K Stalin said in a statement.
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Central announces assistance of Rs 7,214 cr for Puducherry, 6 states
India | Jan 29, 2019, 04:14 PM ISTThe decision was taken by a high-level committee chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and will cater to the needs of those states that have faced floods, landslides, drought, cloudburst and cyclone.
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Centre gives Rs 949 cr aid to drought-hit Karnataka
India | Jan 29, 2019, 03:33 PM IST"The central government has approved Rs 949.49-crore assistance to drought-hit Karnataka for Kharif 2018-19 season," Singh tweeted.
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Ayodhya title suit: Centre files plea in SC seeking return of land which is not part of dispute
India | Jan 29, 2019, 10:48 AM ISTMeanwhile, on Monday, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said there was no reason for it to doubt the Narendra Modi government's intentions on the Ram temple issue.
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Meghalaya miners: One body retrieved, another spotted in illegal mine, centre informs SC
India | Jan 28, 2019, 05:47 PM ISTThe Centre told the apex court that a body was recovered on January 24 during the rescue operation and on January 26, the Navy personnel spotted the second body at about 280 feet.
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'Zero -change' in UPA-era snooping policy notified by Centre: Home Ministry official
India | Jan 14, 2019, 07:31 PM ISTThe Home Ministry's statement comes following row over its December 20 notification with the opposition claiming that the government was trying to create a surveillance state.
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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on PIL against 'snooping'; seeks response in six weeks
India | Jan 14, 2019, 12:58 PM ISTThe government had empowered 10 central probe and snoop agencies for computer interception and analysis under the Information Technology (IT) Act.
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CBI vs CBI: Supreme Court reinstates Alok Verma, restrains him from taking big decisions
News | Jan 08, 2019, 11:15 AM ISTVerma's two-year tenure as CBI director ends on January 31. He has moved the top court challenging the Centre's decision.
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'Govt pushing nation into state of undeclared emergency': Kerala CM lashes out at Centre over its order on snooping
India | Dec 22, 2018, 01:52 PM IST"The Union Government is pushing the nation into a state of undeclared emergency," he said in a Facebook post.
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'What an insecure dictator you really are': Rahul slams PM Modi over govt's surveillance order
National | Dec 21, 2018, 08:08 PM ISTUnder opposition attack, the government on Friday defended its order on monitoring and intercepting any computer by central investigative and security agencies, saying it was a mere repetition of an order of authorisation issued under rules framed during the UPA regime in 2009.