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  Census to be held in two phases on Oct 1, 2026 and March 1, 2027: Centre issues gazette notification

  India | June 16, 2025 23:51 IST

  The Government of India has officially notified that the next Census will be conducted in 2027, with the reference date set as March 1, 2027 for most parts of the country. The notification, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, supersedes the earlier 2019 order that had laid the groundwork for the

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  Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami unveils Atal Innovation Centre in order to foster innovation

  India | December 23, 2022 12:34 IST

  "The new education strategy will affect the past, present and future of the education system," said Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami at the inauguration of the Atal Inauguration Centre at SGT University.

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  Govt revises definition of small cos; more firms to have reduced compliance burden

  Business | September 16, 2022 11:36 IST

  An auditor of a small company is not required to report on the adequacy of the internal financial controls and its operating effectiveness in the auditor's report, and such companies need to hold only two board meetings in a year.

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  Foreign missions must conduct all business with states via MEA: Govt amid Kerala gold smuggling row

  India | July 30, 2022 12:32 IST

  The responses from the Union minister come against the backdrop of the ruling LDF in Kerala facing heat over the gold and dollar smuggling cases allegedly involving some top bureaucrats in the Kerala government and officials of the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram.

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  In pandemic-hit 2020-21, rlys earned over Rs 500 cr from Tatkal, premium Tatkal tickets: RTI reply

  India | January 02, 2022 20:54 IST

  In a reply to a RTI filed by Madhya Pradesh-based Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Railways said that it earned Rs 240 crore from dynamic fares, Rs 353 crore from tatkal tickets and Rs 89 crore from premium tatkal charges in the financial year 2021-22 till September.

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  Government to brief leaders of political parties on developments in Afghanistan

  India | August 23, 2021 14:10 IST

  The government will brief parliamentary leaders of various political parties on the developments in war-torn Afghanistan.

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  Govt offers special concession to woo employees to work in Kashmir

  India | January 09, 2019 14:25 IST

  The move is aimed at encouraging more employees to work in the valley, PTI reported quoting officials.

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  SC seeks Centre's response on plea alleging arrests under scrapped Sec 66 A of IT Act

  India | January 07, 2019 13:23 IST

  A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman said concerned officials will be arrested and sent to jail if the apex court order of March 24, 2015 scrapping the provision of the IT Act is violated.

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  Govt to launch delayed second round of oil block auction on Monday

  Business | January 06, 2019 13:16 IST

  Officials said the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) bid round-II, with 14 blocks measuring 29,333 square kilometres in aggregrate area on offer, will be launched by Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday.  

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  Strict action taken against over 6,000 erring PSB officials for bad loans in FY18: Arun Jaitley

  Business | December 28, 2018 19:04 IST

  In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that stringent action including dismissal, compulsory retirement and demotion, was taken against these officials in connection with the bad loans.

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  Gaganyaan: 3 Indians to spend 7 days in space by 2022

  India | December 29, 2018 11:18 IST

  The indigenous human spaceflight programme will carry three member crew for minimum seven days into space.

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  POCSO Act: Union Cabinet approves death penalty for aggravated sexual crimes against minors

  India | December 28, 2018 17:35 IST

  Briefing media persons after the Cabinet meeting, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government has approved the death penalty in aggravated sexual offences under the POCSO Act.

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  Govt to infuse Rs 28,615 cr in 7 PSBs soon through recapitalisation bonds

  Business | December 27, 2018 16:40 IST

  The amount infused will help the banks meet regulatory capital requirement, and its disbursement might take place before December 31, PTI reported quoting sources.

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  Govt tighten norms for e-commerce companies for sale of products

  Business | December 26, 2018 19:00 IST

  The commerce and industry ministry also prohibited e-commerce companies from entering into an agreement for exclusive sale of products.  

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  Election Commission's big push for stricter laws against false disclosure, bribery during polls

  India | December 23, 2018 16:59 IST

  While the Law Ministry is the administrative ministry for the EC, the Legislative Department is the nodal unit for issues related to the poll panel.  

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  Government to infuse Rs 83,000 cr in banks by March: Arun Jaitley

  Business | December 20, 2018 23:11 IST

  "Today we have asked for the parliamentary sanction for (issuing) additional recapitalisation bonds of Rs 41,000 crore... As of today, of the Rs 65,000 crore recapitalisation plan for 2018-19, Rs 42,000 crore is still remaining. 

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  5,759 km of national highways built till Nov this fiscal, informs govt to Parliament

  India | December 20, 2018 16:02 IST

    The Ministry has set a target of construction of 10,000 km of National Highways in the current fiscal 2018-19.

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  Govt has spent over Rs 5,200 cr in ads since 2014-15: Rathore in LS

  India | December 13, 2018 23:06 IST

  This was stated by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore in a written reply to a question.  

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  Govt mulls additional Rs 30,000 cr capital infusion in PSU banks

  India | December 13, 2018 22:52 IST

  As part of the capital infusion plan announced by the Finance Ministry in October 2017, the government envisaged that public sector banks (PSBs) would raise Rs 58,000 crore from the stock markets by March 2019 to meet Basel III norms.

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  Government cites never-used powers for resolving issues with RBI

  India | October 31, 2018 13:11 IST

  The government has sent at least three letters on different issues under Section 7 (1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act that gives it powers to issue any direction to the central bank governor on matters of public interest.