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Protesting farmers burn copies of farm laws to celebrate Lohri at protest sites near Delhi
India | January 13, 2021 21:25 ISTAs the tussle between the protesting farmers and government continues over the new farm laws, farmers at Ghazipur border burned the copies of the three farm laws on the occasion of Lohri.
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Will hold talks with farmers on December 30, says Govt amid hopes to break deadlock
India | December 28, 2020 22:57 ISTThe Centre on Monday decided to hold talks with farmers over their apprehensions relating to the new agri reforms on December 30, a day later than what the farmer unions had proposed.
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Special train carrying passengers from Jammu arrive in Delhi
News | May 19, 2020 10:23 ISTSpecial train carrying passengers from Jammu arrived at New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS) on May 19.
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Folk artistes say they are struggling to survive coronavirus lockdown, seek govt help
April 26, 2020 15:28 ISTThe world has come to a standstill with no immediate signs of resumption of any kind of entertainment programmes. In these times of quarantine and social distancing, all festivals, functions or fetes have been cancelled, they say.
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Iraqis demand new govt amid spike in regional tensions
World | January 11, 2020 10:15 ISTThousands of Iraqis took to the streets to protest against the recent attacks by the US and Iran on their territory and demanded a new government to help regain autonomy.
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Government measures to boost realty sector, job prospects, say experts
Business | January 05, 2020 19:25 ISTBuoyed by multiple reform measures undertaken by the government for the realty space, experts feel such steps will help in reviving the sector and generating more employment opportunities. At the same time, some of them also expressed concerns over liquidity situation and said that subdued demand may keep performance of residential realty projects muted.
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Maharashtra Governor invites Shiv Sena to form government after BJP refuses
Politics | November 10, 2019 21:18 ISTGovernor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has invited the second-largest party, the Shiv Sena to form the government on Sunday. Koshyari has asked Eknath Shinde to indicate the willingness and ability of his party to form the government in Maharashtra.
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Major shake-up: Subhash Chandra Garg shifted to Power, Atanu Chakraborty new DEA Secretary
India | July 24, 2019 22:29 ISTIn a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government has shifted the current Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg to the Power Ministry, among others. Atanu Chakraborty, the current Secretary for Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) will be the next Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs.
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Government compulsorily retires tax officers on extortion, bribe, sexual harassment charges
India | June 10, 2019 21:56 ISTThe Government has compulsorily retired almost a dozen senior tax officers on charges ranging from extortion, bribe and sexual harassment.
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Govt expects 7.5 per cent GDP growth in FY20
Business | February 05, 2019 17:58 ISTThe growth was 8.2 per cent in 2016-17, the year in which the government demonetised high-denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.
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Linking Aadhaar with driving license to be made mandatory, law will be brought in soon: Govt
India | January 06, 2019 18:27 ISTDelivering his presidential address at the ongoing 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University here, the minister for Law, Electronics and Information Technology said, "We are soon going to bring a law which will make it mandatory to link Aadhaar with driving licence."
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Action taken against Amazon for sale of tricolour doormats, slippers: Govt informs Parliament
India | February 02, 2017 16:46 ISTThe government today informed the Rajya Sabha that it had taken action against the American e-commerce giant for hurting Indian sensitivities. The clarification by the government came when members raised concerns over the matter. The
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Power tariff hike in UP challenged in HC
India | June 30, 2015 20:57 ISTLucknow: The Allahabad High Court today directed the state government and others to file their replies by July 8 on a PIL seeking a direction against enhancing 17 per cent tariff from July 1 till
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J&K: PDP may not accept NC Offer of support for govt formation
Politics | January 14, 2015 17:48 ISTSrinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has emerged as the single largest party in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, today indicated that it may not be inclined to accept National Conference's offer of support
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Sri Lanka has reassured India on security interest: Govt
Politics | November 26, 2014 18:42 ISTNew Delhi: Sri Lanka has “reassured” that it would not do anything against the security interest of India, the government on Wednesday said, in the backdrop of visits by a Chinese submarine to Colombo port.External
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'Humiliating treatment' may amount to sexual harassment: Govt
India | November 26, 2014 16:29 ISTNew Delhi: Humiliating treatment which is likely to affect women government employees' health or safety may amount to sexual harassment, the government said today. “The implied or explicit promise of preferential or detrimental treatment in employment,
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152 ceasefire violations along Indo-Pak border this year: Govt
Politics | November 25, 2014 18:42 ISTNew Delhi: 152 ceasefire violations have taken place so far this year along the India-Pakistan border in which 15 people were killed and 115 others injured, Government informed the Lok Sabha today.In the recent past,
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Govt taking steps for smooth transportation of coal: Anil Swarup
India | November 23, 2014 11:08 ISTMumbai: The government is taking steps to ensure hassle-free transportation of coal from remote mines, apart from increasing its production capacity, coal secretary Anil Swarup has said.The government has decided to auction over 74 coal
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Govt plans to extend 'Udaan' scheme to small towns in J&K
India | November 16, 2014 11:59 ISTNew Delhi: The Centre is planning to extend “Udaan”, a special scheme launched to help youths from Jammu and Kashmir to get jobs in top companies, to smaller towns in the state as not too
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Goa govt suspends water sports after death of Russian tourists
India | October 30, 2014 10:57 ISTPanaji: The Goa government here suspended all water sports activity across the state following the fresh incident of death of three Russian nationals near here during a water sport activity being operated illegally. It was
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