Jairam Ramesh
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Jayanthi Natarajan's attack on Rahul: Congress slams her
National | January 30, 2015 21:21 ISTNew Delhi: Stung by Jayanthi Natarajan's attack on Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders today rallied behind him and slammed their outgoing “opportunist” colleague, saying she had been removed as Environment Minister because of ‘Jayanthi tax' barb
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Jairam rubbishes Natarajan's allegations against Rahul
National | January 30, 2015 18:12 ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who was the Environment Minister before Jayanthi Natarajan, today rubbished her allegations about Rahul Gandhi's interference in the ministry's work as “not just completely unfair but also preposterously baseless.”In
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PM's suit striped with his name reflects megalomania: Jairam Ramesh
India | January 27, 2015 15:36 ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today dubbed Narendra Modi a “megalomaniac” for wearing a suit during his talks with US President Barack Obama that had the Prime Minister's name embroidered all over it.“Totally insane...This
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Congress launches protest against land ordinance in Bhatta Parsaul
National | January 14, 2015 16:45 ISTBhatta Parsaul (UP): Congress today launched its agitation against the land acquisition ordinance with a meeting of farmers here and accused the Narendra Modi government of “snatching away all the rights” given to the people
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Congress plans rally against land ordinance in Bhatta Parsaul
National | January 13, 2015 6:59 ISTNew Delhi: With the Congress deciding on a series of agitations against the land ordinance, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh will attend a farmers' meeting on January 14 in Uttar Pradesh's Bhatta Parsaul village from
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Ramesh questions absence of Rural Development Minister in meeting with President
National | January 02, 2015 21:16 ISTNew Delhi: Attacking the government for bringing an ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Act, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari was doing “backseat driving” in Rural Development Ministry headed by
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Opposition slams NDA govt over land ordinance, "anti-farmer, unjust"
National | December 30, 2014 21:03 ISTNew Delhi/Kolkata: The NDA government came under fire today from the Opposition and also its ally PMK over the ordinance to make changes in Land Acquisition Act with the move being described as “anti-farmer”, “unjust”
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Jairam Ramesh named member of board providing policy advice to UNEP
National | December 14, 2014 11:13 ISTNew Delhi: Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has been appointed as a member of a board which provides strategic policy advice to a key UN agency on environmentally-sound technologies for developing nations. Ramesh said he
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'Swachh Bharat' a positive step, but real work needed: Jairam Ramesh
National | December 14, 2014 8:33 ISTNew Delhi: 'Swachh Bharat' campaign is a positive step but could turn a topic for jokes if real work is not done, former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, who had pushed Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan sanitation drive
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Unfazed by denial of LoP status, Congress forms shadow cabinet committees
National | November 07, 2014 19:27 ISTNew Delhi: Unfazed by denial of the leader of the opposition status in Lok Sabha, Congress has formed several shadow cabinet committees along with Twitter handles as part of moves to be an effective opposition.Seven
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Clean India 'a bit of hype', needs more details: Jairam Ramesh
National | November 06, 2014 21:40 ISTBengaluru: Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat' has become a slogan and “a bit of hype”, Former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the programme also needs to address the issue of
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Jairam Ramesh to head panel on global research platform
National | October 26, 2014 12:31 ISTNew Delhi: Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has been named to chair a global research platform panel on sustainable development instituted by an alliance of organisations such as UNEP, UNESCO and World Meteorological Organization (WMO).The
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Government determined to 'review' MNREGA
National | October 17, 2014 10:03 ISTNew Delhi: Despite objections from various quarters, the government is determined to go ahead with its plan to undertake a "thorough review" of UPA regime's flagship programme MNREGA, arguing that it has been "allowed to
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Jairam Ramesh Opposes Dilution in MNREGA
National | October 14, 2014 23:46 ISTNew Delhi: Contending that Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari wants to "dismantle the edifice of MNREGA", his predecessor and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said the country cannot "afford" the "ill-informed assault" on rural job
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Much to be done in Saranda: Rajnath
National | September 23, 2014 23:15 ISTRanchi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said villages around Saranda forests require a lot of work, hinting that former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh's initiatives had been inadequate."Much (work) has to be done. Problems are
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Sheila Dikshit heads group for Nehru's 125th birth anniversary celebrations
National | September 08, 2014 11:39 ISTNew Delhi: Back to party work after resigning as Kerala Governor a fortnight back, Sheila Dikshit was Sunday named as Chairperson of Congress group to implement programmes related to Pt Jawaharlal Nehru's 125th birth anniversary
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Differences in Congress over Polavaram issue comes to fore
National | July 14, 2014 23:24 ISTNew Delhi: Differences in the Congress over Polavaram issue came to fore today with party MPs from Telangana interrupting the speech of Jairam Ramesh while another claiming the former Environment Minister had not consulted local
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Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project gets Parliament nod
India | July 14, 2014 19:26 ISTNew Delhi: Parliament today passed a bill on setting up of the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh, with government assuring all possible steps for rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected people.The Andhra Pradesh
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Uma Bharti bats for uninterrupted flow of Ganga
National | July 08, 2014 11:11 ISTNew Delhi: Political leaders, environmental activists and spiritual personalities came together here Monday for wide-ranging discussions on ways to clean and develop the Ganga - a river holy for the Hindus.Union Tourism and Culture Minister
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Ganga cleaning not a Hindutva project: Jairam Ramesh
National | July 06, 2014 14:23 ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today accused the NDA government of turning the programme to clean Ganga as a “Hindutva project” by attempting to polarise politics through the initiative on the holy river. “Don't
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