Jairam Ramesh
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Bengal has moved from one dictatorship to another: Jairam Ramesh
National | Apr 08, 2013, 07:24 AM ISTMatigara, West Bengal, Apr 8 : Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that with the coming of the Mamata Banerjee government, West Bengal has moved from one dictatorship to another."It is the
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Indian bureaucracy is the 'most dangerous animal in world': Jairam Ramesh
India | Mar 24, 2013, 01:30 PM ISTRanchi, Mar 24: India's bureaucracy was "the most dangerous animal in the world", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Saturday. He was speaking at a event organised by an eye hospital to mark a camp
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Jairam Ramesh moots 20-year moratorium on mining in tribal areas
National | Mar 18, 2013, 09:38 AM ISTHyderabad, March 18: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday mooted 20-year moratorium on mining in tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh.Addressing a public meeting at G. K. Veedhi, a an interior tribal area in Visakhapatnam
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Jairam Ramesh hoists tricolour in Maoist den in Jharkhand
National | Jan 26, 2013, 03:50 PM ISTRanchi, Jan 26: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh hoisted the tricolour in a Maoist den in Jharkhand on the occasion of India's Republic Day.Saranda forest is situated in West Singhbhum district, and Ramesh initiated a
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Development projects for tribals will tackle Maoist menace: Ramesh
National | Jan 15, 2013, 10:53 AM ISTLanjigarh (Odisha), Jan 14: Advocating development and livelihood projects centred around tribals to tackle Maoist menace, the Centre announced packages worth Rs 300 crore for housing and roads for vulnerable tribal groups in Odisha's backward
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Cash transfer scheme launched in Andhra
National | Jan 07, 2013, 09:26 AM ISTHyderabad, Jan 7: The UPA government's cash transfer scheme was launched in Andhra Pradesh Sunday by union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh.The Aadhar-enabled Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme (DBTS) was launched in Gollaprolu village in East
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After 'brain dead' jibe, Ramesh praises Mamata on Jungle Mahal
National | Nov 08, 2012, 07:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 8: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh was all praise for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today for showing “political courage” in transforming Jungle Mahal, a former Naxal hotbed.Ramesh also said no
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Jairam Ramesh loses sanitation charge after controversial remarks
India | Oct 28, 2012, 09:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 28: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, who brought sanitation issue into limelight by launching nationwide campaign to end open defecation—often attracting controversies with his comments including the one on temple and toilets,
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Jairam Ramesh loses sanitation after an eventful stint
National | Oct 28, 2012, 07:59 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 28: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, who brought sanitation issue into limelight by launching nationwide campaign to end open defecation—often attracting controversies with his comments including the one on temple and toilets,
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Jairam Ramesh's latest: No toilet, no bride!
India | Oct 21, 2012, 08:44 PM ISTKota, Rajasthan, Oct 21 : Days after he kicked up a row by stating that there are more temples than toilets in India, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today urged women not to get married into
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Police Complaint filed against Union Minister Jairam Ramesh
National | Oct 08, 2012, 05:00 PM ISTUdhagamandalam (TN),Oct 8: Hindu Munnani today lodged a complaint at a local police station seeking action against Union Minister Jairam Ramesh for his comment that there are more temples in the country than toilets.In his
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Bal Thackeray blasts Jairam Ramesh over his toilet comment
National | Oct 08, 2012, 12:12 PM ISTMumbai, Oct 8: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday launched a stinging attack against union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh for his remarks comparing toilets with temples and said the Congress was responsible for the
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Jairam Ramesh's temple-toilet remark draws protest
India | Oct 07, 2012, 06:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 7: Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal Sunday sat on an hour-long protest outside the house of union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh here, seeking an apology for
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Jairam Ramesh likely to be given Railway, Cabinet reshuffle next week
National | Sep 21, 2012, 10:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 21: Stage is all set for an imminent Union cabinet reshuffle next week in the wake of Mamata Banerjee's decision to withdraw support from the UPA government, according to reliable sources. In
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If UP is defecation-free in 10 years, I will accept Sai Baba is alive: Ramesh
National | Sep 18, 2012, 08:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 18: “If Uttar Pradesh becomes open defecation-free in 10 years, I can accept that Sai Baba is alive,” Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said expressing doubts about the state achieving
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Cancelling coal blocks impossible: Congress
National | Sep 06, 2012, 11:38 AM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 6: The Congress-led UPA government Wednesday kept up its offensive against BJP's charges of corruption in the allocation of coal blocks, saying cancelling the licenses en masse was impossible.Nothing was done without
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Split Uttar Pradesh, says Jairam Ramesh
National | Jul 18, 2012, 09:55 AM ISTSonbhadra, Jul 18: Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday favoured splitting Uttar Pradesh to end the "administrative nightmare" in the country's biggest state. "Uttar Pradesh should be divided. The magnitude of problems are very
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Ramesh regrets lack of 'sanctity' in public life
National | Jul 05, 2012, 06:14 PM ISTBhubaneswar,July5:Hitting out at Opposition presidential candidate P A Sangma and his poll managers for indulging in “mud slinging” against UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee, Union minister Jairam Ramesh today lamented the lack of “sanctity” in public
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India to be open-defecation free in ten years says Jairam Ramesh
National | Jun 30, 2012, 08:03 PM ISTAgartala, Jun 30: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said India has embarked on a ten-year mission to make India an open-defecation free country.The minister, who held a review meeting with representatives of Northeastern
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Some changes likely in Panchayat laws after panchayat polls
India | Jun 26, 2012, 07:22 PM ISTKolkata, Jun 26: After the next Panchayat elections, the West Bengal government is likely to bring some basic changes in the existing Panchayat laws for better functioning of the three-tier panchayat system, Panchayat Minister Subrata