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  Indian bureaucracy is the 'most dangerous animal in world': Jairam Ramesh

  India | March 24, 2013 13:30 IST

  Ranchi, 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 | March 18, 2013 9:38 IST

  Hyderabad, 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 | January 26, 2013 15:50 IST

  Ranchi, 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 | January 15, 2013 10:53 IST

  Lanjigarh (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 | January 07, 2013 9:26 IST

  Hyderabad, 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 | November 08, 2012 19:36 IST

  New 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 | October 28, 2012 21:21 IST

  New 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 | October 28, 2012 19:59 IST

  New 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 | October 21, 2012 20:44 IST

  Kota, 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 | October 08, 2012 17:00 IST

  Udhagamandalam (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 | October 08, 2012 12:12 IST

  Mumbai, 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 | October 07, 2012 18:51 IST

  New 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 | September 21, 2012 22:50 IST

  New 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 | September 18, 2012 20:37 IST

  New 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 | September 06, 2012 11:38 IST

  New 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 | July 18, 2012 9:55 IST

  Sonbhadra, 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 | July 05, 2012 18:14 IST

   Bhubaneswar,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 | June 30, 2012 20:03 IST

  Agartala, 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 | June 26, 2012 19:22 IST

  Kolkata, 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

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  DRDO licensing eco-toilets to private companies

  India | June 24, 2012 20:30 IST

  Dhamra (Odisha), Jun 24 : Commercializing the use of indigenously-built Bio-Digester technology which turns human waste into biogas and odourless compost, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now licensing private companies to build