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Never received direction from Sonia, Rahul Gandhi on how to run the ministry: Jairam Ramesh
National | Feb 16, 2015, 09:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Days after former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan quit alleging interference in the running of the ministry, her predecessor Jairam Ramesh said he faced no interference from Congress top officials in the running of
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Jayanthi Natarajan's attack on Rahul: Congress slams her
National | Jan 30, 2015, 09:21 PM 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 | Jan 30, 2015, 06:12 PM 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 | Jan 27, 2015, 03:36 PM 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 | Jan 14, 2015, 04:45 PM 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 | Jan 13, 2015, 06:59 AM 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 | Jan 02, 2015, 09:16 PM 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 | Dec 30, 2014, 09:03 PM 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 | Dec 14, 2014, 11:13 AM 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 | Dec 14, 2014, 08:33 AM 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 | Nov 07, 2014, 07:27 PM 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 | Nov 06, 2014, 09:40 PM 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 | Oct 26, 2014, 12:31 PM 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 | Oct 17, 2014, 10:03 AM 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 | Oct 14, 2014, 11:46 PM 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 | Sep 23, 2014, 11:15 PM 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 | Sep 08, 2014, 11:39 AM 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 | Jul 14, 2014, 11:24 PM 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 | Jul 14, 2014, 07:26 PM 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 | Jul 08, 2014, 11:11 AM 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