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  PM Modi appoints Mahesh Sharma as point person for his 'Varanasi' constituency

  Politics | July 11, 2015 14:05 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma as the person to keep a close track of all projects and complaints in Varanasi.Modi has assigned this responsibility to  Sharma because he

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  Ramayana museum to come up at Ayodhya but away from disputed site: Government

  India | June 25, 2015 23:44 IST

  New Delhi:  The government today announced that it would construct a Ramayana museum at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, which would portray the epic journey of Lord Rama, but sought to steer away from controversy saying

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  Tourism minister announces Rs 15 crore for Majuli infrastructure

  India | May 29, 2015 23:27 IST

  Majuli: Fourth North East Youth Festival began today in Assam's Majuli island with Union Minister for state for Culture and Tourism Dr Mahesh Sharma announcing Rs 15 crore for infrastructure development of culture and tourism

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  Is Taj Mahal turning yellow? I think Red!

  India | June 21, 2015 15:51 IST

  The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma are at loggerheads since some time. While the former is claiming that the ancient monument of love, the eighth wonder – Taj Mahal is

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  Government may introduce new civil aviation policy by May 15

  India | April 09, 2015 19:50 IST

  New Delhi: The government plans to put in place the much-awaited civil aviation policy by the middle of next month, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said today.According to an official, the Civil

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  Poaching of flight crew: Govt to call meeting of airlines

  India | March 05, 2015 21:08 IST

  New Delhi: Hinting that the shortage of pilots and cabin crew in Air India was due to the “poaching” problem, the government today said it will call a meeting of all airlines to discuss the

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  India submits 46 entries for UNESCO world heritage sites list

  India | March 05, 2015 8:13 IST

  New Delhi: India has submitted a revised tentative list of 46 famous monuments/sites for inclusion in the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Site, Rajya Sabha was told today.The list was submitted to the World Heritage

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  Over 760 Air India flights cancelled in past six months: Minister

  December 24, 2014 9:10 IST

  New Delhi: National carrier Air India has cancelled 763 flights and delayed 6,513 flights in the last six months.In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Minister of State for Civil Aviation

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  SpiceJet presents revival plan to government

  December 23, 2014 8:55 IST

  New Delhi:  Struggling budget carrier SpiceJet has presented a revival plan to the government, which will be discussed with oil companies and banks before taking a final decision regarding the airline, official sources said today.

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  SpiceJet seeks govt help; Request to be put up before PMO: Mahesh Sharma

  December 15, 2014 19:54 IST

  New Delhi:  Suffering a total liability of about Rs 2,000 crore, beleaguered no-frill carrier SpiceJet today approached the government and sought urgent financial help to run its daily operations.Top officials of the airline met Minister

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  Rama is the soul of this country: Mahesh Sharma

  India | December 12, 2014 21:23 IST

  Jammu: Lord Rama is the “soul of the nation”, Union minister Mahesh Sharma today said while he came out in defence of Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik's statement advocating construction of Ram temple on the

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  Minister Mahesh Sharma lays ambitious plans for tourism, culture

  Politics | November 12, 2014 17:31 IST

  New Delhi:  Culture and Tourism minister Mahesh Sharma, who took charge Wednesday, said that the government would introduce secured taxi services and integrate India's natural beauty and rich cultural history into the sector to reap

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  A medical doctor to politics, Mahesh Sharma bags ministerial berth

  Politics | November 09, 2014 17:41 IST

  New Delhi: From being a medical practitioner to winning the Lok Sabha elections this year from Gautam Budh Nagar in UP, it has been a long journey for Mahesh Sharma who took oath today as

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  All except two of the new Ministers take oath in Hindi

  Politics | November 09, 2014 16:15 IST

  New Delhi:  Barring TDP's Y S Chowdary and BJP MP from West Bengal's Asansol seat Babul Supriyo, all other 19 inductees in Modi ministry today took oath in Hindi.  Chowdhary, who is from Hyderabad, and