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BJD, stakeholders miffed over no Odisha tourist spot in Centre list
India | Jul 09, 2019, 07:57 PM ISTOdisha Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi has said he would soon take up with the Centre the absence of the state's tourist spots in the list of 17 sites that would be developed into world-class destinations.
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NCP workers throw crabs outside residence of Maharashtra water conservation minister | Video
India | Jul 09, 2019, 03:57 PM ISTNCP workers on Tuesday staged protest and threw crabs outside the residence of Maharashtra Water Conservation Minister Tanaji Sawant in Pune. The Minister had said that crabs were responsible for Ratnagiri's Tiware dam breach. Tiware dam located in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district, breached late night on July 2, killing 18 people.
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Jharkhand minister terms lynching a 'stray' incident
India | Jun 27, 2019, 09:38 PM ISTCondemning the incident, Saryu Rai said the state government's endeavour would be to address the gaps in the law and order implementation.
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Govt to take tough action if fraud found in PMGDISHA
India | Jun 27, 2019, 04:24 PM ISTObserving that there is "digital hunger" in rural India, the government target is to make one lakh digital villages in the country and it is working with Railways to lay the Optical fibre network at the gram level, said Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Home buyers seek Rs 10,000-cr 'stress fund'
India | Jun 24, 2019, 10:07 PM ISTIn a letter to the minister with Budget recommendations, the home buyers' association noted that despite the implementation of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act and setting up of Real Estate Regulatory Autorities, several stalled projects have not been completed.
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Pakistan minister slaps journalist for allegedly being called an 'Indian spy'
World | Jun 18, 2019, 04:53 PM ISTSami Ibrahim, an anchor and executive with the private Bol News TV channel, filed the complaint on Monday against Fawad Chaudhry alleging that the minister slapped him, used abusive language, and threatened him with dire consequences at a wedding function last week in Faisalabad.
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Ramdas Athawale hopes to be minister, says expecting 'a phone call'
India | May 30, 2019, 01:15 PM ISTFor a second term, PM Narendra Modi is all set to take oath with a new council of ministers on Thursday. A multi-layered security arrangement is in place in the national capital Delhi.
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Modi Sarkar 2.0: This leader from Shiv Sena will take oath as minister
India | May 30, 2019, 10:27 AM ISTFor a second term, PM Narendra Modi is all set to take oath with a new council of ministers on Thursday. A multi-layered security arrangement is in place in the national capital Delhi. There is deployment of around 10,000 security personnel from Delhi Police and paramilitary forces.
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UP ministers took dip in Sangam to wash off their sins: OP Rajbhar
National | Jan 30, 2019, 12:52 PM ISTRajbhar also referred to Union minister Nitin Gadkari's statement on people punishing those failing to fulfil their promises.
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Indian-origin Sikh man Gobind Singh Deo appointed Malaysia's cabinet minister
World | May 22, 2018, 02:36 PM ISTDeo, 45, who has been given the communications and multimedia portfolio, is among the two politicians of Indian descent included in the Pakatan Harapan coalition's Cabinet.
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Pakistan minister assassination attempt: Joint Investigation team formed to probe attack
World | May 08, 2018, 11:29 AM ISTThe five-member team constitutes members from the police department as well as the intelligence agencies.
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Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal injured after being shot at in Narowal
News | May 06, 2018, 07:58 PM ISTPakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal injured after being shot at in Narowal
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Jammu and Kashmir: Minister Sham Lal Chaudhary's convoy attacked in Kathua
News | May 05, 2018, 02:24 PM ISTJammu and Kashmir: Minister Sham Lal Chaudhary's convoy attacked in Kathua.
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Ex-Welsh minister Carl Sargeant found dead after misconduct claims
World | Nov 07, 2017, 11:24 PM ISTCarl Sargeant, a Welsh politician who resigned from his post in the Welsh government last week after allegations of misconduct, has died suddenly.
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Did not see Jayalalithaa in hospital, ready to depose before probe commission, says minister
National | Oct 08, 2017, 06:37 PM ISTSome AIADMK leaders, including ministers, had recently come up with contradicting claims over access to Jayalalithaa during her hospitalisation.
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Tamil Nadu minister C Vijaya Baskar's properties attached
National | Aug 02, 2017, 09:02 PM ISTProperties of Tamil Nadu minister C Vijaya Baskar have been provisionally attached by the Income Tax department for alleged tax evasion.
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West Bengal minister uses red beacon, says, ‘not bound to follow Centre’s orders’
National | May 29, 2017, 11:46 AM ISTPutting the Centre’s order of ban on use of red beacons by ministers and bureaucrats at bay, West Bengal PWD minister Arup Biswas on Sunday seen using red beacon atop his vehicle.
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India’s digital economy to touch Rs 600L cr in next five-seven years: IT minister
May 24, 2017, 02:22 PM ISTUnion IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has categorically brushed aside fears of a downturn in the technology sector, saying the digital economy will touch $1 trillion (Rs 600 lakh crore approx.) in the next five to seven years.
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Union minister Anil Dave cremated
National | May 19, 2017, 11:50 AM ISTThe mortal remains of Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave were consigned to flames on the banks of the river Narmada at Bandrabhan in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district today, with full state honours.
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Amid strained ties, Sushma Swaraj wins hearts with THIS message to Pakistani girls visiting India
India | Oct 04, 2016, 02:06 PM ISTIndia may have underlined its tactical military prowess with its aggression against terror emanating from Pakistan, but a message for Pakistani girls by India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during times of strain is winning