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  PM Narendra Modi tells Ministers to monitor infrastructure development electronically

  September 13, 2014 10:31 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to push infrastructure development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked his Ministers to electronically monitor the progress of projects and directed the Railways to submit a comprehensive plan for encouraging FDI."Prime Minister Narendra

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  Peaceful by-polls in 10 states with moderate to high balloting

  Politics | September 13, 2014 23:18 IST

  New Delhi: Moderate to heavy turnout was reported in the biggest democratic exercise in India since the April-May general election as three parliamentary and 33 assembly constituencies spanning 10 states went for by-polls Saturday.The elections

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  Narendra Modi government will clear hurdles for building Ayodhya Ram temple: BJP

  Politics | September 07, 2014 13:53 IST

  Hyderabad: The BJP-led NDA government's immediate priority is to ensure that the economic parameters of the country are improved, though issues such as Ram Janmabhoomi are still on the agenda, party's national general secretary P

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  Natwar Singh hails Narendra Modi government

  Politics | September 06, 2014 12:59 IST

  Kolkata: Former Congress leader K Natwar Singh on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his foreign policies and said he was yet to make a mistake."Three months is to early but I don't think

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  'Young Vs Old' chasm deepens in Congress

  Politics | September 04, 2014 22:11 IST

  New Delhi/Amethi: Reflecting the deepening chasm between the old guard and Team Rahul, a group of young Congress Secretaries today attacked senior leaders going public with “negative” comments damaging the party's image even as Rahul

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  Smart city plan out soon, wide scope for private sector: Government

  India | September 04, 2014 10:20 IST

  New Delhi: The Central government said that framework for government's stated goal of developing 100 smart cities will soon be finalised and the plan would allow plenty of opportunity for participation to the private sector.“We

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  Five new IITs likely to start functioning from next session

  India | August 28, 2014 19:24 IST

  New Delhi: Five new IITs the Centre proposed in this year's Union Budget are likely to start functioning from the next academic session, officials in the HRD Ministry said.While the Ministry has sent letters to

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  SC asks PM, CMs not to induct tainted people in ministry

  India | August 27, 2014 18:04 IST

  New Delhi: Stopping short of prescribing disqualification for tainted people becoming ministers, the Supreme Court today strongly advised Prime Minister and Chief Ministers not to induct in their ministry people against whom charges have been

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  Except peons, all employees to file property returns: Government

  India | August 26, 2014 21:43 IST

  New Delhi: All central government employees, except those working as peons or multi tasking staff, need to declare their assets and liabilities and those of their spouses and dependent children as mandatory obligation under Lokpal

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  Major policy shift on anvil to promote air connectivity

  India | August 26, 2014 21:12 IST

  New Delhi:  In a bid to promote air connectivity across the country, government has proposed a major shift in its route dispersal policy, promising airlines which fly to these regions exemption from various charges and

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  Indian government to push Look East Policy: Sushma Swaraj

  World | August 25, 2014 7:19 IST

  Hanoi: The Narendra Modi government will strive to give a greater push to India's Look East Policy, turning it into ‘acting East', External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in the Vietnamese capital on Sunday as

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  Jammu & Kashmir Panchayat body asks Centre to release over Rs 200 crore NREGA payment

  India | August 24, 2014 17:07 IST

  Jammu: The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) today slammed the Narendra Modi Government for “failing” to release over Rs 200 crore MGNREGA payment to the state government, which has adversely affected its Panchayat

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  India and US are 'indispensable' partners, says envoy

  India | August 23, 2014 9:12 IST

  Mumbai: India and America are ‘indispensable' partners, who have a stake in each other's future, the US interim Ambassador said as she pushed for deeper ties between the world's two largest democracies.Kathleen Stephens, the US

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  LoP row: We respect judiciary but its legislature's prerogative, says BJP

  Politics | August 23, 2014 7:00 IST

  New Delhi: With the Supreme Court asking the Central government to make its stand clear on the Leader of Opposition issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday sought to justify the denial of the

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  CVC rejected Chaturvedi's name twice: Harsh Vardhan

  India | August 22, 2014 23:25 IST

  New Delhi: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today termed as a “fine farce” the controversy surrounding the removal of AIIMS CVO Sanjeev Chaturvedi, and defended the government decision saying the CVC had rejected his name twice

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  Cabinet nod to Metro rail in Nagpur

  India | August 20, 2014 23:56 IST

  New Delhi:  In a pre-election bonanza to Maharashtra, the Union Cabinet today cleared a Rs 8,860 crore metro project in Nagpur, which will become the latest city in the country to have the modern transportation

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  Centre sets three year target to rejuvenate Ganga River

  India | August 20, 2014 17:13 IST

  New Delhi: With the Narendra Modi Government according top priority to cleaning River Ganga, the Centre has set a target of three years to rejuvenate the polluted holy river.Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today

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  No short-cuts to diplomatic processes, Congress tells NDA government

  Politics | August 18, 2014 21:00 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today reminded the Narendra Modi government that there are “no short-cuts to diplomatic processes” as India today called off the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan next week.“The BJP-led government has learnt it

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  FM Arun Jaitley for rationalising subsidies

  August 16, 2014 19:16 IST

  Mumbai: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the ballooning subsidy bill needs to be lowered by rationalising the dole-outs.Stating the government should not be doling out pre-poll populist measures that increases the subsidy bill, Jaitley

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  Lokpal among top priorities of government: PMO

  India | August 11, 2014 16:34 IST

  New Delhi: Setting up of the anti-corruption body Lokpal is among the key measures that are the top priorities of the government, the Prime Minister's Office has said.In its communication to the Ministry of Personnel,