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  Centre for Zoo Sciences to be set up: Javadekar

  India | November 03, 2014 12:10 IST

  New Delhi: Government today announced setting up of a Centre for Zoo Sciences to assist recognised Indian zoos as well as zoos in South Asia in their development and management on scientific lines."We will have

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  Modi's radio broadcast will bring people together: Javadekar

  Politics | November 03, 2014 11:03 IST

  New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio broadcast programme 'Man ki Baat' will be useful for bringing together people of the country."He (Modi) always speaks from the heart

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  Thousands join 'Run For Unity' in Mumbai

  Politics | October 31, 2014 10:56 IST

  Mumbai: Thousands of Mumbaikars participated in the two-km long Run For Unity to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel here Friday.Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao flagged off the run at Nariman Point, south Mumbai

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  Land, water management resources are need of the hour: Javadekar

  Politics | October 30, 2014 15:53 IST

  Bhopal: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar today stressed on the importance of land and water management resources and called for new perspectives to protect the environment.  “Land and water management resources are

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  Prakash Javadekar leads bank employees' delegation to meet Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

  October 18, 2014 20:11 IST

  New Delhi: Representatives of bank employees headed by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for early settlement of wage revision negotiations.Javadekar said the Finance Minister assured the delegation that he

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  Some remarks of SC hurt government: Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | October 18, 2014 17:41 IST

  New Delhi: Days after the Supreme Court ticked off his ministry for sleeping like 'Kumbhakarna', Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said "off the cuffs remarks" made by the Supreme Court "sometimes hurt" the government. Javadekar,

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  Maharashtra polls: Top 6 CM aspirants of BJP

  Politics | October 25, 2014 10:07 IST

  New Delhi: Maharashtra Assembly election results will be out on Sunday. Exit polls have predicted BJP emerging as single largest party. The party is also exploring possibilities of joining hands with parties like NCP and

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  Want to put Environment Ministry on autopilot: Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | October 18, 2014 6:46 IST

  New Delhi: Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said that he wanted to put the Ministry in ‘autopilot' with transparent, policy-based decision making and acknowledged that the previous United Progressive

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  Kashmiri youth patriotic, IS flag waving by misguided elements: Javadekar

  India | October 18, 2014 0:06 IST

  New Delhi: With sighting of some people waving the flag of the brutal jihadist Islamic State group in Srinagar Friday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said that Kashmiri youth are "patriotic" but "some misguided

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  Pakistan will get 'befitting reply' for ceasefire breach: Javadekar

  Politics | October 07, 2014 21:31 IST

  Mumbai: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today condemned the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan and warned Islamabad of “a befitting reply” by the Indian Government to the “provocative” firing and shelling along the border in Jammu

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  Maharashtra polls: No tacit understanding with NCP, says BJP

  Politics | October 01, 2014 18:36 IST

  Mumbai:  BJP today said it has no tacit understanding with NCP for upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections and “denounced” the “perception” being created in this regard.“A perception was deliberately created by quarters as if there is

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  BJP will get majority in Maha Assembly polls: Javadekar

  Politics | September 30, 2014 15:57 IST

  Thane: Expressing confidence that BJP would get absolute majority in the next month's Maharashtra Assembly elections, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the party's fight is against Congress and NCP and their bad governance in

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  India to act on climate change on its own volition: Prakash Javadekar

  World | September 24, 2014 13:27 IST

  New York: India will take action on climate change not ‘at somebody's dictation' but on its own volition, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ‘very much interested in climate change and

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  Modi will redefine India-US relations: Javadekar

  Politics | September 23, 2014 17:39 IST

  New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "redefine" India's ties with the US, union minister Prakash Javadekar said."Strategic relations with the US is very important for India. Our prime minister will redefine it," Minister of

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  Congress, BJP spar over ex-CAG's allegations

  Politics | September 13, 2014 7:10 IST

  New Delhi: Former CAG Vinod Rai's remarks on the role of former prime minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G and coal block allocation led to a verbal brawl between the BJP and the Congress with

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  Vinod Rai's remarks on Manmohan's role serious: BJP

  Politics | September 12, 2014 16:39 IST

  New Delhi: Former CAG Vinod Rai's remarks on the role of former prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2G and coal blocks allocations are "serious" and a "correct" picture is now emerging, Information and Broadcasting Minister

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  Taking serious note of channels blackout in Telangana: Javadekar

  India | September 11, 2014 17:06 IST

  Hyderabad: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar Thursday said his ministry has taken serious note of the blackout of signals of two Telugu news channels in Telangana and promised to take action in two days.He

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  Freedom of press entails responsibility: Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | September 11, 2014 11:57 IST

  New Delhi: Freedom of the press is important but it does not come free and entails responsibility as well, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said."When there was a detailed discussion (on media) in the

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  Reservation is needed till inequality in society: RSS

  Politics | September 07, 2014 17:34 IST

  New Delhi: Deploring inequality in society, RSS today came out in support of reservation, saying it has to remain to bring equality to those suffering from discrimination but cautioned against politics on the quota issue.“We

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  Government to soon reconstitute Censor Board, says Javadekar

  India | September 03, 2014 9:38 IST

  New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the Censor Board will be reconstituted soon and it will be done comprehensively as envisaged by the Central Board of Film Certification."The Censor Board will