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  Narendra Modi won't bar ministers from wearing jeans: Javadekar

  India | September 03, 2014 8:08 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives his ministerial colleagues all the freedom and encourages them to take decisions, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said yesterday while remarking that "policy paralysis" had come to

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  Media should devise 'self evolved mechanisms': I&B Minister

  India | September 02, 2014 21:29 IST

  New Delhi: The government today stressed that media should devise “self evolved mechanisms” to control itself saying freedom of press has not come free and every freedom entails responsibility.Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar, while

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  Pakistan should mend its ways, avoid tension with India: Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | August 31, 2014 16:51 IST

  Jaipur: Expressing concern over frequent ceasefire violations, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today cautioned Pakistan that it should avoid increasing tension along the border as it would not be beneficial to it.“We fully

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  Pakistan should mend its ways, avoid tension with India: Javadekar

  India | August 31, 2014 16:21 IST

  Jaipur: Expressing concern over frequent ceasefire violations, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today cautioned Pakistan that it should avoid increasing tension along the border as it would not be beneficial to it.“We fully

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  Centre will soften, redefine environmental norms: Javadekar

  India | August 30, 2014 22:17 IST

  Dehradun: Stressing that environment and progress can supplement each other, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today spoke of softening and redefining of parameters to allow quarrying in rivers.Javadekar, after meeting with Uttrakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat

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  SC decision on coal blocks to ultimately benefit economy: Javadekar

  India | August 26, 2014 17:58 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court decision treating as illegal all coal block allocations since 1993 till 2010 will ultimately benefit the country's economy, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today."Yesterday, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has already

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  BJP slams Sonia Gandhi, says Congress most communal party

  Politics | August 13, 2014 16:35 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP today hit back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her remarks on "increase" in communal incidents in the country after it came to power, saying the charges were "baseless" and an

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  Opposition not being allowed to speak in parliament, Rahul Gandhi complains to Advani

  Politics | August 06, 2014 16:53 IST

  New Delhi: An upset Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is understood to have today conveyed his displeasure to senior BJP leader L K Advani about the opposition allegedly not being allowed to speak on important

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  Government to convene all-party meet on UPSC row

  Politics | August 06, 2014 16:01 IST

  New Delhi: Under fire from the Opposition on the UPSC row, Government today decided to convene an all-party meeting on the issue while indicating its unwillingness to postpone the civil services preliminary examination scheduled for

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  Pro Kabaddi: Classy U Mumba crush hapless Puneri Paltan

  Other Sports | August 05, 2014 7:59 IST

  NEW DELHI: U Mumba produced a clinical performance to thrash Puneri Paltan 44-28 in today's first match in the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League here at the Thyagraj Stadium.The Union Information & Broadcast Mminister Prakash

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  UPSC row: One more attempt to be allowed for aspirants who appeared in 2011

  India | August 04, 2014 16:02 IST

  New Delhi: In a major development to end the row over the alleged language bias in the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examination, the Centre on Monday said that one more attempt will be

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  Rajya Sabha adjourned again over UPSC row

  Politics | August 05, 2014 11:24 IST

  New Delhi: The UPSC exam row again echoed in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as opposition members pressed the government to find a solution.The question house was disrupted over a derogatory article about Tamil Nadu

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  UPSC row: RJD MP Pappu Yadav throws paper at LS Speaker

  Politics | August 01, 2014 15:45 IST

  New Delhi: The UPSC exam row generated heat in both Houses of Parliament with RJD MP Pappu Yadav tearing a paper and throwing it towards the Speaker in Lok Sabha and almost the entire opposition

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  Indo-US group to work very closely on climate change: Javadekar

  India | July 30, 2014 23:47 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the Indo-US Joint Working Group as an “important platform” for addressing environment and sustainable development concerns, Environment minister Prakash Javadekar today said the group needs to work “very closely” and develop common

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  UPSC issue again echoes in Rajya Sabha

  Politics | July 30, 2014 15:38 IST

  New Delhi: The UPSC row again echoed in Rajya Sabha Wednesday with the JD-U and other opposition parties questioning what the government is doing to resolve it.Raising the issue in the house, Janata Dal-United leader

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  BJP leaders attend Shahnawaz Hussain's Eid lunch

  Politics | July 30, 2014 11:54 IST

  New Delhi: A number of BJP leaders, including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, today attended a lunch hosted by party leader Shahnawaz Hussain to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr.Other Union Ministers like M Venkaiah

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  RSS outfits oppose GM crop trials, government says no decision yet

  Politics | July 30, 2014 11:54 IST

  New Delhi: Two RSS-linked outfits today met Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and claimed the clearance given by biotech regulator for field trials of genetically-modified crops has been put on hold but the government said no

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  Winds of change in offices: Minister saab is watching

  Politics | July 27, 2014 15:28 IST

  New Delhi: Most officials are reporting for work on the dot at 9 a.m. and, those who get delayed, especially those coming from outside Delhi, have to perforce take the day off as "minister saab",

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  BJP distances itself from a party leader's statement on Sania Mirza

  Tennis | July 25, 2014 12:49 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today distanced itself from a party leader's statement on tennis star Sania Mirza calling her a 'daughter-in-law' of Pakistan, saying it was not BJP's position. "This is not BJP's position," senior BJP

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  Modi government's media policy - keep them away?

  Politics | July 21, 2014 13:07 IST

  New Delhi: It has been almost two months since Narendra Modi took charge as India's prime minister, but the new government is yet to spell out its media and information policy - except by default.