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  Broadcast frequency change underway for DD, AIR: Prakash Javadekar

  India | July 20, 2014 6:55 IST

  Pune: An ambitious project to switch Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) broadcasts from medium wave frequency to ‘FM' will soon be completed to enhance the audio quality, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar

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  Private FM channels will be allowed to broadcast AIR news: Government

  India | July 16, 2014 16:06 IST

  New Delhi: Private FM channels will be allowed to broadcast news only from bulletins of All India Radio, but the policy can be relaxed in future, the Lok Sabha was informed today.Information and Broadcasting Minister

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  Government to vest more power in states for green nods: Environment Minister

  India | July 15, 2014 22:34 IST

  New Delhi: Giving “utmost priority” to country's security without compromising on environment, the Environment ministry has decided to vest more power in states to give regulatory nods for building defence installation within 100 kms of

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  Decision on critically polluted areas soon: Prakash Javadekar

  India | July 13, 2014 23:41 IST

  Ahmedabad: The government will find an amicable solution to the issue of banning new projects or expansion of existing projects in Gujarat's ‘critically polluted' industrial clusters, Union Minister for State for Forests and Environment Prakash

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  Presentation of Union Budget in LS halted briefly

  Politics | July 10, 2014 16:27 IST

  New Delhi: Perhaps for the first time, the presentation of Union Budget in the Lok Sabha was halted briefly today as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley felt uncomfortable while reading out his speech and wanted to

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  Govt rejects WHO study report on pollution level in India

  India | July 09, 2014 17:08 IST

  New Delhi: Government on Wednesday rejected studies of WHO and Yale University which talked about India and its cities being among the most polluted, asserting that the parameters for determining air pollution were not considered

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  Public purpose projects to get speedy green nod: Prakash Javadekar

  India | July 06, 2014 17:43 IST

  New Delhi: Long delayed ‘public purpose projects' in sectors like highways, ports and railways are in for speedy green clearance on the lines of expeditious environmental nod that defence projects have got recently.  Declaring this,

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  BJP ministers to meet party workers every day

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:46 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to improve coordination between the party and the government, the BJP Wednesday decided that union ministers would visit the party office every day and meet party workers.This would lead to

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  Prakash Javadekar catches officials coming late, sends them home

  India | July 01, 2014 9:35 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar pulled a surprise check at the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and was not pleased with what he discovered.At 9.15 am, a walk-through revealed a penurious attendance.  Javadekar had the

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  Narendra Modi's mantra is 'delay out, decision in': Javadekar

  Politics | June 23, 2014 16:16 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the Narendra Modi government believes in the mantra “delay is out, decision is in”, and asserted that the job of the government is not to create roadblocks

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  Media freedom curtailed during UPA regime: Javadekar

  Politics | June 22, 2014 7:29 IST

  Mumbai: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today said “emergency mindset” continued during the UPA regime which curtailed media freedom in the country.“After I became the I&B minister, I was reviewing pending files in

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  Prakash Javadekar elected as Rajya Sabha member from MP

  Politics | June 12, 2014 20:55 IST

  Bhopal: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar was today declared elected as a Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh.The result was declared by the State Assembly's Principal Secretary and Returning Officer

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  A kids' and animation channel on DD: Javadekar wants quick progress

  India | June 12, 2014 16:58 IST

  New Delhi: Matters are moving, and fast, in the information and broadcasting ministry under new minister Prakash Javadekar, who has asked officials to "show quick progress" in pushing ahead with ventures and also suggested launching

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  Govt looking to enact law to stop attacks on press: Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | June 08, 2014 14:19 IST

  Mumbai: The Narendra Modi government at the Centre is committed towards ensuring a free press and will look into the possibility of introducing a central law to prevent attacks on journalists, Information and Broadcasting Minister

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  Ideologically, I favour abolition of I & B Ministry: Javadekar

  Politics | June 07, 2014 19:49 IST

  New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar is “philosphically” and “ideologically” in favour of doing away with the ministry as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plank of “less government, more governance.”Javadekar was asked

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  Ganga rejuvenation roadmap to be prepared in one month

  Politics | June 07, 2014 11:32 IST

  New Delhi: As part of plans for Ganga's rejuvenation, transport of passengers and goods between Varanasi and Hooghly on the Hindu holy river is being contemplated, an official statement said Friday.Road Transport, Highways and Shipping

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  BJP to nominate Prakash Javadekar for Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh

  Politics | June 06, 2014 21:10 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar will get a Rajya Sabha berth from Madhya Pradesh after his name was finalised by BJP today. BJP decided to nominate Javadekar as its nominee for the Upper House

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  Allow state firm to offer cable TV services: Jayalalithaa

  Politics | June 06, 2014 11:32 IST

  Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa, alleging the previous UPA government facilitated the interests of private cable operators, Thursday urged the NDA central government to permit the state government company to offer cable services here.In

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  Now green clearance online: Prakash Javadekar

  India | June 05, 2014 18:06 IST

  New Delhi: In order to bring more transparency, environment clearances can now be sought online, Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State for Environment and Climate Change, today said.“The online service system for TOR (Terms of Reference)

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  Gopinath Munde's daughter Pankaja to perform last rites

  Politics | June 04, 2014 14:16 IST

  Beed (Maharashtra): The village of Parali in Maharashtra's Beed district was transformed into a sea of grieving humanity as union minister Gopinath Munde's body reached here by a helicopter from Latur Wednesday morning.Hundreds of youth