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  In big rural push, govt to build 1 crore houses for poor in three years

  India | March 23, 2016 22:23 IST

  The government today embarked on an ambitious journey to build one crore houses for India’s poor over the next three years. The move is part of the Centre’s programme to provide housing for all by 2022

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  'Digital India' to transform country: Ravishankar Prasad

  February 15, 2016 20:12 IST

  Mumbai: Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravishankar Prasad today said the 'Digital India' initiative will transform the country into a digital society and a knowledge economy.With the demand for electronic hardware expected to rise rapidly

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  BJP responds to Sonia's 'daughter in law' remark

  Politics | December 09, 2015 9:44 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday slammed Congress for disrupting parliament over Sonia Gandhi's Court summon and said that it has nothing to do with the National Herald case."Why is Congress talking about the complainant,

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  NJAC verdict: Setback to parliamentary sovereignty, says Govt

  Politics | October 16, 2015 23:46 IST

  New Delhi: Making its disagreement with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) very clear, the government today said the verdict is a “setback to parliamentary sovereignty”.Union Minister Ravi

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  Sack Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, demands Congress over call drops issue

  Politics | September 29, 2015 17:52 IST

  New Delhi: Criticising the government for failing to resolve the problem of call drops, Congress today demanded the immediate sacking of Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for his "incompetence".Party general secretary Shakeel Ahmed told reporters

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  Additional 50 days under MNREGA in drought hit areas: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  Politics | September 16, 2015 19:08 IST

  New Delhi: Narendra Modi government has green signalled additional employment of 50 days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MNREGA) in drought hit areas of the country. This would in addition to the already

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  PM Modi asks officials to address call drop problem urgently

  Politics | August 25, 2015 19:14 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has voiced serious concern over call drops and directed officials to resolve the problem urgently besides ensuring that it does not extend to data connectivity.Reviewing the progress of digital

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  Nitish Kumar equating his "arrogance with the identity of Bihar": Ravi Shankar Prasad

  Politics | August 05, 2015 18:19 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today accused Nitish Kumar for equating his "supreme arrogance with the identity of Bihar" after the chief minister in an open letter charged Narendra Modi with insulting the state by taking a

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  Web portal to trace missing children launched

  India | June 02, 2015 20:42 IST

  New Delhi:  The government on Tuesday launched an exclusive web portal dedicated to tracking down missing children.The website called "Khoya-Paya" aims to help trace missing children by allowing citizens to post information about a child

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  Net Neutrality panel report to be made public soon: Telecom Minister

  Politics | June 02, 2015 20:36 IST

  New Delhi: The telecom department panel that was set up to look into the Net neutrality issue has submitted its report to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and the report will be made public in

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  BSNL to offer free national roaming from June 15: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  June 02, 2015 18:18 IST

  New Delhi: State-owned BSNL will offer its subscribers free incoming calls on roaming from June 15, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today, even as it looks to compete more aggressively with private telecom operators.“BSNL

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  Ravi Shankar Prasad asks Nitish, Kejriwal to 'work for people'

  Politics | May 27, 2015 14:29 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today criticised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's selfies and advised him, as well as, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal "to work

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  Narendra Modi government brought back growth and hope: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  Politics | May 26, 2015 18:06 IST

  Bengaluru:  The Narendra Modi government in the last one year has got back the country from "gloom to growth and from despair to hope", Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said, as he accused Congress

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  "NDA did away with UPA's 'jhooth, loot ki sarkar'"

  Politics | May 21, 2015 17:51 IST

  New Delhi: Days ahead of marking its first year in office, NDA government today strongly rebutted the opposition's charge that it was “anti-poor” and asserted that the Narendra Modi dispensation believed in growth and social

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  Ravishankar Prasad Inaugurates First Postal ATM in Bihar

  India | May 16, 2015 23:25 IST

  PATNA:  Expanding utilities of Post offices, the Centre is planning to open 1,000 ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) all over the country to provide facility of cash withdrawal round the clock, Union Information and Technology Minister

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  Vodafone, Aircel not meeting benchmarks for call drops in Delhi

  May 10, 2015 16:39 IST

  Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that Vodafone and Aircel are not meeting some benchmarks for call drops in Delhi whereas Airtel and state-run MTNL are within the limits."Trai has reported that MTNL

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  Vodafone, Aircel not meeting call benchmark in Delhi: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  Politics | May 08, 2015 23:21 IST

  New Delhi:  Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said that Vodafone and Aircel are not meeting some benchmarks for call drops in Delhi whereas Airtel and state-run MTNL are within the limits."TRAI has reported

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  Cyber attacks being launched from China, other nations

  Politics | May 06, 2015 20:32 IST

  New Delhi: Cyber attacks are being launched from China and some other nations to penetrate computer networks of government organisations in India, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.To deal with these issues, the government has taken

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  BSNL services come under attack in Lok Sabha

  Politics | May 06, 2015 14:40 IST

  New Delhi: Members in the Lok Sabha today came down heavily on BSNL for "poor" services across the country as the government defended the telecom operator saying it has been suffering since the days of

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  Congress seeks probe into TRAI releasing 1 mn e-mail IDs

  Politics | April 28, 2015 13:45 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday asked the government to investigate as to why thed Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) put up on its website the names of over one million people who had