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Cong asks PM Modi to apologise for 'Dog' analogy of VK Singh
National | Oct 22, 2015, 08:49 PM ISTGhaziabad/New Delh: Union Minister V K Singh today kicked up a huge political row when he tried to shield the government from blame in the Faridabad Dalit burning incident, saying the "government cannot be held
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Modi Government committed to empowerment of minorities: Najma Heptulla
National | Sep 09, 2015, 10:23 PM ISTMumbai: The Modi government believes in a secular India and is committed to the empowerment of the minorities in order to achieve its aim of inclusive growth, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla today
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New bill on road transportation soon: Nitin Gadkari
National | Aug 14, 2015, 08:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre would shortly introduce a bill that encompasses global best practices in road transportation and safety standards, union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.The minister for road transport, highways and shipping was
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Government has accorded high priority to hunger: Ram Vilas Paswan
National | Jul 22, 2015, 09:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: The central government has taken note of the United Nations annual hunger report, and accorded high priority to the issue of hunger, a union minister said on Wednesday."The government has taken note of
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Former union minister P.K. Thungon convicted for graft
National | Jul 21, 2015, 08:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: A special court here has convicted former union minister P.K. Thungon in a 1998 corruption case and sent him to judicial custody.Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge Ajay Kumar Jain on Monday convicted
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ACB row: Centre feared FIR against Union Minister, claims Kejriwal
India | Jul 18, 2015, 11:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday attacked the Centre saying it tried to wrest control of the capital's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) as it feared that an FIR would be filed against a
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Amnesty International advocates repeal of AFSPA in North East
India | Jul 12, 2015, 04:57 PM ISTGuwahati: A day after the Union Home Minister talked about a possible scaling down in central forces' deployment in the North East, Amnesty International today said it must lead to a rethink on the use of
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From firebrand, I have now become waterbrand, Uma Bharti tells Aap Ki Adalat
National | Jul 12, 2015, 10:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: BJP leader and Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti has admitted that she has now mellowed down after being given the task of Ganga rejuvenation. "Earlier, I was a firebrand, but now I have
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Time to reflect on Article 370 : Hansraj Ahir
National | Jul 06, 2015, 11:51 PM ISTKolkata: Union minister Hansraj Ahir on Monday said it was time to reflect on the continuance of the constitution's article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir.Speaking at an event to mark the
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Rahul Gandhi misguiding people on food park issue, alleges Union Minister Sadhvi Jyoti
National | Jul 05, 2015, 09:09 PM ISTAhmedabad: Union Minister of State for Food Processing Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Sunday alleged that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was misguiding people and farmers by raking up the issue of food park proposed in
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Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar indulging in caste politics: Ramvilas Paswan
National | Jul 04, 2015, 11:35 PM ISTPatna: Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan today accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad of trying to divide the society by “indulging in caste politics” and asked NDA supporters to rise above
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Lait Modi row: Congress tells Hansraj Bhardwaj to exercise restraint
National | Jul 02, 2015, 05:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today sounded a note of caution to former Union Minister H R Bhardwaj to exercise restraint, in the wake of him questioning party's strategy in Parliament over the Lalit Modi row."Bhardwaj is a
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Rajnath singh reviews Amaranth yatra preparedness
India | Jul 01, 2015, 07:15 PM ISTSrinagar : A day ahead of the start of Amarnath Yatra, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed the arrangements made for the annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Soon
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Sushil Modi meets Manjhi for joint campaign in Council poll
National | Jun 30, 2015, 08:55 PM ISTPatna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today had a closed door meeting with former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi over political situation in the state and to draw strategy to win all 24 seats
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Piyush Goyal accuses Congress of raking "divisive issues"
National | Jun 04, 2015, 06:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal today accused Congress of raking "divisive issues", days after party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi took a veiled dig at BJP cautioning against the "ideology that pits one against the another"."The
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Support BJP-LJP in Bihar, UP assembly polls: Ram Vilas Paswan
National | Apr 07, 2015, 06:49 AM ISTVaranasi: Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) president and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan yesterday appealed to people to unite and bring his party and BJP to power in upcoming Bihar as well as Uttar Pradesh
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Land bill gave sleepless nights to Union rural development minister
National | Mar 15, 2015, 09:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: The contentious Land Acquisition Bill gave Union rural development minister Chaudhary Birender Singh sleepless nights thinking about the plight of the farmers as he prepared to introduce the land bill in Lok Sabha
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To answer direct questions from common man, union ministers to hold live chats every 15 days
National | Feb 18, 2015, 09:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: After PM's successful interaction with people on radio, the cabinet ministers of Narendra Modi government will hold fortnightly talkathons with on social media.The interaction on social media will include YouTube, addressing live and
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Naqvi receives threats from underworld; security stepped up
National | Dec 20, 2014, 07:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: Home Ministry has stepped up the security of Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi following several threats he has received on phone from “underworld”.Sources close to Naqvi said he was warned of dire consequences
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Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti refuses to comment on her controversial remarks
National | Dec 06, 2014, 04:56 PM ISTKanpur: Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti today refused to comment on the controversy generated by the remarks made by her at a public meeting in Delhi.Jyoti was in the district to visit the house of