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  IT scrutiny against Robert Vadra started during UPA tenure: FM

  National | January 05, 2015 23:50 IST

  New Delhi: Giving a new twist to the Robert Vadra case, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the process for issuing Income Tax notices to him started before he took charge of the Ministry, in

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  Development of 100 smart cities saw push in 2014

  India | January 03, 2015 18:30 IST

  New Delhi: Development of 100 smart cities and housing for all by 2022 were the mantra of Ministry of Urban Development and Housing and Poverty Alleviation in 2014.  With the NDA government replacing the UPA

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  Govt decision to regularise colonies, pre-poll gimmick: Lovely

  National | December 30, 2014 23:12 IST

  New Delhi: Calling it a gimmick to appease voters in poll-bound Delhi, Congress today slammed Centre's decision to regularise 895 unauthorised colonies, alleging if the BJP-led government was really worried about such people, then why

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  Cars, SUVs to become costlier from Jan as govt ends excise sop

  December 30, 2014 17:06 IST

  New Delhi: Cars, SUVs and two-wheelers will become expensive from January 1 with the government deciding not to extend the reduced excise duty rates provided to the sector."The government is not extending the excise duty

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  2014: Year of high for Narendra Modi and BJP

  National | December 29, 2014 12:13 IST

  New Delhi: Helped by a significant wave against the Congress-headed UPA, Narendra Modi lifted BJP from two consecutive defeats to secure an absolute majority on its own at the Centre and helped it add further

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  UPA govt should have conferred Bharat Ratna on Vajpayee: Omar Abdullah

  National | December 22, 2014 8:24 IST

  Jammu: Amid speculation that Atal Bihari Vajpayee may be bestowed with Bharat Ratna, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the UPA government should have conferred the country's highest civilian honour on the

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  Taxmen must recover legitimate dues: Arun Jaitley

  December 20, 2014 16:53 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said revenue department must recover the legitimate dues but there is no point in focusing on unfairly imposed taxes as they only bring “bad name”.“...the taxes which are

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  PM Modi believes in marketing, concentrating powers in his hands: Rahul Gandhi

  National | December 05, 2014 22:49 IST

  New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he believes only in “marketing” and “symbolism” and concentrating all power in his hands in the belief that he can run the country alone.

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  Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth gets six month extension

  India | December 05, 2014 14:58 IST

  New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth was today given a six-month extension in service, third time after he was appointed to the top bureaucratic post.  The extension of Seth was approved by Appointments Committee of

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  Non-Veg food in IIT stopped during UPA rule, Smriti Irani tells parliament

  National | December 04, 2014 11:26 IST

  New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani today rejected allegations that she was promoting vegetarian food in IITs, contending that it such meals were stopped during UPA rule, much before she assumed charge following

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  Decisions to make Sanskrit compulsory taken by UPA: HRD Ministry

  National | December 04, 2014 8:53 IST

  New Delhi: The HRD Ministry today said the decisions to ask those central universities to explore the possibilities of opening of Sanskrit department where it doesn't exist and to ask CBSE to make the language

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  Three-day mourning in Maharashtra

  India | December 02, 2014 14:34 IST

  Mumbai: The Maharashtra government Tuesday announced a three-day state mourning for former chief minister A.R. Antulay, who died here following prolonged illness.During the mourning period, there will be no official entertainment or celebrations or major

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  BJP wanted material on Netaji public, now govt says no

  National | December 01, 2014 13:03 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP-led government has refused to make public nearly 39 classified files on the mysterious disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and related matters, in sharp contrast to the demands of disclosure raised

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  'Modi cheated people; NDA followed UPA in SC on black money'

  National | November 15, 2014 23:43 IST

  Bhopal: Congress today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “cheating” people on the black money issue, and said though he had made tall claims on repatriating the ill-gotten money in the run-up to elections the

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  To improve PDS, Maharashtra government mulls ration card, Aadhaar link-up

  India | November 15, 2014 11:02 IST

  Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is mulling a proposal to link ration cards with Aadhaar numbers so as to enhance the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state.The move is being planned with a view to

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  Ready to move out but need livable alternative: Chiranjeevi

  National | November 14, 2014 8:41 IST

  Hyderabad: Former union minister Chiranjeevi Thursday termed the move to issue eviction notice to him for vacating his official bungalow in Delhi as "unfair", saying he was ready to move out but the alternative house

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  Beni criticises Modi Governmet's Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

  National | November 11, 2014 6:54 IST

  Barabanki: Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma today charged the Narendra Modi Government with not doing any welfare work for the country's citizens and said it has only handed them “jhaadu” (broom) in the name of

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  Bharadwaj attacks Chidambaram on handling of 2G spectrum issue

  National | November 10, 2014 23:38 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Congress leader H R Bharadwaj today attacked former Finance Minister P Chidambaram for blaming ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the 2G spectrum issue and instead accused him of being “solely responsible”.A former

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  Birthday gift for Ahir comes two days earlier

  National | November 09, 2014 17:34 IST

  New Delhi: BJP MP Hansraj Gangaram Ahir got his birthday gift two days earlier with his induction in the Narendra Modi ministry today in apparent recognition of his role in relentlessly highlighting irregularities in coal

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  NDA government inefficient: Narayanasamy

  National | November 08, 2014 14:58 IST

  Shillong: Describing the NDA government as "inefficient", senior Congress leader V. Narayanasamy Saturday said Chinese intrusions and Pakistan's ceasefire violations have become "regular" since the new government took charge."When they (NDA) were in the opposition,