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Union Minister alleges failure of law and order in Tripura
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala [Tripura], Jan 17 (ANI): Poll-bound Tripura's law and order has failed completely, alleged Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Vijay Sampla on Tuesday.
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Centre withdraws subsidy for Haj pilgrims
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The Union government on Tuesday scrapped the Haj subsidy for pilgrims as the fund will instead be used for the empowerment of minorities from this year.
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Meryl Streep dedicates her NBR award to 'men'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Los Angeles [U.S.A], January 11 (ANI): Two days after 'female empowerment' dominated the star-studded ceremony of 'Golden Globes', the #TIMESUP movement was still very much on stars' minds at the National Board of Review Awards.
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Messages on sanitary napkins to PM Modi to oust 12% GST
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India] Jan 10 (ANI): A group of students from Gwalior have launched a campaign by writing messages on sanitary napkins to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to eliminate 12% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the product and make it free of cost.
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Law and order works fine in Maharashtra: Fadnavis
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday asserted that the state of law and order here has been fine in the last three years and would continue to be so.
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Athawale demands action on Bhima Koregaon violence
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Union Minister of state for Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Saturday met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and demanded action against those responsible for the Bhima Koregaon violence.
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Delhi HC seeks Centre's reply on plea challenging Haj guidelines
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response on the PIL challenging the Haj policy that allegedly barred people with disability from undertaking the annual Haj pilgrimage.
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Electricity at Rs 200 per month to all: MP CM
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Raisen (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 28 (ANI): All houses in Madhya Pradesh, however remote they may be, may soon have a power connection, according to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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Owaisi alleges political marginalisation of Muslims by BJP, Congress
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) deliberately avoided talking about Muslim empowerment and their representation in the election c
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MPs should be paid more than cabinet secretary, says SP's Naresh Agarwal
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Parliamentarians on Friday demanded hike in their salaries as they contended that the lawmakers have been working over-time for the people.
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Need to focus on innovation for people with disabilities
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): There is a need to look for innovation beyond technology and focus on innovation for people with disabilities so that their optimum talent can be explored, said Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyang
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Nuvoco wins FICCI CSR Jury Award for women empowerment
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI-NewsVoir): Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd. (formerly Lafarge India Limited) one of the leading building materials manufacturers bagged the FICCI CSR Special Jury Commendation Award for the year 2016 - 17 in the women empowerment category at the 16th edition of FICCI CS
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