Search For "minister of state"
Multiple Expressions of Interest received for privatisation of BPCL
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): The government has received multiple Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for privatisation of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), and the transaction is in the second stage of the process, Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad said
Read More
There has been substantial progress in J-K, significant decline in terrori
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): The Central government on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that Jammu and Kashmir has improved substantially and there has been a significant decline in terrorist incidents in the region.
Read More
Per capita consumption of PMUY beneficiaries increased from 3.01 to 3.66 r
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): The Central government on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha (RS) that the per capita consumption of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries has increased from 3.01 refills in 2019-20 to 3.66 refills in current financial year (till February 2022)
Read More
India tackling narco-terror nexus on western front: MoS Defence
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): The security situation along the western borders remains largely stable but there are indications of an emerging narco-terror nexus sponsored by inimical elements across the border aimed at causing instability, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt told
Read More
Street vendors given Rs 3119 crore collateral free loans
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Street vendors have been given Rs 3119 crore collateral-free working capital loans under PM SVANidhi Scheme to restart their businesses adversely impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore
Read More
BJP to fulfil promise of liberating Pakistan occupied Kashmir, assures Jit
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 21 (ANI): Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party government will fulfil its promise to liberate Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) just like it fulfilled its promise of abrogating Arti
Read More
Uttarakhand: Rajnath Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi to visit Dehradun for legislat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 20 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi will be visiting Dehradun tomorrow for the BJP Legislature Party meeting where the Chief Minister's name will be declared, said the party's State media
Read More
MoS Muraleedharan warns govt of moving ahead with Silver line project in K
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], March 19 (ANI): Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan on Saturday met people protesting against the K-Rail Silver line project in the Kottayam district of Kerala and said it will create "ecological issues" in the state.
Read More
'BJP will not allow Kerala govt to implement anti-people SilverLine projec
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 18 (ANI): Hours after a protest erupted in Ernakulam, Kottayam and Kozhikode districts against the Kerala government's proposed SilverLine semi high-speed rail project, Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan said that BJP will not allow state gover
Read More
Centre making efforts to bring back Kerala nurse awarded death sentence in
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday that the Indian government is making every effort to bring back Kerala woman Nimisha Priya, who has been awarded a death sentence in Yemen, to India safely.
Read More
MoS Ajay Bhatt visits Army Base Hospital, meets Indian student injured in
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt on Thursday visited Army Base Hospital and met Harjot Singh, the Indian student who had sustained bullet injuries in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, said Army officials.
Read More
24 sanitation workers' fatalities in 2021, down from 118 in 2019: Govt in
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The number of deaths occurring due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks has substantially come down in the country, said Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Read More