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Won't extradite Assange where he could face death penalty: UK Minister
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], July 16 (ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would not be extradited to any country where he could face capital punishment, UK Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Alan Ducan has reaffirmed.
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Rs 15,310.73 billion returned from circulation post-demonetisation
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The total value of specified bank notes returned from circulation during 2016-'17 was Rs 15,310.73 billion, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Monday.
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No proposal under govt's consideration for special category status to Odis
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): There is no proposal under the consideration of the central government for the grant of special category status to Odisha, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur told Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Pak must stop funding terror camps, says MoS Home Kishan Reddy
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Secunderabad [Telangana], July 14 (ANI): Pakistan must stop funding terror emanating from its soil, said Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kishan Reddy on Sunday.
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Mansukh Mandaviya digitally flags off IWAI ship carrying Bhutanese cargo t
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): In a first, the Minister of State for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Friday digitally flagged-off a vessel from Assam's Dhubri to Bangladesh's Narayanganj, carrying 1000 MT of Bhutanese stone.
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Modi doing for Railways what Vajpayee did for roads: Suresh Angadi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Suresh Angadi on Thursday said Railways has witnessed a change after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office, adding that the latter did what late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did for roads in the country.
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Angadi says govt firm on improving rail safety and punctuality; targets UP
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi on Thursday alleged that the UPA government did not show political will or leadership to develop the Railways, and its capital expenditure doubled under the Narendra Modi government.
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MoS Mandaviya to flag off cargo vessel from Bhutan to Bangladesh tomorrow
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Minister of State for Shipping (Independent Charge) and Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya will flag off an inland waterways vessel containing cargo from Bhutan to Bangladesh via Brahmaputra river and the Indo-Bangla Protocol Route tomorrow.
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Cargo transportation on waterways reaches 72.31 million tonnes
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Cargo transportation on waterways rose to 72.31 million tonnes in 2018-19 from 55.2 million tonnes in 2016-17 and 55.03 million tonnes in 2017-18, the government said on Thursday.
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Jaishankar meets Bangladesh minister at Commonwealth conclave
Updated : 7 years ago IST
London [UK], July 10 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar here on Wednesday met Bangladesh's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, MD Shahriar Alam, and discussed bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest.
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Govt can proceed against corrupt officials on basis of available evidence:
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The government has the right to proceed against corrupt officials on the basis of the available evidence, said Union Minister of State, Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday in response to a question in Lok Sabha.
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India's current total installed nuclear power capacity is 6780 MW: Jitendr
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The present total installed nuclear power capacity in the country is 6780 Mega Watts (MW), said Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of state (Department of Atomic Energy) in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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