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Puri takes a jibe at Pak PM for his Sidhu remark
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Atari Wagah/Amritsar (Punjab) [India] Nov 28 (ANI): After Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu could also win election in his country, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday stated that he (H
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V K Singh meets President, Chief Executive of Afghanistan in Geneva
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 28 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General Vijay Kumar Singh met Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and the country's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah here on Wednesday on the sidelines of the two-day Geneva ministerial Conference on Afghanistan wh
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Harsimrat, Puri reach Pakistan for Kartarpur groundbreaking ceremony
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Wagah Border/ Amritsar [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri have crossed the Wagah Border to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan on Wedne
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Chouhan's opponent Arun Yadav confident of Congress sweeping MP Assembly p
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Budhni (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Former Minister of State for Agriculture Arun Yadav, who is contesting against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Budhni town in the assembly elections being held on Wednesday, is confident of the party's victory in the polls.
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Ignored by Amit Shah, RSLP chief to take call on alliance with NDA soon
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Union Minister of State Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday said that he will soon announce his future plans, whether he will remain in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or not.
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DoNER minister asks North-East states to expedite fund utilization
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Concerned over the funds not getting utilised at a faster pace, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh on Tuesday asked the North Eastern states to expedite the utilisation of funds meant fo
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Jitendra Singh denies BJP role in J&K assembly dissolution
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not have any role in the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha. "BJP does not believe in interfering in the work of const
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Never condemned Sidhu for Kartarpur corridor: VK Singh
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 25 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) VK Singh on Sunday clarified that Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was never condemned for advocating for the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, a new border entry and road to all
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US tourist's killing in Andaman sad incident: MoS External Affairs
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 25 (ANI): Expressing grief over the killing of an American tourist in the North Sentinel Island of Andaman, Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) VK Singh on Sunday clarified that the government has a policy that nobody should go there.
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Don't read much into Swaraj missing Kartarpur ground-breaking: VK Singh
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 25 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs, General (retd) VK Singh, cleared the air surrounding External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj not attending the ground-breaking ceremony of Kartarpur corridor, a new border entry and road to allow pilgrims from India
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VK Singh snubs Akhilesh's 'Army in Ayodhya' remark, says Centre enough to
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, DC [USA], Nov 25 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh on Sunday rebuffed former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's stance that the Army needs to be deployed in Ayodhya to keep the situation under control and asserted that the Centre will make full
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India, Australia exchange five MoUs
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Nov 22 (ANI): India and Australia exchanged five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in the presence of Foreign Minister of Australia Marine Payne and Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde during President Ramnath Kovind's maide
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