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Amma critical: Centre assures assistance to TN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's health condition deteriorating following a cardiac arrest, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiran Rijiju on Monday assured all possible assistance from the Centre.
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Giriraj's 'sterilisation' statement his personal opinion: B
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): Dismissing the call made by Minister of State of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh for mass sterilisation to control population, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that these are his personal opinions and the party or the gov
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Burning of schools in Valley 'unfortunate', says Jitendra Singh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec. 4 (ANI): Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh on Sunday said burning of schools in the Kashmir Valley is unfortunate, and even students are opposing it in every possible manner.
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Digital payment does not require education : Dharmendra Pradhan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Dec. 3(ANI): Making a push for digital payment post demonetisation, at petrol pumps across the country, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday asserted that for making digital payments, a person does not require education.
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Cashless economy initiative will be taken forward: Rijiju
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 2(ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju met the Director General of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) on Friday and said that the policies started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with regard to making India a cashless economy will be taken forward
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Opposition does not want debate: Meghwal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 2(ANI): Union Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Friday said the opposition does not want a discussion to take place in the parliament on any issue including demonetisation, and comes up with fresh demands that defy logic.
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Mamata's flight delayed: Govt. says DGCA probing how three planes ran
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.1 (ANI): Amid uproar in Parliament over the IndiGo plane with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on board running low on fuel while flying from Patna to Kolkata last evening, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Thursday said that the Directorat
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Pay-day: Govt. appeals people to move towards digital payment
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 1 (ANI): With pay-day having arrived and salaries expected to be disbursed to employees across the country, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday appealed to the people to move towards digital modes of payment.
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Opposition doesn't know how to handle matters of national importance,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 30(ANI): Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday criticised the opposition for not knowing what to do on demonetisation and not being clear on how to handle a matter of national importance and sensitivity.
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Common man's 'aakrosh' fizzled out opposition's Aakros
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.29 (ANI): Taking a dig at the opposition after their call for 'Aakrosh Diwas' evoked a lukewarm response across the nation, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that the reason their call had failed was becau
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Pradhan tells Odisha Govt. demonetisation no reason to shut educational in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Nov. 28 (ANI): Union Minister of state for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday questioned the Government of Odisha as to why it had decided to close all government run schools and colleges citing demonetisation as an excuse.
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Nation heading towards cashless economy post demonetisation: Rathore
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Nov. 26(ANI): Asserting that the government is ready for debate on the demonetisation issue in Parliament, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Saturday said that the Centre is driving the country towards a cashless e
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