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V.K. Singh receives first batch of Indian Haj pilgrims in Medina
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Medina (Saudi Arabia), Aug.4 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General V.K. Singh on Thursday received the first batch of Haj pilgrims coming from India in Medina.
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Indians stranded in Saudi: V K Singh reaching Jeddah today to finalise mod
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 3 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh will reach Jeddah today to assess the situation and finalise modalities to bring back Indians who want to return to home from Saudi Arabia.
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WB name change: No 'Bongo' please, it's a musical instrumen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 2 (ANI): Welcoming the West Bengal Cabinet's decision to change the name of the state, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo on Tuesday said the name could be 'Bangla' or 'Bengal' but shouldn't be 'Bon
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VK Singh to leave for Saudi Arabia to take stock of situation of stranded
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug.2 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd.) V K Singh will travel to Saudi Arabia today to assess the severity of the food crisis faced by nearly 10,000 Indians stranded in Saudi after being rendered jobless.
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Pak has to deal with security issues: India on Hafiz Saeed's warning
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 1 (ANI): Downplaying Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed's threat of nationwide protest in Pakistan during Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to attend the SAARC Interior/Home Ministers meeting, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Monday put
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Mayawati is BJP's slave, not me: Athawale
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 31 (ANI): Hitting back at Mayawati for calling him a slave of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), newly-inducted Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said that the BSP supremo was in fact the slave as she had become the chief minister thri
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'Gau Raksha' is important, but so is 'Manav Raksha', s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Condemning the Una incident where a Dalit family was flogged allegedly by Gau Rakshaks for skinning a cow carcass, newly inducted Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said the protection of cows should not be at the expen
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Change Bahujan Samaj Party to Sarvjan Samaj Party: Athawale tells Mayawati
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Newly inducted Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, on Saturday advised Mayawati to change her party's name from Bahujan Samaj Party to Sarvjan Samaj Party.
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Myanmar foreign minister Suu Kyi to visit India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Myanmar Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi has conveyed to Minister of State for External Affairs General V.K. Singh that she is looking forward to visit India.
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Rampant human rights violation in Balochistan, PoK not new: Rijiju
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): With residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) taking to the streets to vent their anger against the ruling establishment over the "rigged" elections, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday called upon the International Human Rights C
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Not appropriate to judge Mehbooba's remark on Wani: Jitendra Singh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): With the opposition parties seeking an explanation on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's assertion that Hizbul Mujahideen commander 'Burhan Wani would have been given a second chance', Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (
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Govt. counters Rahul Gandhi, throws light on 'inflation mafia' d
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday countered Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's assertion that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) only make false promises and asked the latter to introspect the ten-year-rule of the fo
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