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Didn't become MP to clean drains, toilets: Pragya Thaku
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 21 (ANI): At a time when leaders in the Narendra Modi government are doing everything possible to make 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' a success, BJP MP from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur has made a statement that could court controversy.
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A look at Modi 2.0's report card on completing 50 days in office
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government recently completed 50 days in office since assuming power for the second time after a comprehensive win in this year's general elections.
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LS members raise farmers' problems, ways to increase farm income
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Members in Lok Sabha on Tuesday raised problems related to agriculture including delay in procurement of produce, rise in the cost of inputs, late payment of crop insurance and adversities of weather and sought steps to increase the income of farmers.
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Lok Sabha passes NIA bill; Shah assures against misuse, targets UPA
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill to amend to NIA Act with union Home Minister Amit Shah asserting that the Modi government will never misuse its provisions and said the decision of UPA government to repeal POTA in 2004 was taken for the sake of "vote bank polit
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Assam Congress MPs protest in Parliament complex on floods
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Assam Congress MPs protested on Monday in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament over the flood situation in Assam and demanded that it be declared a national problem by the Centre.
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Modi government putting all efforts to double farmers' income: Giriraj Sin
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 14 (ANI): Modi government is putting all efforts to double the farmers' income, said Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Giriraj Singh. For the first-time Animal Husbandry, fisheries and dairying are separated from the agriculture dep
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UPA did not "reply" to 2006 train blasts, Modi would have responded, says
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday accused the UPA government of failing to give an "appropriate answer" after the train blasts in Mumbai 13 years ago in which 209 people were killed and said Modi government would have given a befitting response to a
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Angadi says govt firm on improving rail safety and punctuality; targets UP
Updated : 6 years, 8 months 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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'Over Rs1600 cr unutilised under MPLADS'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh on Wednesday said that out of the total money released under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) during the last tenure of the Narendra Modi government, over 1,600 crores remain unutilized.
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Opposition slams Budget as rhetoric, visionless; BJP, allies hail it as pr
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 9 (ANI): Opposition parties on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi government for its "rhetoric and visionless" announcements made in the Budget 2018-19 and accused it of failing to provide employment and address farmers concerns.
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Tharoor uses cricketing analogy, says budget had no-balls instead of bound
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Using a cricketing analogy to criticise the Union Budget, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday stated that the financial statement had unnecessary defensive strokes, dropped catches and was marred with quite a few no-balls instead of bold boundaries.
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FM quotes from sangam era Tamil classic
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday quoted a verse from the sangam-era Tamil classic "purananooru" to say that the Modi government will collect only that much tax required from people and not trample upon tax payers.
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