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No role of lobbying, connections in Padma awards: Minister
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): The government told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that lobbying and connections played a role in getting Padma awards earlier but the process has been changed and those excelling in different areas are given the award.
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272 foreigners, NRIs, OCIs, PIOs conferred Padma awards since 1954: MoS Ho
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Total 272 foreigners, Non-resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) have been conferred the Padma Awards since inception in 1954, MoS Home Nityanand Rai said.
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No biasness or lobbying in conferring Padma awards: Govt
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI) : While addressing the Lower House on Tuesday, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that Padma Awards have not been conferred based on biasness or lobbying
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Lok Sabha passes Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday passed an amendment bill that allows a Supreme Court judge besides the Chief Justice of India to be appointed the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) and increases the number of members from two to three.
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Shashi Tharoor slams govt on NRC issue
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed Central government after the bill to amend Protection of Human Rights Act was introduced in Lok Sabha.
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Modi Hai To Mumkin Hai: Union Min's response to JDU's demand for permanent
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): "Modi Hai To Mumkin Hai" (With Narendra Modi, it's possible) -- was the response of a Union Minister when members of the Janata Dal-United, a constituent of the NDA, on Thursday sought from the government a permanent solution to the flood, which has so far k
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Police and public order are state subjects: Nityanand Rai on mob lynching
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are state subjects, said Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Wednesday while replying to a question, whether incidents of mob lynching have increased in the last six months.
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1,310 migrants in Rajasthan were given citizenship: MoS for Home Nityanand
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): As many as 1,310 migrants in Rajasthan have been given citizenship, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Net infiltration in J-K reduced by 43%: MHA in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 09 (ANI): Government on Tuesday informed Lok Sabha that the net cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced by 43 per cent in 2019 as compared to the previous year.
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Government rejects Odisha's demand for special status
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Central government has not accorded the status of special category state to Odisha as the Fourteenth Finance Commission does not make any distinction between special and general category states, said Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Home Affa
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Centre refuses to change West Bengal's name to Bangla
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 03 (ANI): The Union government on Wednesday refused Mamata Banerjee's demand to change West Bengal's name to Bangla.
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Sedition law needed to combat anti-national elements, no proposal to scrap
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday said there is no proposal to scrap the sedition law and asserted that it is needed "to effectively combat anti-national, secessionist and terrorist elements".
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