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"Coaching has become virtually commerce": Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dha
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Vice President said this after Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal gave notice to hold a discussion in the house on the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre in West Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar on Saturday.
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'Bengaluru is a brand..': Karnataka minister HK Patil on renaming Ramanag
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
State Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil, speaking on Friday, cited the aspirations and demands of the people and their representatives as the driving force behind the decision to merge Ramanagara district to Bengaluru South.
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"Mandate of people insulted..." Union Minister Kiren Rijiju criticizes opp
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
In a strong rebuttal to the opposition's criticism of Union Budget 2024-25, Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday accused the opposition of engaging in mere politics rather than providing constructive feedback on the budget.
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Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal lauds 2024-25 Budget, highlights judicial
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice and MoS for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal lauded this year's budget as a "whole of Government" approach with a holistic focus while inaugurating a webinar on 'Budgetary Schemes for 2024-25: Strengthening Justice Deliv
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Opposition is misleading the people: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Budget
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday called the Union Budget "good" and said that the opposition is trying to "mislead people" by saying that the budget presented by the central government is only for two states (Bihar and Andhra Pradesh).
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"Kerala to benefit from interest-free loans": BJP's V Muraleedharan praise
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Former Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, and BJP leader V Muraleedharan, praised the Union Budget 2024, highlighting its significant benefits for Kerala. He noted that the central government has allocated Rs 1.5 lakh crore in interest-free loans to Kerala, whi
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to table Economic Survey in Parliament
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey 2023-24 along with a statistical appendix in Parliament on Monday, a day ahead of the Union Budget.
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All-party-meeting underway in parliament ahead of budget session
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
An all-party meeting is currently underway at the Parliament ahead of the commencement of the budget session. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju is hosting the meeting, which is seeing attendance from a range of political leaders.
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Government to hold all-party meeting on July 21 ahead of Budget Session
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju will hold a meeting with the floor leaders of political parties in both the houses of the Parliament, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs said in a press release.
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MHA amends rules of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, boosts LG's powe
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a significant move, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended the rules of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 enhancing some powers of the Lieutenant Governor of the erstwhile state.
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Go through what PM Modi said about Manipur: Kiren Rijiju slams Opposition
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to the debate on the 'Motion of Thanks' in the President's address in the Rajya Sabha, affirming that the central government is making efforts to normalise the situation in the north-eastern state of Manipur, which has been witnessing ethnic violence s
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"Strict action will be taken against...": Kiren Rijiju on NEET issue
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing row over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday asserted that strict action will be taken against the accused who played with the future of students.
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