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Rajya Sabha polls: BJP fields Phangnon Konyak for lone Nagaland seat; name
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced that it has fielded Nagaland state Mahila Morcha President S Phangnon Konyak to contest the Rajya Sabha seat in Nagaland.
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BJP backs Jharkhand Governor over returning mob lynching bill
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand and State BJP President Deepak Prakash on Friday welcomed the Governor's decision to return the bill against mob lynching saying that this was done as it was illegal.
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Kashmir Files movie has been orchestrated to display narrow vision of BJP'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The Kashmir Files movie has been carefully orchestrated in such a way that it displays the narrow vision of the vested political interests of the Bharatiya Janata Party, said Communist Party of India on Thursday, adding that it is a projection of the party'
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Kerala Congress leaders meet Sonia Gandhi to finalise candidates for Rajya
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): In view of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, Kerala Congress leaders on Thursday met Congress party's interim president Sonia Gandhi to decide the names of the candidates for the Rajya Sabha seats.
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24 sanitation workers' fatalities in 2021, down from 118 in 2019: Govt in
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The number of deaths occurring due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks has substantially come down in the country, said Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned, to meet on March 21
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned on Wednesday till March 21 in view of Holi.
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More than 8,000 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras opened across
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The government on Wednesday apprised about the availability of medicinal drugs at reasonable prices in the country and said about 8,689 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) have been opened till February across the country, covering all d
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AAP likely to send cricketer Harbhajan Singh to Rajya Sabha
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to send former cricketer Harbhajan Singh to Rajya Sabha in the biennial elections from Punjab.
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Amit Shah has chaired five meetings of Zonal Councils in last three years:
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah has chaired five meetings of Zonal Councils in the last three years, said Minister for State Home Nityanand Rai in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Sale of EVs increased since 2020, scenario would change in next 2-3 years,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) have increased since 2020 in the country, and assured that the scenario would change in the next two to three years.
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16 Chinese nationals granted Indian citizenship since 2007, 10 application
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Union Minister for state Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday in a written reply to Rajya Sabha informed that 16 Chinese nationals granted Indian citizenship since 2007 and other 10 applications of Chinese nationals are pending for the of grant citizensh
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Govt planning to develop India's road network on par with US by 2024, Niti
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that the Centre is planning to develop India's road infrastructure equivalent to that of the US by the end of 2024.
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