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No proposal to privatise operations of Indian Railways: Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): The government has said that there is no proposal to privatise railway operations but there is a proposal to outsource the commercial and onboard services of a few trains and to permit private players to induct modern rakes to run trains on select routes.
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DPIIT recognized 27,916 startups till Feb 1 this year, Centre informs Rajy
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has recognized 27,916 startups, as on February 1, 2020, Centre informed Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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Words from remarks of PM Modi, Azad in Rajya Sabha expunged
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): A word has been expunged from the reply of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the debate on Motion of Thanks to President's address in the Rajya Sabha.
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India has offered to test samples of coronavirus for other Southeast Asian
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has offered to test samples of novel coronavirus (nCoV) for other Southeast Asian countries as well, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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80 Indian students still in coronavirus-hit Wuhan: Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): An estimated 80 Indian students are still living in the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Friday, adding that 70 of them chose to stay behind at the time of the evacuation operation.
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India extended offer of evacuating people from Wuhan to all its neighbours
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday informed Rajya Sabha that India had offered all its neighbouring countries including Pakistan to evacuate their people from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan but only Maldives chose to take up the offer.
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Govt announces formula for fixing MSP for paddy and wheat
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed Rajya Sabha on Friday that government has fixed minimum support prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated crops including paddy, wheat for every agricultural year fair & remunerative pr
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Mufti, Omar not militants or anti-national: Nazir Ahmad Laway on PSA
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): After National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti were booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA), Rajya Sabha MP Nazir Ahmad Laway criticized the central government and said that Abdullah and Mufti are not
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Congress moves adjournment motion in LS 'over bringing back Indian student
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh on Friday gave adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over "urgent need to initiate all steps through inter-governmental and diplomatic routes to ensure Indian students in China are brought back to India".
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CPI(M) gives Zero Hour notice in RS over JNU violence
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): KK Ragesh, Communist Party of India (M) MP on Friday gave Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over the "alleged criminal attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) teachers and students".
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JDU MP gives notice in RS over demand for caste specific census
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) MP Ram Nath Thakur has given a Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over "demand for caste specific census in 2021".
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PM Modi uses wit, couplets, anecdotes to hit at opposition
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday recited couplets, lines, anecdotes and used repartee in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha as he took dig at the opposition and also evoked smiles during his reply in the two houses to the debate on the motion of thanks t
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