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Rs 139.20 crore earned from platform tickets in 2018-19, Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The government earned around Rs 139.20 crore from the sale of platform tickets in the year 2018-19, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project to be completed by 2023: Piyush Goya
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR), also known as Bullet Train Project, has been sanctioned with a target to be completed by 2023, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday.
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MPs from SP, TMC give Zero Hour notices in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): MPs from the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday gave Zero Hour notices in the Rajya Sabha over several issues.
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Opposition accuses BJP of manipulating ballot paper during voting on RTI B
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Opposition on Thursday accused the BJP of manipulating ballot papers during the voting on the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha.
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Oppn parties accuse BJP of manipulating ballot paper voting on RTI Bill
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed chaos and uproar as Opposition parties accused BJP of manipulating ballot papers during the voting on the Right to Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019. BJP too targeted its political rivals for levelling 'baseless
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Rajya Sabha passes RTI (Amendment) Bill after acrimonious debate
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 25 (ANI) The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the controversial Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 after an acrimonious debate and opposition walk out amidst uproarious scenes with the government rejecting a strong demand for referring the bill to select commit
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Demonetisation deterred terror funding, boosted digitalisation: FM Sithara
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Demonetisation achieved several goals, including deterring terror funding, boosting digitalisation and facilitating the transition of the non-formal economy into a formal economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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Govt taking revenge on RTI as it exposed their false claims: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 25 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday alleged that the government was bringing amendments in the Right to Information Act to take revenge on institutions as it exposes the "false claims" of the government.
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Rajya Sabha passes RTI (Amendment) Bill after acrimonious debate
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 25 (ANI) The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 after an acrimonious debate between the opposition and the treasury benches that witnessed unruly scenes.
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Uproar in Rajya Sabha over Right to Information (Amendment) Bill
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 25 (ANI): Opposition parties on Thursday created pandemonium in Rajya Sabha after the government rejected their demand to refer the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to a Select Committee of the Upper House.
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Gross NPAs of public sector banks have declined by over Rs 89,000 cr till
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of public sector banks (PSBs) have declined by Rs 89,189 crore from a peak of more than Rs 8.95 lakh crore in March 2018 to over Rs 8.06 lakh crore in March this year, the government told the Rajya Sabha.
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Pakistan doesn't actively promote Yoga or International Day of Yoga: Shrip
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Pakistan government neither actively promotes Yoga nor endorses the UN Resolution proclaiming 21 June as the International Day of Yoga (IDY), government said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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