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PM Modi chairs 36th PRAGATI interaction; reviews 8 projects worth Rs 44,54
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the 36th PRAGATI meeting, the ICT-based multi-modal platform for 'pro-active governance and timely implementation' of policies involving Central and state governments.
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BJP hits out at Gehlot for separate agriculture budget, says they should f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has reacted sharply to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's announcement that the state will present a separate agriculture budget from next year, saying that Congress leaders should first fulfill promises made by the
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India slams Turkey over remarks at Human Rights Council, rejects incorrect
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 24 (ANI): Terming Turkey's remarks regarding the situation in Kashmir and the implementation of UN resolutions as "completely unacceptable," India has said it is "ironical for a country which has trampled upon its own civil society to pass unjustified comments
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UP Assembly passes Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill 2021
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 24 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2021 was passed by the state Legislative Assembly by voice vote on Wednesday.
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US seeks to regain seat on UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): President Joe Biden aims to secure a seat for the United States on the United Nations Human Rights Council almost three years after the Trump administration left the world body, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Wednesday.
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Schools, colleges, weekly markets to remain closed in Jalna in Maharashtra
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jalna (Maharashtra) [India], February 24 (ANI): Educational institutions and weekly markets in Maharashtra's Jalna district have been ordered to remain shut till March 31 in the wake of the rise in coronavirus cases in the state.
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Chhattisgarh CM directs collectors to ensure COVID-19 testing at inter-sta
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 24 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday directed collectors to ensure COVID-19 testing arrangements at the airport and the inter-state borders, especially at Maharashtra border in view of the surge in various cities of Maharas
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From Feb 26, Delhi to ask people from 5 states to show negative COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): With a surge in COVID-19 cases in five states, Delhi will make it essential for those arriving from those states to carry a negative COVID test report from February 26, according to sources.
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Petroleum Minister explains why North-eastern states important for oil, ga
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], February 24 (ANI): Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday explained why the North-eastern Region (NER) which includes Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim are important for oil and
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PM Modi to inaugurate second edition of Maritime India Summit on March 2
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the second edition of the Maritime India Summit (MIS) on March 2, 2021, informed an official statement by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. He will inaugurate the summit at 11 am.
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Separate agriculture budget in Odisha since 2012-13, nothing new in Ashok
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Even as Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday announced that the state will have a separate agriculture budget from next year, BJD leader Prasanna Acharya said that the Odisha government has been presenting separate agriculture budget in t
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India at Human Rights Council asks Pakistan to put its house in order, dis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 24 (ANI): India has urged Human Rights Council to call upon Pakistan to take credible and irreversible steps to end state-sponsored terrorism and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in the territories under its control.
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