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Harsh Vardhan urges states to increase healthcare spending to achieve NHP
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday urged the health ministers from states and union territories to increase healthcare spending to a minimum 8 per cent in their state budget so as to meet the goals of healthcare spending of National Health
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By 2023, States will have to pay 65 pc more for paramilitary's deployment:
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): All Indian States and Union Territories (UTs) will now have to spend more money if they want to deploy paramilitary forces in their respective areas.
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Kerala tops Niti Aayog's School Education Quality Index, UP worst performe
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): NITI Aayog on Monday released the School Education Quality Index (SEQI) which evaluates states and union territories' performance in the school education. Kerala secured the top spot with 76.6 per cent while Uttar Pradesh performed worst for 2016-17.
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Article 370 encouraged links between separatist politicians, Pak-sponsored
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Defending the Indian government's move to abrogate Article 370 of the constitution, which gave special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar has said that the provision was misused and encouraged links between
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J-K: Centre's advisory committee meets Governor Malik
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): A three-member advisory committee led by its Chairman Sanjay Mitra met Governor Satya Pal Malik here on Thursday and discussed the distribution of assets and liabilities between the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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Follow spirit of Modi govt, emulate best practices: Jitendra Singh advices
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 19 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday appealed chief secretaries and principal secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs) to follow the spirit of Narendra Modi government and emulate the best practices adopted by the Centre.
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RTI procedures simplified in last five years: Minister
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said the procedures to file an RTI appeal have been simplified in the last five years and denounced rumours that an applicant will have to travel to Delhi to file an RTI after Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh formally come
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RTI can be filed locally in J-K, Ladakh: Jitendra Singh
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said that the Right to Information (RTI) can be filed locally in the Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh even after the new arrangement comes into existence from October 31.
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OIC to hold meeting on Palestine following Netanyahu's statement
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], Sep 11 (ANI): The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced that it will hold a meeting at the foreign ministers level to discuss the escalation following the statement of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on West Bank territories.
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Dilution of Art 370 will accelerate development, talks with Pakistan only
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 10 (ANI) : Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday asserted that the dilution of Article 370 would accelerate the process of development in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and said any talks with Pakistan now would be held only on Pakistan-
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5,000 major surgeries performed in Srinagar from August 5 till date
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Around 5,000 major surgeries were performed in Srinagar hospitals till date from August 5, the day when Parliament passed a resolution supporting the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories -- Jammu
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HDFC Bank to sell its entire stake in Goods & Services Tax Network
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): HDFC Bank has agreed to sell its entire 10 per cent stake in the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) consisting of ten lakh equity shares of Rs 10 each for a total consideration of Rs 1 crore to various state governments and Union Territories.
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