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Karnataka Congress holds silent protests against Centre over alleged bank
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The Karnataka Congress party held a silent protest in Bengaluru on Wednesday, demanding answers from the Central government about the alleged Rs 98,000 crore bank frauds during the last 5 years.
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Centre plans tomato procurement from key growing states as prices skyrocke
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Amid a sharp spurt in tomato prices across the country, the Central government has directed its agencies – NAFED AND NCCF -- to immediately procure the staple vegetable from mandis in key growing states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.
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Power availability rose to 22.30 hrs in rural areas, 23.3 hrs urban since
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The central government has brought in a “sea of change” in the country’s power sector which has resulted in raising power availability in rural areas up from 12:30 hrs in 2014 to 22:30 hrs today, said Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh.
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Delhi Government opposes bringing GSTN under PMLA purview, demands discuss
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The central government on Saturday issued a notification to bring the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). With the implementation of the said order, the information stored on the GST Network can now be shared under the PMLA Act.
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“Those rejoicing over SC decision on ED director are delusional”: Amit Sha
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As the opposition parties held the Supreme Court’s decision on the extension of the tenure of ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra a major ‘setback’ for the Central government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has called them “delusional”.
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Such imposed uniformity...: AIMPLB writes to Telangana CM KCR on UCC
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The political fallout to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strong advocacy of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) continued on Monday, as the All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Monday penned a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao saying that the central government's
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'Unprecedented era of peace, progress, prosperity' in J-K post abrogation
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Central government on Monday defended its decision to abrogate Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir saying post the changes, street violence, which was engineered and orchestrated by terrorists and secessionist networks has now become thing of past.
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PM Modi speaks to Himachal CM Sukhu; takes stock of situation due to exces
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
According to the release, Chief Minister informed him that the State has been severely affected by floods and heavy rainfall, leading to extensive damage and provided an update on the situation and sought liberal assistance from the Central Government to tackle this natural calamity.
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Delhi HC sets aside Centre's order cancelling OCI card of Professor Swain
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside the Central Government's order of cancellation of the (Overseas Citizen of India) OCI Card of Professor Ashok Swain. He had challenged the order saying that it was without any reasoning. He is a professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala Univ
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Destruction due to heavy rains: Amit Shah assures assistance to Punjab, Hi
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held separate telephonic conversations with the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday and took stock about the losses incurred in both states due to heavy rains. During the calls, the Home Minister assured them of all possible assistance fr
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Bengal BJP chief writes letter to HM Shah, demands Centre's intervention a
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal were marred by poll-related violence, Bharatiya Janata Party state unit chief Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding the intervention of the Central government.
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"Not as easy as abrogation of Article 370": Ghulam Nabi Azad on UCC
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday that bringing about Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will not be as easy for the central government as abrogation of Article 370.
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