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SAD asks Centre to take up issue of perceived security threat to Sikh Jath
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 19 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday asked the central government to take up the issue of perceived security threat to Sikh devotees visiting Pakistan with the latter government instead of "arbitrarily" denying permission to a Sikh jath
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Inappropriate to link results of Punjab civic polls with farmers' protest,
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 18 (ANI): Asserting that the Central government is still willing to talk to the farmers protesting against the three farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that it would be "inappropriate" to link the results of the m
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Govt aims to produce 40GW solar energy by rooftop solar projects in next 1
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Observing that the demand for the solar cells in India for the next 10 years will be 12 times more than the country's manufacturing capacity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the central government is aiming to produce 40 gigawatt (
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Sanjay Raut questions Centre over rise in fuel prices
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday hit out at the Central government over the rise in petrol prices and asked: "Where is the money going?"
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India issues new SOPs for travellers from UK, S Africa, Brazil; declaratio
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): All international travellers coming/transiting from flights originating from the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East will be required to declare their travel history of past 14 days, the Central government said in its standard operating procedu
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Centre to strengthen public healthcare by increasing Ayushman Bharat centr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 17 (ANI): The Central government plans to bolster the public healthcare system across the country by increasing the number of Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) from the current 60,000 to 150,000 by December 2022, Union Health and
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Farm laws: Talks only way forward to resolve impasse, Cong behaving like v
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Asserting that talks are the only way forward to break the impasse between protesting farmers and the central government, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sanjeev Balyan on Wednesday said that party leaders will reach out to farm
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Centre committed to bringing natural gas under GST regime; plans to spend
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Asserting that the central government is committed to bringing natural gas under the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that centre plans to spend Rs 7.5 lakh crore on creating oil and gas infrastructure ov
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Government needs revenue but no intention to hurt common man: Athawale
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], February 16 (ANI): Amid opposition criticism of the rise in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said the central government requires money to meet its commitments but the intention is not to cause pain to people.
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Get married, preferably to a Dalit woman, Athawale suggests to Rahul Gandh
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], February 16 (ANI): Following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'hum do humare do' jibe at the Central government over the farm laws, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday suggested that he should get married, preferably to a Dalit woman.
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Toolkit Investigation: Law does not differentiate on the basis of age, say
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava on Tuesday said that all procedures were followed in the arrest of activist Disha Ravi for her alleged involvement in preparing a toolkit that details support for farmers protesting against the Central Governmen
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DK Shivakumar slams Centre, condemns arrest of 'climate activist' Disha Ra
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 16 (ANI): Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Tuesday slammed the Central government on the arrest of "climate activist" Disha Ravi, in connection with the "toolkit" case, related to the farmers' agitations.
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