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Petition in SC for reduction of pendency of cases
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] July 22 (ANI): A petition has been filed by a retired army officer before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Central government to take effective steps to reduce pendency of cases from 15 years to three years.
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Meghwal: Lynchings will increase with rise in PM's popularity
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 21 (ANI): Alluding that detractors are trying to defame the central government, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday said, more lynching incidents will happen with the rise in popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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PM Modi's regime saga of empty promises, says TDP
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Jayadev Galla on Friday termed the Narendra Modi-led government a "saga of empty promises" as he began the Lok Sabha proceedings on the no-confidence motion against the central government.
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Didn't receive official report: Rijiju on Swami Agnivesh attack
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said that the central government is yet to receive an official report on the alleged attack on self-proclaimed spiritual leader and social activist Swami Agnivesh in Jharkhand's Pakur distric
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Miffed over negligence, hockey player's widow to return awards
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): Accusing the central government of doing little for hockey player Mohammed Shahid, his widow on Tuesday said she will return the awards, including Padma Shri, won by her husband in his lifetime,
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Centre 'keeping an eye' on terror recruitment in Kashmir
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Central government is keeping a tab on the growing number of youth joining terrorism in Kashmir, said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Social media hub like creating surveillance state: SC
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the report filed by the Central Government to set up a 'Social Media Communication Hub' for monitoring online data, and observed that it will be "like creating a surveillance state".
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Section 377: Centre to file response in SC today
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Soon after a Constitution Bench of Supreme Court began hearing the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Central Government, told the cour
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Maharashtra, Rajasthan 'fully support' Ayushman Bharat: Centre
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 09 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday refuted the reports claiming that Maharashtra and Rajasthan are "reluctant" to join Ayushman Bharat and called it "factually incorrect".
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Centre has become 'Lynch-Pujari': Congress
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Congress party on Sunday citicised Union Minister Jayant Sinha for garlanding eight men convicted for killing a meat trader and said that the central government has become "Lynch-Pujari" (those who worship somebody accused of lynching).
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TDP claims information by Centre is flawed
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 07 (ANI): Telegu Desam Party has said that information provided by the Central government in an affidavit filed by the Finance Ministry is flawed.
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Law Commission recommends legalisation of regulated gambling, betting
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Law Commission of India in its 276th report to the central government recommended legalisation of regulated betting and gambling activities, asserting that the current measures undertaken by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are "ineffectiv
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