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Punya Salila Srivastava appointed as Additional Secretary in PMO on 'later
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The Centre has appointed IAS Punya Salila Srivastava, currently Additional Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), as Additional Secretary in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on a 'lateral shift basis' for next two years.
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Central govt scraps customs duty on crude palm, soy, sunflower oil
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The Centre has scrapped customs duty on crude varieties of palm, soybean, and sunflower oil, the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal informed on Wednesday.
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'Direct attack on federalism', says Punjab CM Channi on BSF jurisdiction;
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) October 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday condemned the Centre's decision to extend the Border Security Force (BSF)'s jurisdiction over a wider area along the borders of three states and said that it is a "direct attack on federalism".
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Bhupesh Baghel slams BJP over coal supply issue
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said that the Centre has failed to recognize the problem posed by coal shortage and termed the recent visit of Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi in Bilaspur Korba in this state as merely a publ
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BSF jurisdiction extension: Punjab govt terms Centre's decision attempt to
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 13 (ANI): Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has termed the Centre's recent decision of allowing more jurisdiction to the Border Security Force (BSF) in border areas as an attempt to 'weaken the spirit of federalism'.
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Small, isolated populations of India more susceptible to COVID-19: Centre
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 13 (ANI): The small, isolated populations of India are more susceptible to COVID-19, as per a press release from the Centre For Cellular And Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad.
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CM Channi 'unwittingly' handed half of Punjab to Centre: Sunil Jhakhar on
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Punjab [India], October 13 (ANI): Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday raised questions over the state government's move to ask the Centre to "seal" the international border of the state and said Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has "unwittingly managed to hand ove
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Amit Shah will be in J-K from Oct 23-25: Sources
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): As part of the Centre's mega outreach programme, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Jammu and Kashmir from October 23 to October 25, sources said on Wednesday.
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BSF now has uniform 50 km jurisdiction in border states for arrest, search
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI) In a move aimed at maintaining "zero tolerance" against terrorism and cross border crimes, the Centre has empowered the Border Security Force (BSF) to conduct searches, arrest suspects and make seizures up to an area of 50 km inside Indian territory from I
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Country suffers due to lack of planning by Centre: Owaisi on coal crisis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 13 (ANI): AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday slammed the Centre over the reports of the coal shortage in the country and said that the country has to suffer due to lack of planning by the Centre.
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Ownership of Kuril Islands key to Japan-Russia talks on Peace Treaty: PM F
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The issue of ownership of four disputed islands, known as the Southern Kuril Islands of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and Habomai, will be at the centre of the Tokyo-Moscow negotiations on a peace accord, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on We
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: President Kovind assured he will discuss matter
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): After Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi met President Ram Nath Kovind over Lakhimpur Kheri violence, party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that the President has assured he will discuss the matter with the Centre today.
