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Centre charts roadmap to complete 99 irrigation projects
The Union government on Thursday charted out a roadmap for the early completion of 99 irrigation projects under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), an official release here said. Of the 99 projects, the maximum 26 are in Maharashtra, eight in Andhra Pradesh and one in Gujarat. Of …
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December 29, 2016 -
Centre charts roadmap to complete 99 irrigation projects
The Union government on Thursday charted out a roadmap for the early completion of 99 irrigation projects under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), an official release here said. Of the 99 projects, the maximum 26 are in Maharashtra, eight in Andhra Pradesh and one in Gujarat. Of …
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December 29, 2016 -
Chidambaram slams Centre for not doing homework vis-a-vis notes
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Friday slammed the Centre for going ahead with demonetisation without properly understanding and considering the issue and said none of the objectives claimed by the Union government for scrapping the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes will succeed. Targeting the Centre's objectives for demonetising the high value notes, to …
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December 23, 2016 -
Centre not releasing grants in Himachal: CM
CM Virbhadra Singh on Friday said many development projects in the state are suffering as Centre is not releasing grants.
December 16, 2016 -
SC declines interim order on demonetisation, takes on all cases
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order extending exemptions permitting the use of scrapped currency notes for essential services, even medical, and left it to the Centre to take the call. Observing that the Centre was sensitive enough to the situation, a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India TS …
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December 16, 2016 -
SC asks Centre to curb rising drugs, alcohol abuse in children
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to put in place within six months a national action plan to curb the rising drugs and alcohol abuse cases among school children, observing they are encouraged to become “drug peddlers once they get addicted”. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and D Y Chandrachud …
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December 14, 2016 -
Jayalalithaa: Centre dispatches team of AIIMS specialists
Centre on Monday dispatched a team of specialists from the All India Institute of Medical Science to Apollo Hospital in Chennai where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment after suffering cardiac arrest last evening. Four specialists from AIIMS will soon be reaching Apollo Hospital, Health Minister J P Nadda said here. “We …
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December 5, 2016 -
Jayalalithaa: Centre dispatches team of AIIMS specialists
Centre on Monday dispatched a team of specialists from the All India Institute of Medical Science to Apollo Hospital in Chennai where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment after suffering cardiac arrest last evening. Four specialists from AIIMS will soon be reaching Apollo Hospital, Health Minister J P Nadda said here. “We …
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December 5, 2016 -
Govt steps up to boost digital payment system
The central government has taken number of measures to provide incentives to district administrations in order to give a boost to cashless digital payment systems across districts, talukas and panchayats, said an official release on Sunday. “NITI Aayog has enlisted a series of incentives for the communication campaign for the district authorities and administration to …
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December 4, 2016 -
Centre, states to list industries for cashless wage payment
Aiming to move towards a cashless India, the Centre and states could soon have powers to specify categories of employers who will have to pay wages either through cheques or by crediting the amount directly into the workers’ bank account. “Government is ready with the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which seeks to empower …
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December 4, 2016 -
Rights in education
It has been a little over seven years that one of the most comprehensive and radical education measures in modern history was introduced — the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The Act envisaged, the creation of an infrastructure at the primary and elementary levels of education that would aim at …
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December 3, 2016 -
SC asks Centre to take a decision on framing national yoga
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to take a decision within three months on pleas seeking framing of a national yoga policy and making yoga compulsory for students of Class I-VIII across the country. A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur asked the Centre to treat the petitions filed on the issue …
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November 29, 2016 -
SC asks Centre to take a decision on framing national yoga
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to take a decision within three months on pleas seeking framing of a national yoga policy and making yoga compulsory for students of Class I-VIII across the country. A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur asked the Centre to treat the petitions filed on the issue …
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November 29, 2016 -
Centre seeks report from Punjab govt on Nabha jailbreak
Concerned over the jailbreak in Punjab, the Centre on Sunday sought a report from the state government asking it provide details of the incident. Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi also spoke to the Punjab DGP and asked him to ensure adequate security in all jails in the state. Armed men in police uniform today stormed …
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November 27, 2016 -
SC slams Centre for sitting over judicial appointments
The Supreme Court on Friday slammed the Centre for sitting over the recommendations of the top court collegium for the appointment of judges to various High Courts, terming the move as amounting to paralysing and locking out the judiciary. Telling the government that no attempt to paralyse the judicial institution would be tolerated, the bench …
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October 28, 2016 -
Centre is neglecting Odisha, says Naveen
Biju Janata Dal president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik called upon party men to reach out to the people across the state with the message of how the central government was putting a spanner in the progress and development of Odisha. Addressing party works, MLAs and MPs here on Sunday, the chief minister said centre …
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September 26, 2016 -
Courage, she wrote
INDIAN cinema continues to pay celluloid tributes to the woman as a victimised martyr who falls prey to patriarchal codes and dominance like Mother India and Bandit Queen or to circumstances beyond control such as films like NH10 and Nirja. They are strong women too, like Mary Kom but these new women of the recently …
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September 23, 2016