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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 -
Centre, MP govt betrayed farmers, Dalits: Scindia
Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that BJP-led central as well as Madhya Pradesh governments have betrayed farmers, poor, Dalits and youth. "BJP-led central and Madhya Pradesh governments have betrayed farmers, poor, Dalits and youth of the country. People are angry with BJP leaders," the Congress chief whip in Lok Sabha said at a …
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September 10, 2016 -
Court tells Centre to block sacked minister’s video
A court here has directed Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to remove and block video clips of sacked AAP minister Sandeep Kumar, arrested on charges of rape, where he was figured in an objectionable position with a woman. "In view of submission made, direction is issued to the Director Indian Computer Emergency Response Team …
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September 9, 2016 -
SC notice to Centre, LG on powers of Delhi govt
The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the central government on the Arvind Kejriwal government’s petition challenging a Delhi High Court verdict holding that the Lt Governor, being the administrator of the national capital, had the final say in all the decisions. Issuing notice to the central government and the Lt Governor, the bench …
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September 9, 2016 -
‘Monetary aid for Andhra but no special status’
Making it clear that Andhra Pradesh will not be accorded special category status, the Centre on Wednesday said the state will be provided monetary compensation through externally aided projects. After day-long suspense and hectic consultation in the national capital, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced on Wednesday night that the state will get monetary advantage …
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September 7, 2016 -
Himachal to sign MoU with Centre to clear timber stock
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Himachal Pradesh and the Centre will soon be inked to facilitate the timely disposal of stock lying in various timber depots in the hilly state. The MoU will be signed between the HP State Forest Development Corporation and Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal under the Government of India …
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September 7, 2016 -
Bodo demand
The Centre has put its foot down on formation of any new state but this has not deterred the All Bodo Students’ Union from reviving its demand for a separate homeland. The Absu spearheaded the stir as early as the 1980s and ended it after signing the February 1993 Bodo Accord with then chief minister …
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September 3, 2016