Tag: Union Minister

Malkangiri: One more child died of Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri today taking the total number of deaths in the district to 73 in the last 50 days. The deceased identified as Bhima Madhi (5) of Gouriguda village died while undergoing treatment at the Kalimela Community Health Centre (CHC). He was undergoing treatment at the hospital […]

Though the Odisha government had launched Mahaprayana scheme on August 25 to provide vehicles to poor family members to carry the dead bodies of their near and dear ones who die in hospitals to their homes free of cost a day after the heart wrenching incident in which a poor man of Melhghar village of Kalahandi district had carried the body of his wife from the district headquarters hospital, the guidelines of the scheme tell a different story

Bhubaneswar: Succumbing to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s demand for a probe into the attack on the vehicle of Union Textiles minister Santosh Gangwar at Bargarh few days back, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday ordered an inquiry by the revenue divisional commissioner (RDC) into the incident. Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) sources said the inquiry will […]

Bargarh: Union Textiles Minister Santosh Gangwar’s vehicle was attacked and damaged by protesting BJD workers while he was on his way to attend the BJP’s Vikash Rally here. Unfazed by the protest, however, Gangwar reached the venue to attend the rally. According to sources, tension erupted between BJP and BJD workers following the attack on […]

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was on Wednesday given charge of Finance Ministry in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who is in the US for medical treatment, apparently ruling out his recuperation in time for the interim budget to be presented on February 1. Goyal will hold the portfolios of Finance and […]

New Delhi: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Friday said the NDA would come back to power again with the “blessings” of poor people who have received food and houses at affordable prices and medicine for free in Modi government’s rule. She said about 22 crore people in the country were benefited […]

New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday decided to form a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to study anomalies in tax collection in some of the states which showed wide deviation from what was expected. “The Council has approved the proposal to form a seven-member GoM to study the revenue trend, […]

Panaji: The Congress is trying to sabotage the country’s security preparedness by raking up the Rafale deal issue, despite the Supreme Court ruling that there was no need for a probe, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar said here on Saturday. Javadekar, who is here to participate in the 31st annual convocation ceremony […]

New Delhi: BJP ministers on Friday came down heavily on the Congress for carrying out a misleading campaign on the Rafale fighter jet deal, with Home Minister Rajnath Singh rejecting the opposition party’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Probe on the issue. Singh said the government was confident that the Supreme Court judgment on the […]

Panaji: India’s predominantly small agricultural holdings present a unique opportunity for budding start-ups to explore ways and means to increase crop yield from small parcels of farmland using technology, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu said on Friday. Speaking at the Start-up India Global Venture Capital Summit here, Prabhu said, “India has a […]

Mechuka (Arunachal Pradesh): Bollywood superstar Salman Khan went cycling with Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju in Arunachal Pradesh to promote an adventure festival here. Rijiju on Friday posted a string of photographs and captioned it: “Hearty congratulations to the winners of Dalmia MTB Arunachal Hornbill’s Flight 2018 Cycling Race. Hats off […]

New Delhi: Former Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Friday termed allegations of rape by US-based journalist Pallavi Gogoi a “lie” and claimed they had entered into a “consensual relationship”. Akbar in a statement to ANI said Gogoi’s November 2 article in the Washington Post had detailed “false allegations of rape and violence against me”. “I […]

New Delhi: Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against a woman journalist, Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual harassment, alleging that “scandalous allegations” have been made to bring down his image in the society. Seeking her prosecution under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code that provides for […]

Mumbai: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday supported women coming out with their stories of sexual harassment at workplace, saying that they go to work to live their dreams and earn their living respectfully and not to get harassed. Irani was interacting with the media at a FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) event here. The #MeToo […]

New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday expressed his disagreement with the Supreme Court’s observation that sexuality is part of free speech and said that judgements on the Sabarimala temple, homosexuality and adultery may have an adverse impact on the society. “If you want to take a progressive step, then Article 14 and 21 […]