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Latest In Pak Austerity Drive, A Buffalo Auction At Imran Khan's House
The Pakistani premier's house milked its livestock reserves Thursday as dozens gathered for a buffalo auction in the capital Islamabad, in the latest push for Prime Minister Imran Khan's highly publicised austerity drive.
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UP Orders Strict Austerity Measures For Bureaucrats. Details Here
Rolling out strict austerity measures, the Uttar Pradesh government has asked its officials to curtail expenses on foreign visits, fly economy class and avoid holding lunch or dinner meetings at five-star hotels.
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Imran Khan Mocked For Daily Chopper Rides As Pak Goes On Austerity Drive
Lower-than-expected sales in an auction of Pakistani government vehicles have dealt another early setback to new Prime Minister Imran Khan's populist vow to raise quick revenues through cost-cutting, a campaign that has drawn both praise and ridicule.
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International Monetary Fund Austerity Deal Hurts Egyptians As Subsidies Are Cut, Prices Soar
A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt further.
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Red carpet for foreign delegates rolled up on Finance Ministry's orders
The finance ministry has directed all ministries and departments, not to give advance commitments for bearing the expenses of foreign delegates, coming to attend international seminars in India.
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Govt launches austerity drive, bans meetings in 5-star hotels
Launching an austerity drive to contain expenditure, the government today banned the creation of new posts in its departments and holding their meetings in five-star hotels. The government also imposed curbs on foreign travel.
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Akhilesh's austerity drive: 32 cars dropped from his fleet
Surprising even his officials, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has issued orders to cut down the cars in his fleet from 40 to just eight and also ordered the specialised hospital operating in his official residence to shut down.
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Rahul Gandhi undertakes train journey from Gorakhpur to Mumbai
Rahul Gandhi undertook an unpublicised train journey in the ordinary sleeper class from Gorakhpur to Mumbai ten days ago. His mission was to acclimatise himself with the problems of the people who migrate to the metropolis in search of livelihood. "The Congress general secretary landed at Gorakhpur from a special plane from Bihar and boa...
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Austerity drive hits Queen of England
Queen Elizabeth II will not get a penny more. The amount of funds the Queen gets from the British taxpayer to run her household will be frozen at 7.9 million pounds, Chancellor George Osborne said delivering his first Budget statement to the House of Commons.
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UK Austerity: PM walks to Parliament
The traditional pomp and pageantry prevailed as the queen welcomed the new government but the message she delivered was a sombre one, this is the new age of austerity.And the new Prime Minister says it must start at home. So he has done away with the the security cavalcade flanked by out riders, choosing instead to walk the short distance between D...
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Government's austerity drive may end on March 31
Ministers and bureaucrats, who have been travelling economy class for the past several months now, may cheer up as the austerity drive could end on March 31.
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Austerity Drive: Politicians faking it on planes!
Just fake it: that seems to be the attitude of ministers who've been ordered to fly economy class as part of the Sonia Gandhi-led austerity drive.
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PM downplays Tharoor's tweets
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has spoken on the controversy over Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's 'cattle class' remark.
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Tharoor tweets sorry, Gehlot says quit
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor "tweeted" his apology around midnight to all those hurt by his "cattle class" remark.
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CWG joins austerity drive, cancels Rahman show
The austerity drive seems to be affecting one and all. After political leaders making flighty statements by going for economy class instead of business class, it was time Commonwealth Games made some noise. In news for lagging behind the scheduled time for the completion of Games project, the Organising Committee tried to project a positive image b...
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Latest In Pak Austerity Drive, A Buffalo Auction At Imran Khan's House
The Pakistani premier's house milked its livestock reserves Thursday as dozens gathered for a buffalo auction in the capital Islamabad, in the latest push for Prime Minister Imran Khan's highly publicised austerity drive.
-
UP Orders Strict Austerity Measures For Bureaucrats. Details Here
Rolling out strict austerity measures, the Uttar Pradesh government has asked its officials to curtail expenses on foreign visits, fly economy class and avoid holding lunch or dinner meetings at five-star hotels.
-
Imran Khan Mocked For Daily Chopper Rides As Pak Goes On Austerity Drive
Lower-than-expected sales in an auction of Pakistani government vehicles have dealt another early setback to new Prime Minister Imran Khan's populist vow to raise quick revenues through cost-cutting, a campaign that has drawn both praise and ridicule.
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International Monetary Fund Austerity Deal Hurts Egyptians As Subsidies Are Cut, Prices Soar
A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt further.
-
Red carpet for foreign delegates rolled up on Finance Ministry's orders
The finance ministry has directed all ministries and departments, not to give advance commitments for bearing the expenses of foreign delegates, coming to attend international seminars in India.
-
Govt launches austerity drive, bans meetings in 5-star hotels
Launching an austerity drive to contain expenditure, the government today banned the creation of new posts in its departments and holding their meetings in five-star hotels. The government also imposed curbs on foreign travel.
-
Akhilesh's austerity drive: 32 cars dropped from his fleet
Surprising even his officials, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has issued orders to cut down the cars in his fleet from 40 to just eight and also ordered the specialised hospital operating in his official residence to shut down.
-
Rahul Gandhi undertakes train journey from Gorakhpur to Mumbai
Rahul Gandhi undertook an unpublicised train journey in the ordinary sleeper class from Gorakhpur to Mumbai ten days ago. His mission was to acclimatise himself with the problems of the people who migrate to the metropolis in search of livelihood. "The Congress general secretary landed at Gorakhpur from a special plane from Bihar and boa...
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Austerity drive hits Queen of England
Queen Elizabeth II will not get a penny more. The amount of funds the Queen gets from the British taxpayer to run her household will be frozen at 7.9 million pounds, Chancellor George Osborne said delivering his first Budget statement to the House of Commons.
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UK Austerity: PM walks to Parliament
The traditional pomp and pageantry prevailed as the queen welcomed the new government but the message she delivered was a sombre one, this is the new age of austerity.And the new Prime Minister says it must start at home. So he has done away with the the security cavalcade flanked by out riders, choosing instead to walk the short distance between D...
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Government's austerity drive may end on March 31
Ministers and bureaucrats, who have been travelling economy class for the past several months now, may cheer up as the austerity drive could end on March 31.
-
Austerity Drive: Politicians faking it on planes!
Just fake it: that seems to be the attitude of ministers who've been ordered to fly economy class as part of the Sonia Gandhi-led austerity drive.
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PM downplays Tharoor's tweets
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has spoken on the controversy over Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's 'cattle class' remark.
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Tharoor tweets sorry, Gehlot says quit
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor "tweeted" his apology around midnight to all those hurt by his "cattle class" remark.
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CWG joins austerity drive, cancels Rahman show
The austerity drive seems to be affecting one and all. After political leaders making flighty statements by going for economy class instead of business class, it was time Commonwealth Games made some noise. In news for lagging behind the scheduled time for the completion of Games project, the Organising Committee tried to project a positive image b...
