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Palestinian Cabinet Convenes In Gaza In Move To Reconcile With Hamas

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 3, 2017

Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah chaired the first meeting of the Palestinian cabinet in the Gaza Strip for three years on Tuesday, in a move towards reconciliation between the mainstream Fatah party and Islamist group Hamas

In First Step To Join Devendra Fadnavis Team, Narayan Rane To Launch Party

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Saturday September 30, 2017

Narayan Rane, the Maharashtra heavyweight who exited the Congress last week, will float a new party on Sunday that is expected to support the BJP government in the state and pick up an invite to join Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's team. The arrangement is understood to have been finalised after Mr Rane's meeting with BJP president Amit Shah on ...

Arun Jaitley Rules Out Cuts In Fuel Duties

Business | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday September 20, 2017

"States under the Left and Congress should take steps to lower cesses," said the Finance Minister.

Dearness Allowance (DA) Hiked For Central Government Employees: 5 Things To Know

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Wednesday September 13, 2017

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs 3,068.26 crore per annum.

'Did Not Meet PM,' Says Sharad Pawar's Daughter on Shiv Sena's Cabinet Barb

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Monday September 11, 2017

Supriya Sule, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) lawmaker, has denied meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with her father and party chief Sharad Pawar ahead of this month's Cabinet reshuffle at the Centre.

'Not Worried' About Reshuffle, Says Shiv Sena, Then Calls A Meeting

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Monday September 4, 2017

Top leaders of the Shiv Sena were in a huddle for two hours today at party chief Uddhav Thackeray's residence, Matoshree, to discuss what they see as the BJP's snub to allies in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet reshuffle on Sunday

Chose You Carefully, Please Perform: PM Modi To 9 New Ministers

India News | NDTV News Desk | Sunday September 3, 2017

Nine ministers join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet today were told that they were chosen with great consideration. Meeting with them before the oath ceremony, PM Modi reportedly told the ministers to perform and "do a good job".

'No Call From PM Modi', AIADMK Unlikely In Cabinet, Say Sources

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Parmeshwar Bawa | Friday September 1, 2017

Three union ministers have quit the government, making it clear that a new cabinet will be formed, most likely on Sunday. However, sources in Tamil Nadu's ruling party, the AIADMK, say reports of them bagging cabinet spots are incorrect - they point out that the party has yet to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coalition or announce any formal a...

Nitish Kumar's Party To Join NDA, Likely To Get Berths In Modi Cabinet

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Saturday August 19, 2017

Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United is back in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance or NDA after nearly four years of separation. A patch-up between the long-lost partners was announced at the party's national executive meeting this morning in Patna.

Pakistan's New PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Consults With Ousted Boss Nawaz Sharif On Cabinet

World News | Reuters | Wednesday August 2, 2017

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday began his first full day in office by meeting with his ousted former boss Nawaz Sharif, a signal the ex-premier would continue to wield influence after the Supreme Court disqualified him.

Government Hikes Gold Bond Investment Limit To 4 kg Per Fiscal

Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 26, 2017

The ceiling will be counted on financial year basis and will include the SGBs purchased during trading in the secondary market, an official statement said after the Cabinet meeting here.

Amit Shah To Visit Haryana In August To Strengthen BJP Hold in State

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 13, 2017

The BJP president will take stock of the steps being taken to strengthen the party organisation in the state and hold a review meeting with the chief minister and cabinet ministers.

Nawaz Sharif To Hold Emergency Cabinet Meeting Amidst Calls For Resignation

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 13, 2017

Amid demands for his resignation, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today convened an emergency Cabinet meeting to chalk out a strategy to counter the Panama case probe panel's damning report that recommended filing of a graft case against him and his family.

'Didn't Even Have A Moonch Then': Tejashwi Yadav On Corruption Charges

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 12, 2017

Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav attended a meeting of the Bihar cabinet today and made it clear that he would not quit over charges of corruption from when he was "just a boy who hadn't even sprouted a moonchh".

Amarinder Singh To Meet Rahul Gandhi To Discuss Cabinet Expansion

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 5, 2017

Amarinder Singh will be meeting Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi this week to discuss the expansion of the state Cabinet.

Cabinet Approves Plan To Sell Government Stake In Air India

Thomson Reuters | Wednesday June 28, 2017

After the cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters the government had given an "in-principle" approval for the stake sale.

'New India' Meets 'Make America Great Again': PM Narendra Modi's Speech In 10 Points

India News | Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Tuesday June 27, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump addressed a joint press meet following their first meeting at the White House. Mr Modi was welcomed to the White House by Mr Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. The two then chaired delegation level talks at the White House's Cabinet Room. After the address, Mr Modi was hosted at a receptio...

France Outlines Tough New Anti-Terrorism Law

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 22, 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron's government on Thursday set out a tough new anti-terrorism law that has already faced protests from civil rights groups. The proposals presented to the first meeting of a reshuffled cabinet appointed Wednesday are designed to allow the lifting of the state of emergency that has been in place since the November 2015...

Presidential Election 2017: Nomination Process Begins - 10 Points

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Wednesday June 14, 2017

The Election Commission of India opened the process of filing nomination for the fourteenth President of India today. The nomination process will close in two weeks, on June 28. With President Pranab Mukherjee's term coming to an end in July, the Centre and the Congress-led opposition parties have intensified their efforts to find a suitable Presid...

How The Yogi Adityanath Pressure Got To Fadnavis

Blog | Tejas Mehta | Thursday June 8, 2017

Rs 36,359 crores. That's the farm loan waiver announced by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in April. The new government swiftly took the decision in the first cabinet meeting, making it known that they were serious about a promise made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But it is this very act of generosity and alacrity that came to bite...

Adani Coal Royalties Back On Australia State Cabinet Agenda

Thomson Reuters | Friday May 26, 2017

Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, a proponent of the project, said on Friday that how much Adani will pay in royalties will be discussed at a cabinet meeting of the Centre-left government.

Older Regime To Continue For Armed Forces Disability Pension

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 4, 2017

After a meeting of the Union Cabinet, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley assured that the government was addressing the demand of extending pay matrix from 24 years to 40 year sand carrying out rationalisation of pay Lt Colonels and Colonels.

Over Aloo Bonda and Daal, Shivraj Chouhan Holds Key Cabinet Meet

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday May 2, 2017

It was a cabinet meeting with a difference. The 27 ministers of Madhya Pradesh tucked into scrumptious aloo bonda (a deep-fried snack), daal, rice and rotis -- food that Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan assured them was prepared personally by his wife Sadhna Singh.

Red Beacon 'Lal Batti' Banned From May 1, PM Modi Says 'Every Indian Is A VIP'

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday April 19, 2017

From next month, lal batti or red beacons will be banned for everybody including the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India. "There will be no exceptions," said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today, announcing after a cabinet meeting that only emergency vehicles like fire engines, ambulances and police vans can have beacons.

TTV Dinakaran Summons Legislators Today In Sasikala-Style Show Of Strength

Tamil Nadu News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Wednesday April 19, 2017

TTV Dinakaran, deputy chief of the AIADMK faction led by his aunt VK Sasikala, today summoned a meeting of partys 122 lawmakers today after senior cabinet ministers led by Chief Minister E Palaniswami decided late on Tuesday night to "delink" the party's two bosses from the -government and the party-.

Performance Review On Agenda As PM Narendra Modi Meets Ministers Today

India News | Reported by AKhilesh Sharma, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Wednesday April 12, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his cabinet ministers at 3 pm today and this will be followed by a meeting with his entire council of ministers at 4.30 pm. The Prime Minister holds these meetings on the third Wednesday of every month, but could not do so for the last two months because of hectic campaigning that leaders were involved in for the as...

Another Big Yogi Adityanath Order In 2nd Cabinet Meeting, This Time On Power

India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Wednesday April 12, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has in his second cabinet meeting held this morning ordered 18-hour power supply in villages and 24 hours in district headquarters of the state. A farm loan waiver had headlined the new Chief Minister's first cabinet meeting last week and has built pressure on his counterparts in other states to make sim...

Yogi Adityanath's 2nd Cabinet Meeting Today, 'Serving Common Man' On Agenda

India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Tuesday April 11, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will head his second cabinet meeting this morning. The agenda, tweeted senior minister Sidharth Nath Singh, is "to serve the common man."

Yogi Adityanath's Next Unusual Move? Cabinet Meetings May Be Held In Different Cities

India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Thursday April 6, 2017

Yogi Adityanath, who has broken with convention on a number of occasions in his 18 days as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, is reportedly contemplating another unusual move.

Great Job, Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet Says On Anti-Romeo Squads

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Tuesday April 4, 2017

Anti-Romeo squads in Uttar Pradesh, accused of publicly shaming couples and young men in the name of protecting women from harassment, today received an endorsement as Yogi Adityanath held his first cabinet meeting after taking charge 15 days ago.