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"Don't Think Sharad Pawar Wants To Be UPA Chairperson": P Chidambaram
- Sunday December 27, 2020
- India News | ANI
With speculations that Sharad Pawar might become chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), former cabinet minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said that the post is not that of a Prime Minister and even Mr Pawar will not want to be declared as the chairperson of the alliance as there is no such thing which exists.
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Inside Story Of Government's 10% Quota Bill, Sneaked Into Cabinet Note
- Tuesday January 8, 2019
- India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
The government's move to announce 10 per cent quota for the economically backward in jobs and education, designed to be a game-changer ahead of the national election, was executed with almost military secrecy. The quota proposal was added to the cabinet agenda at the eleventh hour to avoid leaks, say sources.
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www.ndtv.com
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Karnataka Cabinet Formation On Hold As Sonia Gandhi, Son Rahul Head Abroad
- Monday May 28, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
Allocation of portfolios in newly sworn-in JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka is likely to be delayed further as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is travelling abroad with her son and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, sources said.
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www.ndtv.com
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RK Singh, Who Arrested LK Advani 26 Years Ago, Takes Oath As Minister
- Sunday September 3, 2017
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Revathi Hariharan
26 years ago, when BJP leader LK Advani's rath rolled into Bihar, then Chief Minister Lalu Yadav ordered his arrest. He chose two officers to stop Mr Advani's rath yatra from Somnath in Gujarat to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. One of them, Raj Kumar Singh, took oath today to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers.
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Arvind Kejriwal Feels 'Nostalgic' After Clearing Jan Lokpal Bill
- Thursday November 19, 2015
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
A day after the Delhi Cabinet cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recounted his days with 'Team Anna' when he had burnt copies of the UPA government's draft Lokpal, terming it "jokepal".
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www.ndtv.com
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Seventh Pay Commission Panel to Submit Report in December
- Wednesday August 26, 2015
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Cabinet today extended by four months the term of the Seventh Pay Commission, which was set up in February 2014 to revise remuneration of some 48 lakh central government employees and 55 lakh pensioners.
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www.ndtv.com
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Cabinet Clears Land Boundary Agreement Bill, Assam Included For land Exchange
- Tuesday May 5, 2015
- India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
The cabinet today cleared the bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh. The bill is expected to come up in Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill paves the way for land exchange with Bangladesh in four states -- West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya and Assam.
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www.ndtv.com
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With Attack on Rahul Gandhi, Former Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Quits Congress
- Friday January 30, 2015
- India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Jayanthi Natarajan, who was unceremoniously shunted out of the cabinet by the previous UPA government for "nonperformance", has quit the Congress today. Sources said Ms Natarajan has decided to quit the Congress after waiting for a year to get an audience with party president Sonia Gandhi.
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www.ndtv.com
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PM Modi Has the Last Word on Cabinet, Unlike the UPA: Jaitley Taunts Congress
- Tuesday November 11, 2014
- India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Sanchari Bhattacharya
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday rubbished as "baseless," a series of allegations made by the opposition Congress against several new ministers inducted into the Narendra Modi cabinet, and hit back with a taunt.
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www.ndtv.com
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Narendra Modi Rules Out Renaming Projects Begun by UPA Government: Sources
- Friday May 30, 2014
- Elections News | Rahul Srivastava
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has wasted no time in establishing ground rules and work processes for his government, has reportedly told his ministers that there will be no renaming of projects begun by the previous regime as he bans "old-style functioning."
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www.ndtv.com
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NDTV Exclusive: Clearing Projects Worth 20 Lakh Crores Could Be Narendra Modi's First Task
- Tuesday May 20, 2014
- Elections News | Sreenivasan Jain
As Narendra Modi gets ready to take charge, a top bureaucrat in the Cabinet Secretariat has told NDTV that the new Prime Minister's priority could be to fast-track more than 430 projects worth a staggering Rs 20 lakh crore, a legacy of the policy paralysis of the last days of the UPA government.
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www.ndtv.com
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No ordinances on Rahul Gandhi's pet bills, Cabinet clears Jat quota instead
- Monday March 3, 2014
- India News | Sandeep Phukan
The Union Cabinet today rejected the ordinance route for anti-corruption bills pushed by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi while clearing reservation for the Jat community and approving changes to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill in a special meeting today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Ordinance route for Rahul Gandhi's pet bills: Cabinet to meet today to take final call
- Sunday March 2, 2014
- India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
The Union Cabinet will meet this evening to take a final call on whether or not to take the ordinance route for key anti-corruption bills backed by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
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www.ndtv.com
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Eyeing Lok Sabha polls, Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for 50 lakh government employees
- Friday February 28, 2014
- Elections News | Press Trust of India
The government today raised Dearness Allowance or DA to 100 per cent, from existing 90 per cent, benefiting its 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion: Op-ed: Can the UPA's top 10 ministers win elections? An assessment
- Tuesday February 18, 2014
- Opinion | Ashok Malik
In a sense, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) is the 'cabinet within the cabinet'. Revived by the UPA government in 2004 - the NDA had preferred the Cabinet Committee on Security as its brains trust - the CCPA is located at the intersection of governance and politics.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Don't Think Sharad Pawar Wants To Be UPA Chairperson": P Chidambaram
- Sunday December 27, 2020
- India News | ANI
With speculations that Sharad Pawar might become chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), former cabinet minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said that the post is not that of a Prime Minister and even Mr Pawar will not want to be declared as the chairperson of the alliance as there is no such thing which exists.
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www.ndtv.com
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Inside Story Of Government's 10% Quota Bill, Sneaked Into Cabinet Note
- Tuesday January 8, 2019
- India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
The government's move to announce 10 per cent quota for the economically backward in jobs and education, designed to be a game-changer ahead of the national election, was executed with almost military secrecy. The quota proposal was added to the cabinet agenda at the eleventh hour to avoid leaks, say sources.
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www.ndtv.com
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Karnataka Cabinet Formation On Hold As Sonia Gandhi, Son Rahul Head Abroad
- Monday May 28, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
Allocation of portfolios in newly sworn-in JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka is likely to be delayed further as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is travelling abroad with her son and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, sources said.
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www.ndtv.com
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RK Singh, Who Arrested LK Advani 26 Years Ago, Takes Oath As Minister
- Sunday September 3, 2017
- India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Revathi Hariharan
26 years ago, when BJP leader LK Advani's rath rolled into Bihar, then Chief Minister Lalu Yadav ordered his arrest. He chose two officers to stop Mr Advani's rath yatra from Somnath in Gujarat to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. One of them, Raj Kumar Singh, took oath today to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers.
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www.ndtv.com
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Arvind Kejriwal Feels 'Nostalgic' After Clearing Jan Lokpal Bill
- Thursday November 19, 2015
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
A day after the Delhi Cabinet cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recounted his days with 'Team Anna' when he had burnt copies of the UPA government's draft Lokpal, terming it "jokepal".
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www.ndtv.com
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Seventh Pay Commission Panel to Submit Report in December
- Wednesday August 26, 2015
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Cabinet today extended by four months the term of the Seventh Pay Commission, which was set up in February 2014 to revise remuneration of some 48 lakh central government employees and 55 lakh pensioners.
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www.ndtv.com
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Cabinet Clears Land Boundary Agreement Bill, Assam Included For land Exchange
- Tuesday May 5, 2015
- India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
The cabinet today cleared the bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh. The bill is expected to come up in Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill paves the way for land exchange with Bangladesh in four states -- West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya and Assam.
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www.ndtv.com
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With Attack on Rahul Gandhi, Former Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Quits Congress
- Friday January 30, 2015
- India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Jayanthi Natarajan, who was unceremoniously shunted out of the cabinet by the previous UPA government for "nonperformance", has quit the Congress today. Sources said Ms Natarajan has decided to quit the Congress after waiting for a year to get an audience with party president Sonia Gandhi.
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www.ndtv.com
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PM Modi Has the Last Word on Cabinet, Unlike the UPA: Jaitley Taunts Congress
- Tuesday November 11, 2014
- India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Sanchari Bhattacharya
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday rubbished as "baseless," a series of allegations made by the opposition Congress against several new ministers inducted into the Narendra Modi cabinet, and hit back with a taunt.
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www.ndtv.com
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Narendra Modi Rules Out Renaming Projects Begun by UPA Government: Sources
- Friday May 30, 2014
- Elections News | Rahul Srivastava
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has wasted no time in establishing ground rules and work processes for his government, has reportedly told his ministers that there will be no renaming of projects begun by the previous regime as he bans "old-style functioning."
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www.ndtv.com
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NDTV Exclusive: Clearing Projects Worth 20 Lakh Crores Could Be Narendra Modi's First Task
- Tuesday May 20, 2014
- Elections News | Sreenivasan Jain
As Narendra Modi gets ready to take charge, a top bureaucrat in the Cabinet Secretariat has told NDTV that the new Prime Minister's priority could be to fast-track more than 430 projects worth a staggering Rs 20 lakh crore, a legacy of the policy paralysis of the last days of the UPA government.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
No ordinances on Rahul Gandhi's pet bills, Cabinet clears Jat quota instead
- Monday March 3, 2014
- India News | Sandeep Phukan
The Union Cabinet today rejected the ordinance route for anti-corruption bills pushed by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi while clearing reservation for the Jat community and approving changes to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill in a special meeting today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Ordinance route for Rahul Gandhi's pet bills: Cabinet to meet today to take final call
- Sunday March 2, 2014
- India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
The Union Cabinet will meet this evening to take a final call on whether or not to take the ordinance route for key anti-corruption bills backed by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
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www.ndtv.com
-
Eyeing Lok Sabha polls, Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for 50 lakh government employees
- Friday February 28, 2014
- Elections News | Press Trust of India
The government today raised Dearness Allowance or DA to 100 per cent, from existing 90 per cent, benefiting its 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Opinion: Op-ed: Can the UPA's top 10 ministers win elections? An assessment
- Tuesday February 18, 2014
- Opinion | Ashok Malik
In a sense, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) is the 'cabinet within the cabinet'. Revived by the UPA government in 2004 - the NDA had preferred the Cabinet Committee on Security as its brains trust - the CCPA is located at the intersection of governance and politics.
-
www.ndtv.com