The meeting of the high-level committee was also attended by his deputy Nisith Pramanik and the officials of the sports ministry, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

Mansukh Mandaviya in his first briefing as Union health minister announced that the Centre and states would contribute Rs 15,000 crore and Rs 8,000 crore respectively to the emergency response package.

On the core issue of new farm laws, Narendra Singh Tomar asked people associated with farmers' protests that the government is ready to discuss any proposal except repealing them.

Thakur is the first cabinet minister since Mani Shankar Iyer (2006-2008) to get the sports ministry's responsibility.

Outgoing Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the journey to make India a great sporting nation will continue after Anurag Thakur replaced him in the position.

Thakur was the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) between May 2016 and February 2017.

Congress and other opposition parties in Assam are using Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as "propaganda" to mislead the people in the polls but they have failed to peddle lies, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Sunday.

Amid speculations that Government is planning to around to discontinue high-value notes (Rs 2000) from circulation, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur has said that government has 'no plan' to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes and these are being dispensed through many bank ATMs.

The government on Monday said no decision has been taken to discontinue printing of Rs 2,000 banknotes, and state-owned SBI and Indian Bank are reconfiguring ATMs for Rs 500 and Rs 200 notes.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday raised in Lok Sabha the issue of bad loans and sought a list of 50 top wilful defaulters.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear cases against several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who have been accused victims of inciting violence in the National Capital last week

"You are lying. You people should first enhance your knowledge," MoS Anurag Thakur replied, when asked if he had raised the slogan in the Delhi assembly polls

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday asserted that the process of clearing Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of anti-CAA protest, will begin once the BJP comes to power after the February 8 Assembly polls. The statement comes days after Thakur was banned from election campaigning due to his controversial remarks at a poll rally.

The government will protect the interest of policyholders of LIC, which is likely to go public in the next financial year, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur has said.

Delhi Congress approached the Election Commission, urging it to ban BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for making "provocative statements to incite communal violence" ahead of polls in the national capital.

The Election Commission on Wednesday ordered the removal of BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma from the list of star campaigners for Delhi polls over their controversial remarks.

The Election Commission on Tuesday issued show-cause notice to Union Minister Anurag Thakur his controversial remarks. The BJP leader triggered a row on Monday as he raised an inflammatory slogan that "traitors should be shot". Thakur was addressing a meeting in support of the BJP candidate from Rithala, Manish Chaudhary.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur today stoked controversy during an election rally in Delhi by urging people to "gun down traitors."

Anurag Thakur also expressed hope that the Sourav Ganguly-led new body of BCCI would take up the issue with the ICC and get its due.

The bank came under stress due to alleged financial irregularities forcing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to impose a restriction on the Mumbai-based lender.