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Prakash Javadekar

Prakash Javadekar

DOB: 30/01/1951

Prakash Javadekar is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected to the upper house Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Maharashtra in 2008, and re-elected from Madhya Pradesh in 2014. He is also a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, and briefly held the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting.

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pakistan should mend its ways avoid tension with india

Pakistan should mend its ways, avoid tension with India: Prakash Javadekar

Politics | Aug 31, 2014, 04:51 PM IST

Jaipur: Expressing concern over frequent ceasefire violations, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today cautioned Pakistan that it should avoid increasing tension along the border as it would not be beneficial to it.“We fully

pakistan should mend its ways avoid tension with india

Pakistan should mend its ways, avoid tension with India: Javadekar

India | Aug 31, 2014, 04:21 PM IST

Jaipur: Expressing concern over frequent ceasefire violations, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today cautioned Pakistan that it should avoid increasing tension along the border as it would not be beneficial to it.“We fully

centre will soften redefine environmental norms javadekar

Centre will soften, redefine environmental norms: Javadekar

India | Aug 30, 2014, 10:17 PM IST

Dehradun: Stressing that environment and progress can supplement each other, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today spoke of softening and redefining of parameters to allow quarrying in rivers.Javadekar, after meeting with Uttrakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat

sc decision on coal blocks to ultimately benefit economy

SC decision on coal blocks to ultimately benefit economy: Javadekar

India | Aug 26, 2014, 05:58 PM IST

New Delhi: The Supreme Court decision treating as illegal all coal block allocations since 1993 till 2010 will ultimately benefit the country's economy, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today."Yesterday, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has already

bjp slams sonia gandhi says congress most communal party

BJP slams Sonia Gandhi, says Congress most communal party

Politics | Aug 13, 2014, 04:35 PM IST

New Delhi: The BJP today hit back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her remarks on "increase" in communal incidents in the country after it came to power, saying the charges were "baseless" and an

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Opposition not being allowed to speak in parliament, Rahul Gandhi complains to Advani

Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 04:53 PM IST

New Delhi: An upset Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is understood to have today conveyed his displeasure to senior BJP leader L K Advani about the opposition allegedly not being allowed to speak on important

government to convene all party meet on upsc row

Government to convene all-party meet on UPSC row

Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 04:01 PM IST

New Delhi: Under fire from the Opposition on the UPSC row, Government today decided to convene an all-party meeting on the issue while indicating its unwillingness to postpone the civil services preliminary examination scheduled for

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Pro Kabaddi: Classy U Mumba crush hapless Puneri Paltan

Other Sports | Aug 05, 2014, 07:59 AM IST

NEW DELHI: U Mumba produced a clinical performance to thrash Puneri Paltan 44-28 in today's first match in the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League here at the Thyagraj Stadium.The Union Information & Broadcast Mminister Prakash

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UPSC row: One more attempt to be allowed for aspirants who appeared in 2011

India | Aug 04, 2014, 04:02 PM IST

New Delhi: In a major development to end the row over the alleged language bias in the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examination, the Centre on Monday said that one more attempt will be

rajya sabha adjourned again over upsc row

Rajya Sabha adjourned again over UPSC row

Politics | Aug 05, 2014, 11:24 AM IST

New Delhi: The UPSC exam row again echoed in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as opposition members pressed the government to find a solution.The question house was disrupted over a derogatory article about Tamil Nadu

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UPSC row: RJD MP Pappu Yadav throws paper at LS Speaker

Politics | Aug 01, 2014, 03:45 PM IST

New Delhi: The UPSC exam row generated heat in both Houses of Parliament with RJD MP Pappu Yadav tearing a paper and throwing it towards the Speaker in Lok Sabha and almost the entire opposition

indo us group to work very closely on climate change

Indo-US group to work very closely on climate change: Javadekar

India | Jul 30, 2014, 11:47 PM IST

New Delhi: Terming the Indo-US Joint Working Group as an “important platform” for addressing environment and sustainable development concerns, Environment minister Prakash Javadekar today said the group needs to work “very closely” and develop common

upsc issue again echoes in rajya sabha

UPSC issue again echoes in Rajya Sabha

Politics | Jul 30, 2014, 03:38 PM IST

New Delhi: The UPSC row again echoed in Rajya Sabha Wednesday with the JD-U and other opposition parties questioning what the government is doing to resolve it.Raising the issue in the house, Janata Dal-United leader

bjp leaders attend shahnawaz hussain s eid lunch

BJP leaders attend Shahnawaz Hussain's Eid lunch

Politics | Jul 30, 2014, 11:54 AM IST

New Delhi: A number of BJP leaders, including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, today attended a lunch hosted by party leader Shahnawaz Hussain to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr.Other Union Ministers like M Venkaiah

rss outfits oppose gm crop trials government says no

RSS outfits oppose GM crop trials, government says no decision yet

Politics | Jul 30, 2014, 11:54 AM IST

New Delhi: Two RSS-linked outfits today met Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and claimed the clearance given by biotech regulator for field trials of genetically-modified crops has been put on hold but the government said no

winds of change in offices minister saab is watching

Winds of change in offices: Minister saab is watching

Politics | Jul 27, 2014, 03:28 PM IST

New Delhi: Most officials are reporting for work on the dot at 9 a.m. and, those who get delayed, especially those coming from outside Delhi, have to perforce take the day off as "minister saab",

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BJP distances itself from a party leader's statement on Sania Mirza

Tennis | Jul 25, 2014, 12:49 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today distanced itself from a party leader's statement on tennis star Sania Mirza calling her a 'daughter-in-law' of Pakistan, saying it was not BJP's position. "This is not BJP's position," senior BJP

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Modi government's media policy - keep them away?

Politics | Jul 21, 2014, 01:07 PM IST

New Delhi: It has been almost two months since Narendra Modi took charge as India's prime minister, but the new government is yet to spell out its media and information policy - except by default.

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Broadcast frequency change underway for DD, AIR: Prakash Javadekar

India | Jul 20, 2014, 06:55 AM IST

Pune: An ambitious project to switch Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) broadcasts from medium wave frequency to ‘FM' will soon be completed to enhance the audio quality, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar

private fm channels will be allowed to broadcast air news

Private FM channels will be allowed to broadcast AIR news: Government

India | Jul 16, 2014, 04:06 PM IST

New Delhi: Private FM channels will be allowed to broadcast news only from bulletins of All India Radio, but the policy can be relaxed in future, the Lok Sabha was informed today.Information and Broadcasting Minister

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