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  Cabinet approves raising of upper limit for permitting abortions to 24 weeks

  India | January 29, 2020 16:33 IST

  The Bill will be introduced in the ensuing session of Parliament. While addressing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the upper limit for permitting abortions has been extended from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks.

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  Andhra cabinet approves draft bill to abolish legislative council

  India | January 27, 2020 12:41 IST

  Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved a draft bill to abolish the Legislative Council. The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting held today.

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  Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's ministry expanded with induction of two new ministers

  India | January 18, 2020 10:37 IST

  Sanjay Kishan and Jogen Mohan were on Saturday sworn in as ministers in Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's ministry. Governor Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of office and secrecy to the two new ministers at a simple ceremony in the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhawan.

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  Maharashtra cabinet expansion: List of newly inducted ministers

  India | December 30, 2019 15:52 IST

  35 MLAs were inducted in Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra on Monday. Ajit Pawar has been once again made deputy chief minister while Aaditya Thackeray also took as minister for the first time.

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  Uddhav Thackeray set to expand Maharashtra Cabinet on Monday

  India | December 30, 2019 0:00 IST

  Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Government is all set to expand its cabinet. The list of ministers who will be newly inducted in the government was to be announced on Sunday.

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  Himachal Pradesh govt decides to sell Yamuna Water

  India | December 03, 2019 7:58 IST

  The state government would earn Rs 21 crore per annum from this decision. In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, the state Cabinet gave its consent to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to sell the water of Yamuna from the state's share at Tajewala corridor, the spokesperson said.

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  Meet Anita Anand, first Hindu woman lawmaker in Canada's Cabinet

  World | November 21, 2019 18:19 IST

  ​For the first time, a Hindu woman lawmaker has been inducted into a Canadian Cabinet as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his "strong and skilled" team of 37 ministers which also includes three Sikh MPs. 

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  New Sri Lanka Prime Minister, Cabinet appointment likely to be delayed

  World | November 19, 2019 11:51 IST

  The appointment of a new Sri Lankan Prime Minister and Cabinet was likely to be delayed due to a pending a top level meeting between newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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  Cabinet approves cadre review of ITBP

  India | October 23, 2019 16:56 IST

  The decision for the cadre review of Group 'A' General Duty (Executive) cadre and Non-General Duty cadre of ITBP was taken by the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Uttarakhand Cabinet meetings to be paperless soon

  India | August 28, 2019 20:36 IST

  The e-cabinet system will become fully operational in two months in Uttarakhand and no paper will be used during Cabinet meetings after that, state government spokesman and minister Madan Kausik said on Wednesday.

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  Cabinet approves setting up of ISRO's technical liaison unit in Moscow

  India | July 31, 2019 23:02 IST

  The step comes amid the India Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) cooperation with Russia on the Gaganyaan project--India's human space mission programme. An average annual expenditure of about Rs 1.5 crore per annum is anticipated to be incurred at ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) towards salary, office expenses, rent and taxes.

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  Cabinet clears changes to Aadhaar Amendment Bill for use of biometric ID in state schemes

  India | July 24, 2019 18:46 IST

  The Cabinet on Wednesday approved official changes to Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 that incorporates a clause to allow the use of Aadhaar data for state schemes and subsidies.

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  Cabinet approves bill to scrap 58 redundant laws

  India | July 17, 2019 18:14 IST

  In its effort to weed out archaic and dead statutes, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to scrap 58 laws which have lost their relevance.

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  Cabinet likely to consider transgender bill on Wednesday

  India | July 09, 2019 23:24 IST

  Passage of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, which aims at empowering the community by defining and protecting their rights, is one of the priorities of the Social Justice and Empowerment ministry in the first 100 days agenda of the second term of the Narendra Modi government, an official source said.

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  Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat under pressure to expand cabinet

  India | July 03, 2019 9:23 IST

  The cabinet expansion is also necessitated by the fact that the Chief Minister is keeping 42 portfolios including Finance, Excise, PWD, Home, Rural Development with himself, making it hard-pressed. 

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  Amitabh Kant gets two-year extension as Niti Aayog CEO

  India | June 26, 2019 16:38 IST

  The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of Kant's tenure.

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  DNA profiling bill likely to come up before Cabinet on Monday

  India | June 24, 2019 8:19 IST

  The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha in January, but lapsed as it could not be cleared in the Rajya Sabha due to lack of support from the opposition.

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  Aadhaar Amendment Bill gets Cabinet nod, to be introduced in coming Parliament session

  India | June 12, 2019 21:23 IST

  The Bill -- which will be in form of amendment to Aadhaar Act 2016 and other laws and will replace an ordinance issued in March, 2019 -- also proposes stiff penalties for violation of norms.

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  Triple talaq: Union Cabinet may consider fresh bill to ban it

  India | June 12, 2019 6:57 IST

  The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, which made the practice of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) a penal offence, was opposed by opposition parties which claimed that jail term for the husband for divorcing his wife was legally untenable.

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  Modi Sarkar 2.0: UP gets maximum berths in Cabinet, followed by Maharashtra, Bihar

  India | May 31, 2019 7:11 IST

  Despite the BJP bagging all seven parliamentary seats in Delhi, only Harsh Vardhan-- the winning MP from Chandni Chowk-- could find place in the Modi 2.0 cabinet. Also inducted into the cabinet were Nirmala Sitharaman, a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka.