Ranchi, Jan 26: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh hoisted the tricolour in a Maoist den in Jharkhand on the occasion of India's Republic Day.Saranda forest is situated in West Singhbhum district, and Ramesh initiated a
Lanjigarh (Odisha), Jan 14: Advocating development and livelihood projects centred around tribals to tackle Maoist menace, the Centre announced packages worth Rs 300 crore for housing and roads for vulnerable tribal groups in Odisha's backward
Hyderabad, Jan 7: The UPA government's cash transfer scheme was launched in Andhra Pradesh Sunday by union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh.The Aadhar-enabled Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme (DBTS) was launched in Gollaprolu village in East
New Delhi, Nov 8: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh was all praise for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today for showing “political courage” in transforming Jungle Mahal, a former Naxal hotbed.Ramesh also said no
New Delhi, Oct 28: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, who brought sanitation issue into limelight by launching nationwide campaign to end open defecation—often attracting controversies with his comments including the one on temple and toilets,
New Delhi, Oct 28: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, who brought sanitation issue into limelight by launching nationwide campaign to end open defecation—often attracting controversies with his comments including the one on temple and toilets,
Kota, Rajasthan, Oct 21 : Days after he kicked up a row by stating that there are more temples than toilets in India, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today urged women not to get married into
Udhagamandalam (TN),Oct 8: Hindu Munnani today lodged a complaint at a local police station seeking action against Union Minister Jairam Ramesh for his comment that there are more temples in the country than toilets.In his
Mumbai, Oct 8: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday launched a stinging attack against union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh for his remarks comparing toilets with temples and said the Congress was responsible for the
New Delhi, Oct 7: Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal Sunday sat on an hour-long protest outside the house of union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh here, seeking an apology for
New Delhi, Sep 21: Stage is all set for an imminent Union cabinet reshuffle next week in the wake of Mamata Banerjee's decision to withdraw support from the UPA government, according to reliable sources. In
New Delhi, Sep 18: “If Uttar Pradesh becomes open defecation-free in 10 years, I can accept that Sai Baba is alive,” Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said expressing doubts about the state achieving
New Delhi, Sep 6: The Congress-led UPA government Wednesday kept up its offensive against BJP's charges of corruption in the allocation of coal blocks, saying cancelling the licenses en masse was impossible.Nothing was done without
Sonbhadra, Jul 18: Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday favoured splitting Uttar Pradesh to end the "administrative nightmare" in the country's biggest state. "Uttar Pradesh should be divided. The magnitude of problems are very
Bhubaneswar,July5:Hitting out at Opposition presidential candidate P A Sangma and his poll managers for indulging in “mud slinging” against UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee, Union minister Jairam Ramesh today lamented the lack of “sanctity” in public
Agartala, Jun 30: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said India has embarked on a ten-year mission to make India an open-defecation free country.The minister, who held a review meeting with representatives of Northeastern
Kolkata, Jun 26: After the next Panchayat elections, the West Bengal government is likely to bring some basic changes in the existing Panchayat laws for better functioning of the three-tier panchayat system, Panchayat Minister Subrata
Dhamra (Odisha), Jun 24 : Commercializing the use of indigenously-built Bio-Digester technology which turns human waste into biogas and odourless compost, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now licensing private companies to build
New Delhi, Apr 25: Congress on Tuesday night dismissed reports that some of its ministers have written to party president Sonia Gandhi expressing their willingness to resign from their posts and work for the party.
Kolkata, Nov 20: The war of words between allies Congress and Trinamool Congress escalated today with Union minister Jairam Ramesh asserting his party has not taken VRS or ‘sanyas' from West Bengal and will not
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