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  25 declassified files on Netaji to be released today

  India | April 29, 2016 7:12 IST

  New Delhi: The next trance of 25 declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be released tomorrow. ”Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma will release the next set of 25 files pertaining to Bose tomorrow,”

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  Government will take a call at 'right time' on Ratan Tata's complaint of lobbying: Mahesh Sharma

  Politics | February 22, 2016 23:23 IST

  Delhi: A day after industrialist Ratan Tata accused older airlines of lobbying to retain the rule allowing overseas flights by Indian carriers, Union minister Mahesh Sharma on Monday said the government would take a call

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  Waiting for govt to cover naked statues at Khajuraho: Nayantara Sahgal

  India | January 23, 2016 23:38 IST

  Kolkata: Eminent writer Nayantara Sahgal today took a dig at the government and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma saying she was awaiting the day when Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma would wrap up the naked statues at

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  Tourists turned away from Taj Mahal, Mahesh sharma to look entry issue

  Politics | January 03, 2016 13:00 IST

  New Delhi: Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma is likely to hold a meeting with officials of his ministry this week to discuss issues related to security and ticketing at tourist sites, days after over 2,000 tourists

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  Despite his controversial 'Kalam comment', Mahesh Sharma allotted ex-President's bungalow

  Politics | October 29, 2015 7:55 IST

  New Delhi: Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has been allotted the bungalow of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, a month after he described the renowned scientist as “a great nationalist despite being a Muslim.” Kalam

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  Culture minister Mahesh Sharma suspects motives of writers returning awards

  Politics | October 12, 2015 21:14 IST

  New Delhi: As more writers and poets decided to return their Sahitya Akademi Awards in protest against "rising intolerance" in the country Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Monday gave a curious twist saying he

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  Govt trying to realise dreams of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya: Mahesh Sharma

  Politics | October 11, 2015 8:09 IST

  Mathura: Taking a dig at RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the wake of political rivals targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks following the Dadri lynching, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma yesterday said the former

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  Dadri lynching: Complaint against Mahesh Sharma, Sangeet Som

  Politics | October 06, 2015 21:34 IST

  Dadri: The police have filed a report against Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, BJP MLA Sangeet Som and BSP leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui for making inflammatory remarks over the Dadri lynching case, Sanjay Kumar Yadav, SP

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  Why is PM Modi silent on Dadri lynching, asks Owaisi

  Politics | October 02, 2015 21:52 IST

  New Delhi: Union minister and BJP leader Mahesh Sharma and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday met the family of a man lynched for allegedly eating beef in a Greater Noida area, adjoining the national

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  Dadri lynching over beef rumour an 'accident': Union Minister Mahesh Sharma

  Politics | October 01, 2015 17:49 IST

  Dadri/New Delhi: Amid mounting tension over lynching of a 50-year-old man following rumours that he and his family had eaten beef, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma on Thursday described the incident as "an accident" even as

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  Mahesh Sharma terms Dadri killing accident; victim's kin plan to move

  Politics | October 01, 2015 14:29 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Mahesh Sharma today described the lynching of a 50-year-old man in Dadri by a mob, allegedly over consumption of beef, as an “accident” and said that no “communal colour” should be

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  Subramanian Swamy backs Mahesh Sharma's remark against night outs by girls

  Politics | September 20, 2015 13:04 IST

  New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has backed Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma's remark against night outs by girls saying 'wild binging is unacceptable for both women and men as the Indian culture suggests

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  Night out for girls against India's culture: Union Culture Minister

  Politics | September 19, 2015 19:34 IST

  New Delhi: Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma stoked controversy when he said that girls wanting a night out is not acceptable in Indian culture."Girls wanting a night out may be all right elsewhere but it

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  Despite being Muslim, APJ Kalam was a nationalist: Mahesh Sharma

  Politics | September 18, 2015 22:35 IST

  New Delhi: Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today courted a major controversy with his remarks that late president A P J Abdul Kalam was a great nationalist "despite being a Muslim" with Congress terming the

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  365 kg ladoo unveiled on PM Narendra Modi's birthday

  Politics | September 17, 2015 16:25 IST

  New Delhi: Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today unveiled a 365 kg 'ladoo' to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 65th birthday here and said there can't be a better way of celebrating it than

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  Ramayana, Gita not religious texts : Culture Minister

  Politics | September 15, 2015 14:49 IST

  New Delhi: The Ramayana and the Gita are not religious texts and should be taught in schools, according to union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma.Sharma said that including the Ramayana and the Gita in school curriculum

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  PM Modi to share view in Mann ki Baat today

  India | August 30, 2015 10:11 IST

  PM Modi to share view in Mann ki Baat todayNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his views in the 11th edition of 'Mann ki Baat' programme on All India Radio on today. Sonia Gandhi

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  Portions of 15 air routes not adequately covered by radar: Mahesh Sharma

  Politics | August 03, 2015 20:24 IST

  New Delhi: The government on Monday informed that portions of 15 air routes situated in northern and north-eastern India are not adequately covered by radar surveillance.According to the minister of state (MoS) for civil aviation

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  Flip-flop over new airport around Delhi continues

  India | July 23, 2015 16:09 IST

  New Delhi: What exactly is the status of a proposed new airport in the National Capital Region? Going by the statements of two ministers—one overseeing tourism and the other civil aviation—the position remains unclear.At a

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  No plans to privatise airports, says Civil Aviation minister

  Politics | July 21, 2015 20:23 IST

  New Delhi: The government has no plans to privatise any major airport in the country. However, it intends to handle the development, operations and maintenance part through partnership with the private sector, said a minister