New Delhi: Blaming the Congress for the poor state of Dalits in the country, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday said it was their votes that attracted politicians to them. “Who would have approached the Dalits had they no voting power? Had not the Dalits been given the right to[Read More…]
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Ordinances for quota in promotion, restoring anti-atrocity Act planned: Ram Vilas Paswan
New Delhi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday reiterated that the NDA government would bring an ordinance if the Supreme Court does not allow reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in promotion in the government jobs. The ordinance will revoke the apex court’s decade-old order that has[Read More…]
Controlling onion prices not in our hands: Food Minister
Saying that the onion yield this year is expected to be lower, the Centre on Wednesday expressed its helplessness in controlling the rising prices of onions, which crossed Rs 60 per kg this week in Delhi. Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the production this year was expected to[Read More…]
Ahead of festivals, govt to check hoarding of onions, sugar
In wake of the increasing price rise and in an attempt to ease the availability of sugar and check its price during the festive months of September and October, the government has imposed stock holding limit for sugar mills to avoid hoarding. The government has also authorised the state governments[Read More…]
Bihar: Nitish Kumar gets new cabinet with 27 ministers
The two-day-old Nitish Kumar cabinet was expanded on Saturday. Kumar, who won the floor test at the one-day special assembly session on Friday, inducts 27 ministers in his team. The swearing-in is taking place in Raj Bhawan. Nitish Kumar was sworn in on Thursday, a day after he dumped the grand alliance and joined[Read More…]