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Narendra Singh Tomar donates Rs 15 crore to PM National Relief Fund

New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): The Minister for Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment, Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday handed over cheques worth Rs 15 crore to PM Narendra Modi for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. The amount has been donated by Public Sector Undertakings from the Steel and Mining sectors. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment and Steel and Mines, Vishnudeo Sai, and senior officials were also present on the occasion. Sep 16, 2014
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BJP questions Mamata Banerjee on her alleged relations with Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami and SIMI

Kolkata, Sep 11 (ANI): BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh on Thursday questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her alleged relationship with Bangladesh's fundamentalist group Jamaat-e-Islami and Islamic fundamentalist Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Singh said that a newspaper in Bangladesh has said that the money extracted by the Saradha chit fund scam went to the Jamaat-e-Islami and that the organization helped back the TMC with the Lok Sabha polls. Singh said that if Banerjee was innocent, she should have opposed and filed a defamation case against the newspaper in question and Bangladesh government. Sep 11, 2014
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CBI Queries Trinamool MP on Saradha Scam

The CBI grilled Trinamool Congress MP and owner-editor of a vernacular daily Srinjoy Bose in connection with the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam on Wednesday. Sep 10, 2014
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Sports Ministry Reduces Indian Contigent for Asian Games to 679

After days of uncertainty, the Sports Ministry has announced that it has decided to cut down the contingent proposed by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), to 679 from a total of 942 delegates, for the 2014 Asian Games, in Incheon, South Korea, later this month. Sep 10, 2014
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Poorness not god gifted but changeable: German ambassador as he takes 'rice bucket challenge'

New Delhi, Sep 09 (ANI): German ambassador to India Michael Steiner on Tuesday took a rice bucket challenge at a slum area of New Delhi. Modifying the popular ice bucket challenge, Steiner took the rice bucket challenge wherein he distributed buckets of rice to poor people and said that poorness is not god gifted and is totally changeable. He talked with the residents of the slum while distributing rice to them and said that this was much needed and valuable than the ice bucket challenge. Steiner also said that the German Embassy is partners with a hospital in Baramulla and announced to send Rs 25 lakh for basic healthcare to flood hit Kashmir. Sep 9, 2014
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Political leaders react over Amit Shah's attack on Mamata Banerjee over Saradha scam

New Delhi, Sep 08 (ANI): Political leaders on Monday react over BJP President Amit Shah's attack on West Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee over Saradha chit fund scam. Shah took jibe during a rally in Kolkata city for the state by-polls. While others were of the view that political rivalry should not include independent intelligence agencies, BJP slammed Banerjee for mis-governance. Shah had also alleged that Bangladeshi infiltration has gone up by five times in the Trinamool regime as Mamata Banerjee was only pursuing politics rather than developing the state. Sep 8, 2014