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Railway Minister plans connectivity to all north-eastern states

Guwahati, Sep 16 (ANI): Union Railway Minister, Sadananda Gowda, on Tuesday (September 16), expressed satisfaction as he reviewed Northeast Frontier Railway in northeastern Assam state. Gowda held review meetings with the departmental heads and other officials. He said the federal government aimed at completing 34 various ongoing projects of Indian Railways in the northeast over the next six years. Gowda said he has laid special emphasis on cleanliness, catering and safety in his budget. He said he wanted to give importance to the passengers of northeastern states. Gowda said connectivity to states of Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh was already established. Sep 16, 2014
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Harsh Vardhan flags off relief material for Jammu and Kashmir by BJYM

New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday flagged off vehicles carrying relief material provided by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha for the flood affected people in Jammu and Kashmir. Vardhan welcomed the move by the Yuva Morcha and said that the entire nation is with the people of Jammu and Kashmir in this natural calamity. He also said that food and medicines are being provided in sufficient quantities to the rescued people and coordination is being with the State government for relief work. Sep 16, 2014
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Ukraine to ratify EU pact, offer rebels self-rule

Ukraine is set to ratify a disputed EU agreement and offer limited self-rule to parts of the separatist east as it moves to turn the page on the bloodiest chapter of its post-Soviet history. Duration: 02:52 Sep 16, 2014
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Converted water schemes into solar, Inland waterways need to be developed: Gadkari

New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday addressed a news conference and highlighted the government's efforts towards cleanliness and provision of safe drinking water. Gadkari said that the government has worked towards transforming the water purification schemes converting them into solar. He added that monitoring and accountability mechanisms have been set up in the drinking water sector to increase efficiency in work. He also said that developing of inland waterways and ports is government's priority and it can contribute to at least 2% to GDP growth of the country. Sep 15, 2014
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Politicos react on Maneka Gandhi's'animal slaughter funding terror' remark

New Delhi/ Lucknow, Sep 15 (ANI): Politicos on Monday reacted after Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said that cow slaughtering is funding terrorist activities. Congress leader Manish Tewari said that if a union minister makes such allegation, he/she must substantiate with evidence. Sandeep Dikshit taking a dig at Gandhi said she must have thought that the PM is himself communal, so he would like her making such provocative statements. SP leader Naresh Agarwal said that BJP is trying to spread communalism and the people of our country will never accept this. Sep 15, 2014
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Harsh Vardhan visits flood-hit Kashmir, Omar Abdullah assures relief to people

Srinagar, Sep 15 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visited a relief camp and a hospital to meet flood victims and take stock of the situation in Srinagar. Vardhan said the government has taken a number of steps to prevent water-borne diseases as water recedes from the residential areas. Meanwhile, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, assured to provide relief and to rescue people stranded in the floods in the valley. Abdullah said paramilitary and defence forces are pressed into service to rescue people stranded on rooftops and to reach them with relief materials including food packets. Meanwhile, Director General (DG) of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), OP Singh, said 23 teams of NDRF have been deployed with boats to carry out rescue operations in flood-hit areas. Sep 15, 2014
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Ananth Kumar calls for introduction to lifestyle diseases in school curriculum

Bhopal, Sep 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Ananth Kumar, asked the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to become the first state in the country to introduce a chapter on lifestyle diseases in school curriculum to combat cardiovascular diseases and obesity. The minister, while addressing a gathering at a workshop on echocardiography, emphasised on the need to create awareness about lifestyle diseases among school students. Chouhan, who was also present at the workshop, said they would like to go ahead with the proposal. Kumar said a pharmaceutical park will also come up in Madhya Pradesh. Sep 15, 2014
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JNU Polls: AISA celebrates victory on all four seats

New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): All India Students' Association on Sunday celebrated after being declared winners in Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) polls. The AISA won all four seats for the second consecutive year. Ashutosh Kumar was elected President, Anant Prakash Narayan the Vice President, Chintu Kumari the General Secretary and Shafqat Hussain Butt the Joint Secretary. Sep 14, 2014
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BJP congratulates ABVP for tremendous win in DUSU polls

New Delhi, Sep 13 (ANI): BJP's Delhi unit President Satish Upadhyay on Saturday congratulated the student wing of party, ABVP for its tremendous win in the Delhi University Student Union polls the results of which came out today. Upadhyay said that the confidence of students in BJP has led to this victory. Sep 13, 2014
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