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“Didn’t Dalits vote for BJP?”, seven-time BJP MP asks, upset at being denied berthVeteran BJP Lok Sabha member Ramesh Jigajinagi expressed disappointment at being left out of the union council of ministers, questioning if...
Consensus on speaker only if govt agrees to deputy post for OppositionThe Opposition stand comes in the wake of it planning to pull out its three representatives, earlier named by the government to assist the ...
Karnataka Polls: Mallikarjun Kharge, 2 Union ministers in fray in final roundAs many as 24.3 million people are eligible to vote. There are 237 candidates in the fray, including nine women candidates.
Resurgent BJP turns heat on Congress in Karnataka’s Lingayat beltIn the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress won the Raichur and Chikkodi seats by a margin of less than 10,000 votes against BJP candidates.
Mekedattu project: Karnataka MPs protest inside Parliament complexUnion Ministers Sadananda Gowda, Nirmala Seetharaman, Ananth Kumar Hegde and Ramesh Jigajinagi were not present in the protest.
'60 cr people face high to extreme water crisis in India'Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi said there was an imminent need to deepen understanding of ...
No proposal to hike incentive to construct toilets: GovernmentMinister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi said as many as 417 districts and 3,99,850 villages in the ...
11 states are now open defecation free: GovernmentThe government is taking various steps under the SBM to make all states in the country ODF, the minister of state in the Ministry of Drinki...
Rs 33,700 crore allocated under Swachh Bharat Mission since 2014The House saw some humour when Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said those not following rules and regulations governing cleanliness drive...
Corporates, individuals donate over Rs 666 cr in swachhta fund since 2014: GovernmentMoS for Drinking Water and Sanitation informed about the CSR funds the government has received to achieve the objectives of Swachh Bharat M...
Centre okays Rs 419.56 crore to Karnataka under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan"So far, we have released Rs 190.07 crores to the Karnataka government. The state had demanded release of Rs 419.56 crores and the same has...
Demonetisation: Amit Shah holds meeting with BJP MPs from SouthAmid stalemate in Parliament over opposition parties' protest over demonetisation, BJP President Amit Shah tonight held a meeting with part...
43 per cent of rural population defecate in open: GovernmentAs per a report published in 2015, 59.43 per cent of the world population defecating in the open live in India, Minister of State for Drink...
Karnataka meets Supreme Court directive half-way; decides to release 3,000 cusecs to Tamil NaduChief Minister Siddaramaiah announces decision in assembly, partially complying with the Supreme Court’s directive to release 6,000 cusecs ...
BJP bigwigs in a dilemma: Party under pressure to ensure positive verdict on CauveryThe party is feeling the pinch so badly that state unit president B S Yeddyurappa dashed off, along with an entire team of party state bigw...
Drinking water contaminated in country; affects nearly 70,000 habitationsAs per the data shared by the minister, Rajasthan has maximum 20,895 such habitations followed by Assam, Jharkhand and Bihar.
PM Modi will find solutions to all problems of India: Ramesh Jigajinagi, MoSIf this man continues as PM for 10 years, he will change the face of the country. It is my fortune to work with someone like him, says Rame...
Lawyers, doctor, PhD holder in Modi's Council of MinistersApart from these, four ministers have post-graduate degree, five are graduate and two are undergraduates.
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Ramdas Athawale wear headgears for swearing in ceremonyWhile Meghwal, BJP's chief whip in Lok Sabha, always wears a colourful turban, RPI leader Athawale wore a navy blue headgear for the ceremo...
BJP MP Jigajinagi remits insurance premium to women on "Raksha Bandhan"Jigajinagi said the PM has called to celebrate "Rakshana Bandhan" by remitting premiums of Life insurance schemes introduced by government.