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Sunday, July 27, 2025
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Topic: Cabinet

To curb illegal immigration, Haryana to table travel agents bill — up to 10 yrs jail, Rs 2L minimum fine

Draft Haryana Registration and Regulation of Travel Agents Bill cleared by state cabinet, to be introduced in Budget session beginning 20 February.

Rs 450 LPG, task force, SIT: Slew of decisions in Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal’s 1st month but no cabinet meet

The chief minister is yet to get his own Officer on Special Duty, chief secretary etc. after clearance from BJP central leadership, it is learnt.

New Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 9 ministers to be inducted into cabinet today

This will take the strength of the cabinet to 12. Swearing-in at Raj Bhavan at 11.45 am.

Maharashtra cabinet expansion ‘stuck over portfolio allocation’, Ajit ‘wants key home, finance’ ministries

Shiv Sena & BJP leaders say there are more hopefuls than cabinet posts, but exercise expected to be done before 17 July, when monsoon session of assembly is to begin. 

Cabinet approves $11 billion revival package for BSNL, says CNBC-TV 18 report

The revival package will come to around Rs 890.47 billion ($10.79 billion), according to CNBC-TV 18.

‘First of its kind’ — Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik chairs cabinet meeting from Japan’s Kyoto

Patnaik is on an official tour to Japan to seek investment for Odisha. Technology now allows governance delivery on the go, a statement from CMO quotes him as saying.

Cabinet approves MoU with Nepal for construction of bridge over Mahakali river

Briefing the media Thursday, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur said the bridge will be completed within 3 years & will help people living in Uttarakhand's Dharchula & in Nepal territory.

Cabinet approves Rs 12,000 crore for second phase of Green Energy Corridor

The scheme aims to facilitate grid integration, power evacuation of about 20 GW of renewable energy projects in 7 states and will be implemented during 2021-22 to 2025-26 fiscal years.

Modi govt approves extension of rural housing scheme for next 3 years till March 2024

Union Minister Anurag Thakur said the continuation of PMAY (R) scheme will ensure that remaining 155.75 lakh households within the target of 2.95 cr houses will be provided assistance.

Cotton Corporation to get Rs 17,409 cr for procurement for 7 seasons from 2014-15 to 2020-21

The decision was taken at the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by PM Modi and is likely to bring relief to 3,70,000 workers employed in jute mills and ancillary units.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.