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Responding to questions over rising air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, Javadekar said his ministry has already held several meetings with the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan over stubble burning. (Photo: File)

AAP govt must tell how many CPCB directions has it followed: Javadekar

Delhi-NCR has been engulfed in a thick blanket of smog since the festival of Diwali on October 27.

04 Nov 2019 1:11 PM

Union Environment and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday urged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to take measures to tackle air pollution in national capital instead of indulging in 'blame-game'. (Photo: File)

Javadekar urges Kejriwal to find solutions to mitigate pollution and stop 'blame-game'

The Union Minister appealed to Delhi, Punjab and Haryana governments to work together in order to tackle the menace.

02 Nov 2019 2:38 PM

'After five years, people gave us more mandate in Lok Sabha elections. Now they will give us more mandate in Assembly elections. After Maharashtra and Haryana, Jharkhand and Delhi also we are winning,' Javadekar said. (Photo: FIle | PTI)

After Maharashtra, Haryana we will win in Delhi, Jharkhand too: Javadekar

Javadekar said that people of Maharashtra and Haryana have trust on the leadership of PM Modi.

24 Oct 2019 1:40 PM

BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi said, 'This is a historic decision which will benefit 40 lakh families in Delhi.' (Photo: File | PTI)

Delhi: Lekhi lauds Centre for granting ownership rights in unauthorised colonies

She also criticised Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for allegedly wasting public money.

24 Oct 2019 12:29 PM

Union minister Prakash Javadekar (Photo: PTI)

40 lakh in illegal Delhi colonies set to get ownership rights

The decision will encourage property holders to invest in safe structures, thereby improving the living conditions in these colonies substantially

24 Oct 2019 1:50 AM

Union minister Prakash Javadekar. (Photo: File)

No issue in expressing the desire: Javadekar on Uddhav Thackeray's statement

BJP will be contesting on 150 seats while Shiv Sena on 124 constituencies in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra.

07 Oct 2019 7:06 PM

'The Congress party could not find a replacement of its president for two months. Within those two months we had new working president in place, we launched our new massive membership drive and added eight crore members, making it a 19 crore-member party. It is huge,' he said. (Photo: File | GN Jha)

Javadekar claims BJP-Sena alliance will get over 200 seats in Maharashtra polls

He also expressed confidence that the two parties together will comfortably get a majority in the Maharashtra Assembly.

05 Oct 2019 6:35 PM

Javadekar said that there the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took 110 decisions in 15 cabinet meetings to accelerate investment inflows. (Photo: File | ANI)

Reduction in repo rate will benefit people, industry: Javadekar

Javadekar said the govt has simplified the process of environmental clearances.

05 Oct 2019 5:10 PM

Union ministers Prakash Javadekar (Photo: G.N. Jha)

BJP leaders to visit all constituencies from next week

A party insider said that the main focus of visit of all the 70 Assembly segments is to assess the ground reality and seek feedback of local leaders.

29 Sep 2019 3:46 AM

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday slammed the opposition parties for calling the 'Howdy Modi!' an "event management" tactic and said that they do not have any real issue at hand. (Photo: File)

They are leaderless, directionless: Javadekar slams Oppn for criticising 'Howdy Modi' event

Javadekar further asserted that the green cover across the country has increased by 15, 000 thousand square kilometres in last five years.

24 Sep 2019 10:01 AM

Kejriwal supports those who raised anti-national slogans in JNU: Prakash Javadekar

Mr Javadekar said that despite repeatedly being asked by the court about the permission, the chief minister was not granting it.

20 Sep 2019 3:12 AM

In a bizarre act, former South Delhi Mayor Sarita Chaudhary was allegedly assaulted by her husband Azad Singh, who is the BJP Mehrauli district president. (Representational image)

Former mayor assaulted by husband at Delhi BJP office

The state leadership has taken serious note of the incident and is likely to form a three to five members committee to probe the matter.

20 Sep 2019 3:07 AM

No economic crisis in India: Prakash Javadekar

Says fundamentals of the country’s economy are strong.

20 Sep 2019 2:21 AM

This is for the sixth consecutive year that productivity linked bonus is being given to railway employees.

11 lakh railway employees to get 78 days' pay as productivity bonus

It would benefit 11 lakh employees and would cost the exchequer Rs 2,024 crore, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.

18 Sep 2019 4:48 PM

CAIT is of the view that traders are forced to sell the goods packed in single- use plastic by big manufacturers.

Issue guidelines to remove confusion on single-use plastic: Traders' body

Confusions, if not taken cognisance of, may prove to be a roadblock in eradication of single-use plastic, CAIT said.

15 Sep 2019 4:55 PM

Javadekar was addressing the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Greater Noida. (Photo: G.N. Jha)

India halfway through its 175 GW renewable energy goal: Javadekar

India currently has an installed renewable energy capacity of around 80 gigawatts.

09 Sep 2019 2:43 PM

Javadekar hailed the decision on Kashmir as the biggest decision taken by the Modi government in the 100 days and added that it was proving out to be a wise decision as the situation was slowly getting normal. (Photo: File)

Pak knocked on several doors, but entire world stood with India on Kashmir: Javadekar

He was speaking on the occasion of the completion of 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government at the Centre.

08 Sep 2019 8:56 PM

Calling the GDP growth rate slump as ‘normal’, Javadekar said that the slowdown is a cyclical process, and such a patch will not hurt the country's progress rate. (Photo: ANI)

GDP growth rate slump is temporary: Prakash Javadekar

‘Our fundamentals are good and we will march as per our plan and achieve our target of becoming the USD 5 trillion economy,’ he added.

08 Sep 2019 8:28 PM

J&K rapidly getting back to normal: Prakash Javadekar

The Centre had abrogated Article 370 and Article 35A in J&K on August 5, a move which had invited a mixed reaction across political spectrum.

04 Sep 2019 1:06 AM

What we are doing is, being a responsive government, addressing the issues and we have seen this process in GST also, said I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar. (Photo: File)

Govt doesn't subscribe to Singh's views on handling of economy: Javadekar

Earlier this week, former PM Manmohan Singh had said the state of economy was 'deeply worrying'.

03 Sep 2019 6:15 PM

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