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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was seen seated when the national anthem was being played at Solapur, Maharashtra. Here is why he was forced to be seated
 

Former Union minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram has been asked to vacate his New Delhi home that had earlier been seized in the INX corruption case. Karti has been given ten days’ time to hand over the possession of property.

Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said there are 5,344 big dams in the country and out of them, around 293 are more than 100 years old. About 1,041 dams or 20% are 50 to 100 years old, he added

In a tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent his condolences describing Congress veteran S Jaipal Reddy as an “active administrator”, as messages of grief poured in from all political leaders after the former Union minister’s demise

Moving the bill for consideration, Union Minister for law and justice Ravi Shankar Prasad said that since January 2017, 574 such cases have been reported by the media, reading out from newspaper
 

Union minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy said the number of terrorist incidents has substantially reduced between April 1, 2009 and June 30, 2019 as compared to the previous decade.
 

LIC has offered us Rs 25,000 crore in a year and Rs 1.25 lakh crore in five years, said Union minister Nitin Gadkari
 

Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers Sadananda Gowda criticised the ruling Karnataka coalition for endorsing delaying tactics and added that it is only the BJP that can solve the burning issues of the state like drought and farmers’ deaths

About 12,609 rape cases were registered under the POSCO this year. Of this, charge sheet had been done in 6,222 cases and 2,397 cases which were registered less than two months ago are under investigation. There are about 3,590 cases registered more than three months ago, Union minister Kishan Reddy said.
 

Union minister for road transport and highway Nitin Gadkari tabled the Motor Vehicle Amendment bill in the Lok Sabha today(July 15). The bill was passed in the previous Lok Sabha, but could not get approval from the Rajya Sabha.

Alcohol is the most common psychoactive substance used by Indians followed by cannabis and opioids, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday (July 4)
 

Union minister Prakash Javadekar said that effective steps need to be taken in ensuring that advertisements in India are not “obscene”.

On June 25, 1989, Kottayam in Kerala earned the name, city of letters, by NP Sahi, the then Union minister of state for education through a 100-day, 100% literacy campaign that opened the world of letters to 2,008 people
 

The BJP also named a three-member delegation, led by former union minister and MP S S Ahluwalia, to visit to the trouble-torn Bhatpara on Saturday and submit a report to party president and Union home minister Amit Shah.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Yoga Day celebrations and performed asanas at a ground in Ranchi on Friday along with 40,000 others while other BJP leaders, Union ministers and yoga enthusiasts did the same in other cities across the country.