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Lok Janshakti Party postpones meeting after Ram Vilas Paswan falls sick

The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) meeting scheduled on Saturday was postponed owing to the ill health of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan admitted in hospital, condition stable

Reports said that he may be discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after routine checkup.

As Bihar Assembly election gets nearer, Dalit politics gathers momentum

Dalits constitute nearly 16 per cent of the vote and 38 seats are reserved for them in the Assembly

Paswan flags labelling, packaging norms violation by pharma company

Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday said he has found a pharma company violating packaging and labelling norms

Online registration, licence renewal of gold hallmarking centres launched

The online system will ensure that applications to set up a new centre or renew the existing licence can be submitted online

Paswan pushes for setting up grain storage units on railways' surplus land

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday held a meeting with his railways counterpart Piyush Goyal and pushed for fast-tracking a proposal to set up grain storage facilities

States should give doorstep delivery of PDS ration in flood areas: Paswan

Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said state governments should adopt doorstep delivery of PDS ration to beneficiaries in flood affected areas.

11 states, UTs didn't distribute foodgrains in July under PMGKAY: Paswan

As a result, free foodgrains have been able to reach only about 62 per cent of the total 810 million beneficiaries during last month through ration shops, Paswan said

No discrimination under Food Security Act in Bihar: Ram Vilas Paswan

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said there has been "no discrimination or wrong identification" of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in Bihar

New rules for e-commerce players coming into effect from week-end: Paswan

According to the rules, e-commerce players will have to display the total 'price' of goods and services offered for sale along with break-up of other charges

Companies, e-comm firms need to show 'country of origin' on products: Govt

The provision of declaration of 'country of origin' has been in place since January 2018 for all manufacturers, importers, packers and e-commerce players

Be sensitive to poor; implement PMGKAY proactively: Govt to laggard states

Govt said some states like West Bengal and Bihar are lagging behind in distribution of free ration under the PMGKAY and they should be more "sensitive" towards the poor

Govt monitoring prices of soaps, floor cleaners, thermal scanners: Paswan

Paswan said the government will bring these three products under the Essential Commodities Act if their prices shoot up from the level which prevailed in the last six months

Paswan welcomes Bihar resolution against NRC and for retaining NPR format

Nitish Kumar said at the assembly earlier in the day that he had asked the Centre to drop "contentious clauses" from NPR forms and carry out its update the way it was do

Onion jumps 30% to hit a two-week high as export curbs are lifted

Exporters resume business immediately after Paswan's Wednesday tweet announcing the decision

LJP president Chirag announces 'Bihar First' march as assembly polls near

LJP's national president Chirag Paswan announced that he would embark on a state-wide 'Bihar First' yatra - with the promise of pulling the state out of its long history of backwardness.

JNU's SC, ST faculty accuse admin of discrimination, meet Paswan over issue

After meeting the faculty members, Paswan said the allegations levelled by the delegation were serious and should be looked into.

Delhi water quality: Vardhan defends BIS, accuses Kejriwal of politicking

BJP's Delhi unit president and MP Manoj Tiwari, and parliamentarians Meenakshi Lekhi, Parvesh Verma and Vijay Goel were also present at the press meet.

Delhi water quality: BIS sticks to sample report amid controversy

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal rejected the report, saying the city's water quality cannot be declared as good or bad with just 11 samples.

Hallmarking to be mandatory for gold jewellery from 2021: Ram Vilas Paswan

However, one year period will be provided for implementation of this decision to enable jewellers clear their existing stock