Chavan asks PM for national fund for drought relief (Lead)
August 26th, 2012 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday to demand setting up of a national fund for mitigation of drought to ... Read more...
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Chavan asks PM for national fund for drought relief
August 25th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday to demand setting up of a national fund for mitigation of drought to ... Read more...
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Odisha seeks funds for flood hit areas
December 3rd, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 2 (IANS) Odisha Friday asked the central government to provide early assistance of Rs.3,265.38 crore for relief and rehabilitation work in regions hit by the September floods.At ... Read more...
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Orissa seeks Rs.1,000 crore for flood relief
October 21st, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 20 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Pantaik Thursday sought Rs.1,000 crore from the central government for repair and restoration work in the regions affected by floods last month.The ... Read more...
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Centre okays Rs.120 crore more for quake-hit West Bengal
October 13th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The central government Wednesday approved financial assistance worth Rs.120 crore to West Bengal following the recent earthquake that rocked the region.The amount is the second ... Read more...
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Mamata to seek Rs.500 crore more for quake-hit Darjeeling
October 11th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, Oct 11 (IANS) Giving in to the demand of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said she will request the central government for ... Read more...
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Chidambaram spells out initiatives taken for Andhra farmers
March 9th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said the government had responded immediately to the demands concerning farmers affected by unprecedented rains in Andhra Pradesh last ... Read more...
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Group of ministers to consider farmers’ issue
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 22 (IANS) The union government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the issue of relief package to Madhya Pradesh's farmers, a statement from the chief ... Read more...
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Government released over Rs.368 crores as disaster relief in November
November 30th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.30 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that during the month of November, the government had released an amount of Rs.368.01 crore from National Disaster Response ... Read more...
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PM announces Rs.500 crore flood aid for Uttarakhand
September 22nd, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday announced aid of Rs.500 crore for the flood-hit Uttarakhand and decided to send an inter-ministerial team to assess the damages.
The ... Read more...
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Prime Minister announces interim flood relief assistance for Uttarakhand
September 22nd, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.22 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday announced an advance ad hoc assistance of rupees 500 crore for Uttarakhand State in addition to the money advanced a day ... Read more...
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Scarlett Johansson designs handbag for Haiti
February 5th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5 (ANI): Actress Scarlett Johansson has decided to do her bit in raising money for earthquake hit Haiti victims by designing an exclusive handbag.The tote is emblazoned with an ancient ... Read more...
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Johansson designs bag to raise funds for Haiti
February 5th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 5 (IANS) After auctioning a date with her to raise funds for the Haiti relief fund, actress Scarlett Johansson has designed an exclusive handbag to raise money for the earthquake ... Read more...
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Johansson auctions her time for Haiti relief fund
January 21st, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 21 (IANS) Actress Scarlett Johansson is auctioning a date with her to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake relief effort.
Contactmusic.com reports that the actress will auction off a date with ... Read more...
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