Farmers break through barricades at Singhu, Tikri ahead of time
In violation of an agreement with authorities on the timing of the ‘Tractor Rally’ to be taken out after the Republic Day parade, a section of farmers at Singhu and Tikri borders on Tuesday morning broke through barricades and entered Delhi ahead of the agreed time. Thousands of farmers marched into the national capital on […]
Mumbai Police Refuse Permission To Farmers’ Rally To Raj Bhavan
Outside the Azad Maidan ground, Mumbai police have made stringent security restrictions at the farmers’ rally venue as unions plan to march towards Raj Bhavan to register their protest against the new farm laws, a senior police official said on Monday. Thousands of farmers have responded to a call by All India Kisan Sabha’s (AIKS) […]
Centre asks farmers to reconsider offer of holding laws for 18 months
The Centre on Friday asked protesting farmers’ unions to reconsider its offer of suspending the three contentious agri laws for 12 to 18 months but they stood firm on their grounds, asking for complete repeal of the Acts. The farmers’ unions are meeting with three central ministers for the 11th round of talks to solve […]
Government On Backfoot: Farmer Unions
A day after the Union government expressed its willingness to suspend the three new farm laws for up to 18 months, farmer union leaders say that the government has relented under pressure from the protests, which has been going on for over 50 days at the Delhi borders. The leaders also said that they are […]
Leaking Military Info An Act Of Treason, Those Involved Should Be Punished: Cong On Arnabgate
In a strongly-worded statement, senior Congress leader AK Antony on Wednesday said, leaking official secrets and information regarding any kind of military operation is an act of treason and those involved must be punished. “Leaking of official secret of military operations is a national security matter and is treason. Whoever is party to this leakage […]
JP Nadda Hits Out At Rahul Gandhi, Accuses Cong Of Having Links To Chinese Communist Party
BJP chief JP Nadda hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on national security after reports emerged claiming that China has built a village in Arunachal Pradesh. “Remember his promise?” Rahul asked while apparently quoting one of Modi’s earlier comments when the PM said that he “will […]
Total Covid recoveries nearly 50 times active cases in country: Health Ministry
India’s total Covid recoveries have surpassed the active caseload by more than one crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday, terming it as a landmark achievement. The total number of recoveries has touched 1,02,11,342, while the active cases in the country stand at 2,08,012. “The gap between the two has progressively grown to touch […]
We Welcome SC Order But We Will Continue With Our Protests: Farmers’ Unions
Hours after the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the Centre’s new agriculture legislations, farm union leaders while welcoming the apex court’s decision said they will not call off their stir until the central government completely repeals the new laws. The SC in its Tuesday order said it will form a committee to look into […]
India records 20,000 fresh Covid cases, 222 deaths
With 20,346 new coronavirus infections and 222 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally stood at 1,03,95,278 on Thursday, while the death toll touched 1,50,336, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. India continued its streak of low daily new cases. Till now, 1,00,16,859 have recovered. Currently, there are 2,28,083 active cases. […]
All passengers from UK from Jan 8-30 to be tested for Covid on arrival
All passengers coming from the UK between January 8 and January 30 would be subjected to self-paid COVID-19 tests on arrival, the Health Ministry said in a standard operating procedure (SOP) issued on Saturday. Moreover, each passenger arriving from the UK would have to bring his or her COVID-19 negative report from a test done […]