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Farm activists from Punjab’s Malwa region driving protests
This is the BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) led by ex-serviceman Joginder Singh Ugrahan, 75, with its base in the Malwa region comprising Bathinda, Sangrur, Mansa, Barnala, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Moga, Muktsar and Patiala.
A study on farm…
PM Modi to inaugurate Agra Metro Project
New Delhi (Dec. 7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the construction work of the Agra Metro Project on Monday through video conferencing. In a tweet, the Prime Minister had said that the Agra Metro project will boost 'ease of…
Prominent opp leaders issue statement on Dec 8 Bandh
NEW DELHI: Prominent opposition leaders including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP leader Sharad Pawar, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, DMK chief M K Stalin and PAGD chairman Farooq Abdullah issued a joint statement on Sunday…
Sharad Pawar to meet President Kovind over farmers’ protests
Mumbai (Maharashtra) , December 7 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will meet President Ram Nath Kovind on December 9, over farmers' protests, said the NCP Maharashtra office.
Former Agriculture Minister Pawar…
‘Ensure implementation of new warnings on tobacco products’
New Delhi, Dec 6 The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed Chief Secretaries of states and Union Territories to ensure implementation of a new set of health warnings with enhanced pictorial images on all tobacco products after…
Long-absconding SIMI member arrested in Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 6 The Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested a member of the banned SIMI, wanted in a 2001 case of sedition and unlawful activities, police said on Sunday.
Abdullah Danish is one of the senior-most cadre of SIMI who…
TRS single-largest party in GHMC polls, BJP makes major gains
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) emerged as the single largest party in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections winning 55 seats and BJP gave a strong performance by winning 48 seats.
The TRS won fewer seats it…
Yogi thanks people of ‘Bhagyanagar’ for GHMC poll results
Lucknow: Lauding the result of GHMC polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed gratitude to the people of 'Bhagyanagar' for expressing confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) leadership.
"Many thanks to the…
Mumbai Trans Harbour Link project likely to be completed by 2022
Mumbai (Maharashtra) , December 5 Maharashtra Minister for Urban Development Eknath Shinde said that the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project is likely to be completed by October 2022.
He along with Mumbai Metropolitan…
Folk songs motivate farmers at Ghazipur border
New Delhi, Dec 5 Even as the farmers leaders meeting with the central government was continuing at Vigyan Bhawan here, the agitating farmers at Ghazipur border remained calm and composed and kept on entertaining themselves with Punjabi…
Arnab moves Bombay HC to restrain CJM court from taking cognizance of chargesheet filed against him
Mumbai (Maharashtra) , December 5 Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami has filed a fresh application in Bombay High Court seeking order to restrain the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) at Raigad-Alibaug from taking cognizance…
Anantnag’s Tabin Reyaz becoming sensation for his unique art of storytelling
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) , December 6 : 13-year-old Tabin Reyaz has become a sensation for his unique art of storytelling in South Kashmir's Anantnag district. He aspires to become a writer and pen down stories and articles to…
Lakshadweep administrator Dineshwar Sharma’s last rites performed with full state honours in…
Gaya (Bihar) , December 6 The last rites of Dineshwar Sharma, Lakshadweep Administrator and former interlocutor to Jammu and Kashmir, were performed with full state honours in Gaya, on Saturday.
Sharma passed away on Friday at…
‘Ministers assured us of decision on farm laws after discussion with PM’
New Delhi, Dec 6 The meeting between the three ministers of the Central government and representatives of 32 major farmers' organisations will be held on December 9 again as the fifth round of meeting at Vigyan Bhawan didn't reach to any…
India to position powerful steel hull boats to counter Chinese patrolling in Pangong Tso
NEW DELHI: India has pressed into raising its capacity to patrol the waters of the Pangong Tso which has become the genesis of the standoff between the Chinese PLA and the Indian Army since May, this year
A senior official confirmed that…
Farmer unions to intensify agitation against farm laws, call Bharat bandh on December 8
NEW DELHI: Farmer unions on Friday decided to intensify their agitation against the farm laws calling for 'Bharat Bandh' on December 8 and stated that they were not satisfied with amendments being proposed by the government.…
COVID-19 vaccine to be first given to about one crore health workers: Government at all-party meet
NEW DELHI: COVID-19 vaccine will be first given to about one crore health workers from both the public and private sectors, and then to about two crore frontline workers, the Union Health Ministry said in its presentation at the all-party…
GHMC polls: TRS emerges as single largest party
While the election was held for 150 wards, the results of 149 were announced as counting of votes had to be stopped in a ward as per a High Court order.
TMC calls for 3-day protest in Kolkata against Centre’s farm laws
Kolkata (West Bengal) , December 4 : Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for a 3-day protest in Kolkata in support of farmers against the new farm laws.
The decision was taken in the…
Delhi to experience very poor air quality for next two days, says IMD official
New Delhi , December 4 : The national capital Delhi will experience "very poor" air quality in the next two days, an India Meteorological Department official said on Friday.
Kuldeep Srivastava, Head, IMD's regional weather forecasting…
