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The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is leading the protest against three Central agrarian laws since last year, announced on Monday that a ‘Shaheed Kisan Diwas’ (Martyred Farmers’ Day) would be observed on Tuesday — to honour the four…

Chandigarh, Oct 11 (UNI) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Om Parkash Soni has deputed senior officials of health department to supervise and monitor all districts in view of spurt in dengue cases in the state. The officials are to visit…

Jammu, Oct 11 (UNI) Stating that for industrial growth in Jammu and Kashmir incentive based new industrial policy has been launched, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries Anupriya Patel on Monday expressed hope of taking…

Itanagar, Oct 11 (UNI) Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Monday said that the Government is giving special attention to the infrastructure development in border areas, while noting that smooth construction of roads in…

Patna, Oct 11 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that any announcement from his side on caste based census would be improper right now and maintained that decision on the issue would be taken unanimously after all party…

Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Sunday said that his ministry has asked the Uttarakhand government to send a proposal to rename the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand as…

A DAY after ending his hunger strike at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday visited the holy Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu along with Cabinet minister Vijay Inder Singla and MLA Dr Raj Kumar Chhabbewal.…

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday termed as “condemnable” a Dalit person being beaten to death in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh, and questioned the silence of the Congress. In a series of tweets in Hindi, the former Uttar Pradesh…

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday said he will take up with the Union Home Minister Meghalaya government’s alleged move to “evict” Sikhs living in Shillong. Days after the Meghalaya cabinet approved a…

Members of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) were detained on Sunday as they staged a protest near Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence here demanding the expulsion of MoS Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur incident.…

The Coal Ministry said on Sunday that India has sufficient stocks to meet the demand for coal in thermal power plants, and that fears of a disruption in power supply are “entirely misplaced”. Thermal power plants in the country are…

A recent analysis by the Mahamana Centre of Excellence in Climate Change Research (MCECCR) at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has found a…

New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) A day after Army Chief General MM Naravane said Chinese buildup looks like they are here to stay, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday questioned if the Chinese were going to stay on the Indian soil. "China here…

New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) Top Army commanders of India and China on Sunday held 7 hours of talks at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to discuss ways to end the 17-month military standoff in Eastern Ladakh sector but no details were…

Phagwara, Oct 10 (UNI) On a complaint lodged by the Journalist Club (JC), Phagwara the city police on Sunday registered a case under section Information Technology Act against four scribes identified as Hardip, Vinod, Kuldip and Amar on the…

NEW DELHI: Eight judges were on Saturday elevated as chief justices of various high courts. Five chief justices were also transferred to various high courts, the Law Ministry said. Justice Rajesh Bindal, acting chief justice of the…

NEW DELHI: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said the construction of a new Parliament building and redevelopment of the Central Vista Avenue, stretching from Rashtrapati Bhavan to the India Gate, will be completed in a…

CHENNAI: In a welcome development, Chief Minister MK Stalin has decided to halve the number of vehicles in his convoy in a bid to get rid of inconvenience and traffic hassles caused to the people. Accordingly, the number of vehicles in…

NEW DELHI: Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday held a meeting with the representatives of power distribution companies (discoms) in Delhi to discuss "power crisis" in the national capital and said that there is only one-day…

MUMBAI: The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police on Saturday summoned CBI director and former Maharashtra DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal in a phone tapping and data leak case, a senior official said here. Jaiswal has been asked to be present to record…