Chandigarh: Scores of farmers from Punjab continued to stay put at the two borders of the state and Haryana on Wednesday while security personnel fired some tear gas shells on the protesters at the Shambhu border near Ambala. As the peasants gather there to resume their ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest, farmer leaders will first hold a…
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Centre over the farmers’ protests, the Congress on Wednesday asked why it is “running away” from giving legal guarantee on MSP despite repeated promises and claimed the farmers have “lost faith” in the Modi government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also spoke with a farmer injured in police action during…
Jaipur: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday filed her nomination papers here for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan. Her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra, leader of opposition Tikaram Jully were present at the time of the nomination filing in the assembly…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday named Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan its Rajya Sabha candidates from Odisha and Madhya Pradesh respectively. If elected, a near certainty, it will be the second Rajya Sabha term for the two leaders from these states. Railway Minister Vaishnaw is likely to get elected with the support…
New Delhi: With protesting farmers seeking to march to the national capital, security remained tight on Wednesday with personnel deployed in huge numbers and barricades regulating movement in central Delhi and at border points with Haryana, which can cause hardships to commuters. The traffic movement at Singhu (Delhi-Sonipat) and Tikri borders (Delhi-Bahadurgarh) is suspended, an…
New Delhi/Jaipur: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is set to enter Rajya Sabha for the first time and will file her nomination papers from Rajasthan for the upcoming polls to the Upper House, party sources said on Tuesday. Barely two months before the Lok Sabha election, Gandhi will be filing her nomination papers in Jaipur…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Lokayukta police have registered a case against Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar anticipating a transfer of a disproportionate assets probe to itself from the CBI, which is currently investigating it. The Karnataka cabinet in November last year withdrew the previous BJP government’s decision to accord sanction to the Central Bureau of…
Ambikapur: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the Centre has honoured Chaudhary Charan Singh, who championed for farmers’ causes, and agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan with the Bharat Ratna but has been doing “injustice” to cultivators. His remarks came against the backdrop of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march call given by thousands of farmers demanding a…
Chandigarh: The Haryana Police on Tuesday hurled multiple rounds of tear gas shells, including through drones, at the Shambhu border near Ambala to disperse farmers marching towards Delhi to seek enactment of a law on minimum support price. Chaotic scenes were witnessed near the border as farmers deployed tractors to remove cemented blocks which had…
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday said he will be joining the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. “I am joining the BJP today at its office in Mumbai. Today is the beginning of my new political career,” Chavan, who quit the Congress on Monday, told reporters. Asked if he received any calls from…
