New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused the Modi government of crushing the voice of farmers after failing to fulfil the promises made to them over 10 years. Kharge’s attack against the government came on a day thousands of farmers called for a Delhi Chalo protest and the capital became a virtual fortress…
Chandigarh: The Haryana Police hurled tear gas shells at farmers who tried to break barricades set up at the state’s border with Punjab at Shambhu near Ambala as farmers demanding a law on minimum support price marched toward Delhi. A few farmers were detained as well near the Shambhu border, official sources said. The Haryana…
Chandigarh: Farmers are set to begin their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march Tuesday morning, a farmer leader asserted here after their five-hour-long meeting with two Union ministers over their demands remained inconclusive. However, Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda, who along with Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal attended the second round of talks with the farmer…
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and 9 MLAs have quit the Congress and are speculated to join the BJP. In a letter to state Congress president Nana Patole, the 65-year-old leader said he was resigning as a primary member of the grand old party. He also submitted his resignation as an MLA to…
Bihar: The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar won a vote of confidence in the assembly on Monday. The new government secured 129 votes amid a walkout by the opposition members. The Bihar assembly has a strength of 243 MLAs. Earlier in the day, Bihar Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary was removed from his post in…
Ahmedabad: Union Minister Amit Shah on Monday said there is no suspense in the people’s minds on the outcome of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as the ruling BJP is set to win 370 seats and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will bag more than 400 seats. Shah also took a swipe at the Congress…
Chennai: For the second consecutive year, the customary address of the governor to the State Assembly ended up in controversy on Monday with Governor RN Ravi refusing to read his customary address prepared by the State government except for the introductory portions citing some reasons. Later, Assembly Speaker M Appavu read out the Tamil version…
Chandigarh: A day after making it clear that AAP will go solo on all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and one in Chandigarh UT, Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced a similar arrangement for all seven seats in Delhi. This puts an end to the projected AAP-Congress alliance as…
New Delhi: In a major diplomatic triumph for India, eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar, were released by Doha on Monday. The capital punishment was commuted to an extended prison term earlier following diplomatic intervention by New Delhi. Amid desperate pleas by the anxious kin of the Navy…
New Delhi: After delivering a warm 2023, El Nino conditions are set to dissipate by June this year raising hopes of “bountiful monsoon” rains this season, meteorologists have predicted. At least two global climate agencies announced last week that El Nino, the warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean that impacts weather across the world, has…
