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…
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…
