Abu Dhabi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held wide-ranging talks with the UAE’s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during which they reviewed the strategic partnership, discussed new areas of cooperation and witnessed the signing of several agreements, including a bilateral investment treaty. In a special and warm gesture, Modi was received at…
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…
New Delhi: Taking note of the massive traffic jams across the national capital region on account of the farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Tuesday said he will accommodate lawyers if they are stuck in traffic. If anyone has a problem due to the traffic situation, “we will adjust,” a bench…
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…
Hyderabad: Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a great initiative for the cultural and Hindu renaissance in the country with the consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya and that the nation compliments him for it. Observing that India’s cultural renaissance is the need of the hour,…
