Govt should listen to protesting farmers, address their issues: Phogat at 'kisan mahapanchayat'
Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday joined protesting farmers at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana and said the central government should pay heed to their demands and make it a priority to address their issues. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha held a 'kisan mahapanchayat'...
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I am not part of any power group, says Malayalam star Mohanlal
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Rahul to visit Dallas, Washington DC; hold interactions at Texas university, among others
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India likely to experience above normal rainfall in September: IMD
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Delhi High Court quashes Centre's 1987 eviction notice to Express Newspapers
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Chennai-Nagercoil Vande Bharat offers fastest connectivity to Kanyakumari: Railways
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School teachers hold protest march in Kolkata against doctor's rape, murder
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Haryana assembly polls now on Oct 5, counting with J-K on Oct 8: EC
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NIA conducts searches in Chhattisgarh in probe into assembly polls IED blast case
The NIA on Saturday conducted searches at multiple locations in the Gariyaband district of Chhattisgarh in the 2023 state assembly polls IED blast case, it said in a statement. The blast was carried out by CPI (Maoist) cadres while a convoy of polling and security personnel was returning from Badegobra village...
70 roads closed in Himachal, Met predicts heavy rain on Sept 2
Seventy roads have been closed in Himachal Pradesh following rains in the state, while more showers have been predicted at isolated places on Monday, officials said on Saturday. Of the 70 roads, 35 are closed in Shimla, 12 in Mandi, 11 in Kangra, nine in Kullu and one each in Una,...
PM Modi apologises to his deity, Shivaji Maharaj
In an apparent bid to blunt the Opposition’s full-fledged campaign against the BJP-led MahaYuti Government and the Centre over the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s imposing statue at Rajkot fort in Sindhudurg district ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday apologised to Chhatrapati Shivaji whom...
Dialogue a bygone theme, EAM warns Pakistan of action
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday sent out a stern message to Pakistan declaring that the era of “uninterrupted dialogue” is over. He also warned that “actions have consequences” in an apparent reference to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. Making these assertions at a book launch event here, he reaffirmed New Delhi’s position...
Jagdish Tytler to be framed for 1984 riots and murders
Holding that there was sufficient evidence to put him on trial, a Delhi Rouse Avenue Court on Friday ordered framing of charges for murder and other offences against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to alleged murder of three people in the North Delhi’s Pul Bangash area, almost...
Helpless Mamata Banerjee writes to PM a second time
Within a week of writing a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking enactment of stringent laws in rape cases — all in the backdrop of the nationwide protests against the rape and murder of a postgraduate lady doctor at RG Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata — Bengal Chief...
Assam cancels Jumma break for Muslim MLAs
The Assam Assembly will do away with a two-hour break provided on Fridays to facilitate Muslim legislators to offer namaz, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The rule will be implemented from the next Session, an Assembly official said. In a social media post, Sarma said, “By doing away with the...
