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UP Police files case against Union minister’s son
Lucknow: A murder case has been filed against Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son for allegedly running a car over protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. Several other people have also been named in the First Information Report (FIR). Four farmers were...
Priyanka detained on way to Lakhimpur Kheri
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained early morning today by the Uttar Pradesh police as she headed to meet the families of four farmers killed in the wake of violence during an anti-farm laws protest in the state the previous day. The farmers, who had assembled to...
Army Chief confirms increased Chinese deployment in eastern Ladakh
Ladakh/ New Delhi: India expects to hold a 13th round of talks with China on the Ladakh standoff and disengagement of military forces next week, Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said this morning while he added in the same breath that “there has been an increase in the...
RJD says Kanhaiya Kumar like Sidhu, will destroy Cong
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): Bihar’s main opposition party RJD today mocked Kanhaiya Kumar’s induction into the Congress, saying that the former JNU student is like “another Navjot Singh Sidhu” who would “destroy” the grand old party. Ridiculing the Congress by calling it a sinking ship, senior RJD leader Shivanand Tiwari said...
1,000kg Khadi national flag unveiled in Leh, Ladakh
The national flag was inaugurated by Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur. New Delhi: The world’s largest Khadi national flag was installed in Leh, Ladakh, today on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 152nd birth anniversary. It was inaugurated by Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur this morning. The tricolor, which is...
Global Covid deaths hit 5 million, delta variant sweeps
It took almost over a year for the COVID-19 deaths to hit 2.5 million. Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant causes a surge in death, mainly among the unvaccinated. More than half of the world has...
Supreme Court criticises farmers’ protest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today lashed out at a farmers’ group protesting the three agricultural laws saying they have “strangulated the entire city (Delhi) and blocked highways”. The farmers’ body, Kisan Mahapanchayat, had sought permission from the Supreme Court to hold a ‘Satyagrah’ at Jantar Mantar, the designated...
Amarinder says not joining BJP, but leaving Congress
New Delhi: Amarinder Singh said today that he is not joining the BJP but quitting the Congress, confirming speculation that had been swirling since he was forced to quit as Punjab Chief Minister on September 18. “So far I am in the Congress but I will not remain...
Amarinder Singh meets Amit Shah
New Delhi: Punjab’s former Chief Minister and Congress veteran Amarinder Singh had an hour-long meeting the Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his home in Delhi amid the Congress’s crisis in Punjab and speculation about his joining the BJP days after he stepped down from the top post...
Kapil Sibal’s car damaged after his criticism of Gandhis
New Delhi: Soon after Congress leader Kapil Sibal taunted the party leadership with his “G-23, not Ji Huzoor-23” comment, party workers protested outside his house with “Get well soon” placards and damaged his car. Workers of the Youth Congress also raised slogans of “Leave the party! Come to your...
