We stand vindicated, say farm unions as cops begin removing barricades at farmers’ protest sites
With Delhi Police beginning to remove barricades at two farmer protest sites — Tikri and Ghazipur — farm union leaders on Friday said the move vindicated their stand that they never blocked roads at the city border points. Farmer leaders said any decision to entirely clear both the carriageways at the protest sites would be […]
Pegasus Issue: Supreme Court Can’t Be Stymised By Witnesses Failing To Appear, Shashi Tharoor Says
Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the Supreme Court cannot be stymied by witnesses’ failure to appear or members refusing to sign attendance register just like how the Congress MP alleged the parliamentary panel on IT was thwarted from looking into the Pegasus issue. The remarks by the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information […]
Supreme Court sets up expert panel led by retired judge to probe Pegasus row
Noting that citizens need to be protected from violation of privacy, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set up an independent expert committee led by former top court judge RV Raveendran to look into allegations of snooping on journalists, activists, politicians, etc, using the Israeli Pegasus spyware. A Bench led by Chief Justice NV Ramana said […]
Supreme Court directs UP to grant protection to witnesses of Lakhimpur violence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to grant protection to the witnesses of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed during a farmers’ protest. A bench headed by Chief justice NV Ramana asked the Uttar Pradesh government, represented by senior advocates Harish Salve and […]
UP Polls: Priyanka Gandhi Offers Free Medical Treatment Of Rs 10 Lakh To Voters If Congress Wins
Making another poll promise ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said free medical treatment of up to Rs 10 lakh will be provided to people of the state if her party government is voted to power. The Congress leader had flagged off her party’s “Pratigya Yatras” from […]
UP Building Collapse: 5 Killed After Two-Story House In Jaunpur Caves In On Sleeping Family
Five people were killed and six others injured when a two-storey dilapidated house collapsed in Jaunpur, police said on Friday. The incident took place late Thursday night when all the family members were sleeping in the house in Rauja Arjan locality behind Badi Masjid, City Magistrate Anil Agnihotri said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath […]
India Logs 18,454 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, Recovery Rate Highest Since March 2020
A single-day rise of 18,454 fresh cases pushed India’s Covid-19 tally to 3,41,27,450, while the number of active infections rose to 1,78,831, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 4,52,811 with 160 new fatalities, showed the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise […]
Congress To Field 40 Per Cent Women Candidates For UP Assembly Polls
After Congress announced it’s decision to field 40 per cent women candidates in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled on 2022, TMC mocked Congress and said that they hoped that the move to “emulate” Bengal’s ruling party does not imply mere “tokenism”. On Tuesday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced that the party […]
China Has Increased Activities At ‘In-Depth’ Areas Near Arunachal: Eastern Army Commander
China has increased the intensity of carrying out military drills and deployment in its depth areas opposite the Arunachal Pradesh sector and India has correspondingly readied contingency plans to deal with any security challenges in the region, Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Manoj Pande said on Tuesday. Giving an account of India’s overall military modernization, […]
‘Rail roko’ affects 130 locations in Northern Railway zone, hinders running of 50 trains
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s six-hour ‘rail roko’ protest on Monday over the Lakhimpur violence affected 130 locations in the Northern Railway zone and hindered the running of 50 trains, said its chief public relations officer (CPRO). In the North Western Railway (NWR), rail traffic was affected in some sections in Rajasthan and Haryana with two […]
