Security stepped up around Lucknow court ahead of Babri case verdict
Lucknow: Ahead of the pronouncement of verdict in the Babri mosque demolition case by a special court here, a multi-layered security apparatus was put in place in the vicinity of the Old High Court building. Wooden barricades were erected near most of the cross sections in the vicinity of the court building, and movement of buses […]
Babri Verdict: Advani Chants ‘Jai Shri Ram’ After Getting Acquitted In Demolition Case
Veteran BJP leader LK Advani, who was acquitted by a special CBI court on Wednesday in the Babri mosque demolition case, welcomed the court verdict by chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, and said it came in “footsteps of another order which paved the way for my dream of seeing a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya”. “It is […]
Never accepted 1959 Line of Actual Control, China’s insistence ‘contrary to commitments’: India
India on Tuesday said it has never accepted the “so-called unilaterally defined 1959 Line of Actual Control (LAC)” and that the insistence of the Chinese side that there is only one LAC is “contrary to the solemn commitments made by China” in the various bilateral agreements. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava was responding to a […]
Modi Attacks Opposition, Claims Source Of Black Money Now Shut
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on those opposing the farm reform bills, saying they do not want farmers to have the freedom of selling their produce in the open market. Without naming the Congress, he said the frustration of a party, which ruled for four generations, was at the root […]
Post Ladakh, PLA no longer a bogey for Indian Army
On the eve of the 2004 general elections, a meeting of China Study Group (CSG) was held to review the status of border roads along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with the then Vice Chief of Army Staff briefing the apex group on strategic roads. At this meeting the then Home Secretary asked the […]
Sonia Asks Congress-Ruled States To Override Farm Laws
As various farmer groups and opposition parties throughout the country protest the controversial farm laws, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is reported to have directed all Congress-run states to mull options to override the new farm laws. Congress Rajya Sabha MP KC Venugopal said that the Congress ruled states have been directed to pass new laws […]
Delhi Airport To Resume Flights At T2 Terminal; IndiGo, GoAir To Start From Oct 1
The Delhi airport will resume flight operations at the T2 terminal from October 1, said its operator DIAL on Monday. The airport has been operating flights from the T3 terminal only since March 23, when flight operations in India were curtailed drastically due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The resumption of operations at T2 will be […]
India’s COVID-19 tally surpasses 6 million cases, claims govt data
India’s COVID-19 tally galloped past 60 lakh on Monday with 82,170 new cases, while the recoveries have surged to 50.17 lakh with 74,893 more people having recuperate, the Health Ministry said, reported Press Trust of India (PTI). The death toll from the pathogen climbed to 95,542 with 1,039 more deaths. There are 9,62,640 active cases […]
President gives assent to three farm bills, Badal calls it ‘dark day’ for India
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent to the three contentious farm Bills passed by the Parliament that has seen farmers and the Opposition hit the streets in protest and one of BJP’s oldest allies and a founding member of the NDA, the Shiromani Akali Dal, quitting the ruling coalition at the Centre. The move comes at a […]
Farm Bills: Farmers Protest Bare Chest, Extends ‘Rail Roko’ Agitation Till 29 Sep
A group of farmers, who squatted on a railway track in Punjab’s Amritsar, went shirtless on Saturday in protest against the three agri-marketing bills passed recently by the Parliament. Sitting on the rail track, the bare-chested protesters shouted slogans against the BJP-led central government and demanded that the farm bills be withdrawn. Farmers under the […]
