NEW DELHI: The All India Kisan Sabha on Wednesday threatened the Centre of “militant resistance” from farmers if it proceeds with the India-US trade deal.In a statement, the farmer’s organisation said that the concessions to Washington would threaten agriculture in the country and lead to greater corporate consolidation in the sector.The farmers’ organisation said that…
SEM orders release of CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka; Delhi’s AQI slips into ‘poor category’ & more A special executive magistrate has ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were detained in connection with the Jantar Mantar protest. Delhi’s air quality has slipped into the ‘poor’ category, prompting authorities…
NEW DELHI: Stating that peace had been established in the country’s three primary hotspots — Jammu and Kashmir, northeast region and areas affected by Left-wing extremism — home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the home ministry is now focused on the next big challenge, the drug menace, and aims to make the country completely…
‘I am not a travel agent’: Shashi Tharoor on Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trip NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday declined to comment on Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s overseas visit amid protests in New Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral…
‘Like Ravana in disguise’: BJP accuses opposition forces of plotting ‘regime change’ NEW DELHI: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday accused certain opposition forces of attempting to destabilise India under the guise of legitimate public demands, alleging that their ultimate objective was “regime change” through violence and conspiracy.Referring to the Prime Minister’s Vijayadashami address, Trivedi…
Delhi high court on Sourav Das, Ashutosh Ranka’s plea NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) members Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on Wednesday withdrew their plea before the Delhi high court challenging the extension of their custody and seeking immediate release.The development came after the court questioned why they had approached it when proceedings before…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed for a week the investigation against former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others in the alleged CMRL bribery case.It also allowed them to approach a division bench of the Kerala High Court against a single judge’s order directing the registration of an FIR.On October 9, the Kerala…
Marco Rubio says Washington will not comment on India’s handling of anti-EC protests, leaving the matter to Indians to decide NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday dismissed the term “UN experts” as an “oxymoron” when asked about the United Nations’ criticism of India’s handling of anti-Election Commission protests, calling the issue…
Hardeep Singh Puri has said that he met Jeffrey Epstein “three or maximum four” times in a professional capacity before joining the Union Cabinet in 2017 NEW DELHI: The opposition leaders including those from Congress, TMC and NCP (SP) shared picture of petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri‘s meeting with sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein demanding answers…
A protestor is detained by the police during a youth demonstration demanding the resignation of the country’s election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, India United Nations experts have expressed concern over what they described as a heavy-handed police response to peaceful, youth-led demonstrations in New Delhi and other parts of India over the past…
