Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: One day after actor and former BJP Lok Sabha member Dharmendra Deol posted and deleted a tweet about farmers protesting three farm bills, he posted an “explanation” as to why he deleted his tweet. However, he reaffirmed that the government should find “some solution” to the problems of farmers. Dharmendra, a former Bikaner…
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Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congressional Leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda spoke to Hindustan Timeson the ongoing agricultural unrest and his demand to present a motion of no confidence against the state government in the assembly. Edited excerpts: What do you think will be the impact of these farmer protests? Before this, only the markets of…
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The ruling Bharatiya Janata party won three of the six Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats whose results were announced on Friday. While the BJP managed to end the decades-long dominance of the eight-time MLC Om Prakash Sharma in Meerut, it finished third in Varanasi, where Lal Bihari Yadav of the Samajwadi Party won. BJP’s Umesh…
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NEW DELHI: Prominent Punjabi writers, angered by thdrope central government’s “mistreatment” of agitators seeking to repeal new farm laws, have begun to return their Sahitya awards. After Swarajbir Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Mohanjit, two young writers, Yadwinder Singh and Harmanjeet Singh, have announced that they will return their Sahit Akademi Yuva awards. Prominent singer and…
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Advocate for activist Stan Swamy, charged in the case of links between Elgar Parishad and the Maoists, told a special court here on Friday that Taloja jail authorities have given Swamy a straw and a sip. Swamy, 83, submitted three new requests on Friday seeking instructions to the National Investigative Agency (NIA) to return her…
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NEW DELHI: Despite the ‘virtual’ mode of this year’s chiefs of police conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured their full participation by dedicating a good 15 hours of his time to the ongoing deliberations that conclude on Saturday reports Bharti Jain. Since 2014, he has attended all the business sessions of the DGPs / IGPs…
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Desperate to control air pollution in the national capital, the Union government in October proposed heavy fines and even jail time for polluters, including farmers who were burning rice stubble, sparking the city’s deadly winter smog. . Along with three new farm laws, thousands of farmers are also protesting these tough measures, saying they cannot…
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Heavy rains continued to batter Tamil Nadu on Friday, killing seven people and flooding many parts, even as the deep depression over the Gulf of Mannar near Ramanathapuram weakened and turned into a depression, familiar officials said. with the matter. The Indian Meteorological Department said the deep depression over the Gulf of Mannar near the…
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NEW DELHI: News of the likely Covid-19 vaccine is creating a sensation around the world after it was highlighted through the media that the coronavirus vaccine will be available by the end of December. But according to the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the media coverage is causing unnecessary publicity regarding the vaccine. According to a…
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Dineshwar Sharma, the administrator of Lakshadweep and former head of the Intelligence (IB) Office, died on Friday at the age of 66 in a Chennai hospital from complications related to a lung disease. Tributes came from political leaders of all parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Interior Minister Amit Shah, and former J&K Chief Ministers…
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