Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: The script was read and red lines were drawn, but nothing went according to plan when the farmers pulled out their tractor rally on Tuesday. A race to the heart of Delhi on high-speed tractors ramming barricades and even threatening to run over policemen, widespread vandalism and destruction of public property and protracted…
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JAMMU: A co-pilot’s condition remains critical on Tuesday after a Dhruv helicopter crashed in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir the previous day, authorities said. One pilot was killed after the Indian Army’s advanced light helicopter, coming from Pathankot, made a forced landing on the Basholi belt, police said. The co-pilot, Capt. Anjani Kumar…
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GHAZIABAD: The leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, Rakesh Tikait, said that some anti-social elements were behind the violence during the parade of agricultural tractors in the national capital on Tuesday. It was due to the “actions” of the Delhi Police that some anti-social elements entered the parade and provoked the violence, he said. The…
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NEW YORK: India on Tuesday welcomed the announcement of legislative, presidential and national council elections in Palestine to be held later this year and also urged all parties to take the necessary steps to ensure free and fair elections. During the open debate at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on ‘The situation in the…
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NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Tuesday registered four FIRs in connection with the parade of agricultural tractors protesting in the national capital, officials here said. “Three FIRs were registered in the eastern district and one in the Shahdara district on Tuesday,” a police officer said. Earlier in the day, the tractor parade meant to highlight…
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NEW DELHI: Andaman & Nicobar Island’s public transportation system went green Tuesday with a fleet of electric buses provided by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN), a subsidiary of state power generation company NTPC. NVVN is implementing a turnkey project for the supply of 40 electronic buses and charging stations as part of the Union Territory…
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NEW DELHI: More than 20 lakh healthcare workers across India have received injections of the Covid-19 vaccine as of January 26, the 11th day of the nationwide immunization drive. The government plans to vaccinate more than 30 million million high-risk groups, including front-line and healthcare workers, the elderly and people with comorbidities by July 2021….
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NEW DELHI: A Mumbai-based law student wrote a letter on Tuesday to Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde urging him to become aware of the violence that took place in the Red Fort during the farm tractor march in Republic Day. The letter, written by Ashish Rai, a student at the University of Mumbai,…
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MUMBAI: In the wake of the violence during the Farmer Tractor Parade, NCP Chairman Sharad Pawar said Tuesday that what happened in Delhi is indefensible, but the reasons that led to the situation when he warned against cannot be ignored either. the use of force against protesters. The former Union agriculture minister asked the Center…
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NANDIGRAM: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari stated on Tuesday that more MLAs will be leaving the TMC in the coming days and wondered if West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will also compete from her seats. The chief minister has announced that she will compete from the Nandigram seat, where Adhikari was the MLA seated, in…
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