Haryana Deputy CM and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) Chief Dushyant Singh Chautala expressed his opinion on the farmers’ agitation against the three agricultural acts of the Center and said that he will tender his resignation “if he fails to ensure that a farmer gets minimum support price (MSP) for his crops” Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Party is a key ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, and has a farmers’ vote base. The deputy chief minister told reporters that he is in touch with Union ministers to resolve the deadlock between farmers and the Centre. Chautala noted that he is a…
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Farmers’ agitation is expected to escalate today as they intend to block the Delhi-Jaipur highway, a day after one of the 32 protesting unions moved the Supreme Court against the Centre’s controversial agricultural legislation. Farmer leaders have denied arguments that “ultra-left” and “pro-Left Wing Extremist” elements have hijacked their protest, the strongest of the last few years. Thousands of cops are on duty to block the passage of demonstrators at the entry points of the national capital. Two thousand policemen are on duty in Gurgaon and 3,500 policemen are on duty in Faridabad to protect the demonstrators, officials said. The…
After three back-to-back high-level visits from New Delhi in the last two months, BJP’s senior leader, foreign affairs department chief, Vijay Chauthaiwale visited Kathmandu in an effort to mend ties with Nepal. At the invitation of Bishnu Poudel, Secretary General of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Chauthaiwale arrived here on Thursday and held talks with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. At the conference, Oli and Chauthaiwale discussed how to improve people-to-people ties between the two countries, said Rajan Bhattarai, Nepalese Foreign Relations Advisor. On Friday, Chauthaiwale took Twitter to announce his meeting with Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali, “during…
Narendra Modi’s stern stance against foreign intervention in domestic affairs pressured Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to mellow his rhetoric and support the continuing unrest of farmers. Last week, Trudeau extended his support to Indian farm demonstrations, saying that the situation was “concerning” and that Canadians were very concerned about family and friends” in Punjab. Sources say that immediately after the Modi Government summoned the Canadian High Commissioner to New Delhi for Trudeau’s remarks, and the Minister of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar, declared that he would bypass the Canada-led Ministerial Coordinating Committee on COVID-19 (MCGC), there was a panic in…
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi on Friday. It is understood that Rao, who arrived in the national capital on Friday’s three-day visit, addressed various state-related issues with the Central Ministers. The Chief Minister is believed to have urged Shah to allocate the unpaid funds to the state in particular for relief from the recent floods in Hyderabad. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) released photos of Rao’s meetings with Shah and Shekhawat, but there was no statement about what had been addressed.
India’s total COVID-19 active caseload has dropped to 3.63 lakh (3,63,749), the lowest in 146 days, and comprises just 3.71 per cent of the total coronavirus infections, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The total active cases were 3,58,692 on July 18. “The country has reported a trend of sustained decrease in the number of active cases. India’s present active caseload consists of just 3.71 per cent of India’s total cases,” the ministry said. It said that 37,528 people recovered from COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours and this led to a net decline of 8,544 cases from…
The filmmaker-choreographer Remo D’souza suffered a heart attack. He was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai and underwent angioplasty on Friday. And is said to be in a stable condition. Remo, who made his debut as a choreographer with Bollywood Dreams in 1995, created a strong foothold for himself in the industry after working on films like Chameli (2003), Dhoom (2004), 36 China Town (2006), Delhi Heights (2007), Rock On!! (2008) and London Dreams (2009). His first directorial venture, F.A.L.T.U., which released in 2011 was a hit at the box-office. Remo also directed ABCD and ABCD 2, both of which were…
The day after Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Trade Minister Piyush Goyal urged the agitating farmers to resume the dialog and find an amicable solution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the farmers on Friday to listen to the two ministers who talked at length about the three Farm Laws. In a tweet, Modi said, “Listen to two of my colleagues Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal from my cabinet on the new Farm Laws and the demands of the farmers.” Modi also attached the video link of the press conference. Tomar and Goyal on Thursday afternoon addressed…
India and Nepal have agreed to initiate an air bubble scheme to resume commercial flights after months of pandemic disruption. India suggested an agreement that was cleared after the recent visit of Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to Kathmandu, an informed source said on Thursday. “Initially we are starting with one flight daily from each side between Delhi and Kathmandu. From the Indian side, it will be Air India which, in normal times, had a daily flight between Delhi and Kathmandu. We are starting with Indians, Nepalese, OCI/PIO cardholders of all nationalities and all valid Indian visa holders”, said the…
A female Afghan news anchor and protester was shot dead by attackers on Thursday, said her boss, the second journalist killed in Afghanistan in a month. Malalai Maiwand, in her 20s, was killed along with her driver Mohammad Tahir in the eastern town of Jalalabad as they travelled to work, said Enekaas TV, the private television channel she worked for. Earlier, her mother who was an activist was also killed by mysterious gunmen five years back. She had previously spoken about the challenges of becoming a female reporter in Afghanistan’s ultra-conservative patriarchal structure. Her death comes as targeted killings of…