Central government totally condemned the opposition over its members’ “unruly conduct” in Rajya Sabha during the passage of the two farm bills, condemning their behaviour as “shameful” and unprecedented in Parliament’s history. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Prakash Javadekar, Pralhad Joshi, Piyush Goyal, Thawarchand Gehlot and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi held a press conference to hit out at opposition members, with Singh asserting that such conduct was not expected in a healthy democracy. Singh noted that opposition members tore rule book, threw papers at the desk of the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who was in the Chair, and climbed the officials’…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the passage of two farm sector bills as a “watershed moment” in the history of Indian agriculture, asserting that they will ensure a complete transformation of the farm sector and empower crores of farmers. In a series of tweets after Rajya Sabha passed the bills by voice vote amid din created by protesting opposition members, Modi said these proposed laws will liberate farmers from numerous adversities as he noted that peasants were for decades bound by various constraints and bullied by middlemen. He again assured farmers that the existing government support system for…
Pakistan has denied visa to senior diplomat Jayant Khobragade who was set to be appointed as acting head of Indian High Commission in Islamabad, people conversant in the event said on Sunday. It is learnt that Pakistan didn’t approve his visa on the grounds that he’s too senior for the post. The people said Pakistan was conveyed by India in June about its move to send Khobragade as India’s deputy diplomat thereto country. There was no official discuss the difficulty either by Pakistan or India. Following India’s decision to withdraw special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August last year,…
Virat Kohli will begin his go after an elusive IPL title when perennial under-achievers Royal Challengers Bangalore combat David Warner’s low profile but consistent Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL encounter here on Monday. Both teams possess dangerous batsmen who can single-handedly take the sport faraway from the opposition. Kohli has always led from the front but he knows his look for a maiden title will remain incomplete if the team doesn’t perform altogether departments. The addition of Australian limited overs captain Aaron Finch to the squad gives the star-studded batting line up more firepower. Expectations also are high from…
Determined efforts should be made to make Jammu and Kashmir a hub of knowledge, innovation and learning by implementing the new National Education Policy (NEP) in letter and spirit, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday. He said Jammu and Kashmir is a reservoir of extremely intelligent, talented and innovative children and the implementation of the new education policy will produce students with ignited minds. Determined efforts should be made to make the paradise a hub of knowledge, innovation and learning by implementing NEP in letter and spirit. These steps would make Jammu and Kashmir once again a Firdaus on…
President Donald Trump is likely to nominate a female candidate to the US Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. “I will be putting forth a nominee next week. I could say most likely it would be a woman. I think I can say that. If somebody were to ask me now I would say that a woman would be in first place, Trump told supporters at an election rally in North Carolina on Saturday. Ginsburg, a history-making jurist, feminist icon and a champion of women’s rights and social justice, died of…
Actress Payal Ghosh has claimed that filmmaker Anurag Kashyap tried to molest her once, recalling an incident when he got naked in front of her and tried to get intimate with her. In an interview to IANS, the upcoming Bollywood actress opened up about the incident that she says happened in 2014, adding that it continues to haunt her. “I was molested by a very famous director. The director told me that girls he works with ‘have a gala time’ with him. The circumstances created at that moment were very embarrassing,” Payal told IANS. Asked to name of the director,…
While the Nepalese government has denied claims that China occupied part of its land along the border, PLA troops have constructed nine buildings between Limi and Lapcha in Nepal’s Humla district. China has managed to erect nine buildings on land owned by Nepal while disallowing Nepali authorities from stepping foot in the area. Reports suggest that the Chinese are talking advantage of the border standoff with India and the absence of Nepalese security forces owing to the approaching winter season to gradually capture land in the region. The most recent incident has come to light from Nepal’s Humla district where…
https://twitter.com/rajnathsingh/status/1307599216630358017?s=20 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hailed the passage of two big ticket farm bills by Rajya Sabha on Sunday, calling it a “landmark day” for India’s agriculture sector and farmers. While major opposition parties are against the bills, the government has been maintaining that the proposed legislations will help small and marginal farmers secure competitive prices for their produce. “With the passing of two landmark agriculture Bills in Rajya Sabha today, India has cemented the strong foundation for ‘Atmanirbhar Agriculture’,” the defence minister tweeted. “This is the result of endless dedication and determination of the Govt under the leadership of…
Rajya Sabha on Sunday passed two contentious farm bills, which have triggered protests by farmers at several places across the country. The two bills — Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 — were passed by Lok Sabha on Thursday. The House also rejected demand of several opposition parties to send the two bills to a Rajya Sabha Select Committee for greater scrutiny. “Farm bills passed by Parliament will give farmers freedom in selling their produce, rid them of middlemen,” says BJP president JP Nadda. TMC…