CHANDIGARH: Various farmers’ organizations have called for a Bharat Bandh on Friday, to protest against the three land reform bills passed in Parliament during the Monsoon session. Given that both the ruling Congress and the opposition AAP, as well as the NDA ally SAD, support the farmers’ agenda, the bandh …
Read More »WHO Board to Receive First Covid Panel Update Oct 5-6, Report Next Year
The independent panel on Covid-19 announced by the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in July, will present its first update to the executive board of the world body at its meeting on October 5-6. The panel was established at the World Health Assembly in the …
Read More »‘Premeditated Witch Hunt’: Amitav Ghosh, Mira Nair Among Over 200 Signatories Calling On Government To Release Umar Khalid
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 10:56:04 pm Khalid was arrested on September 13 on UAPA charges in a case related to the riots in northeast Delhi in February this year. (File / Express Photo of Praveen Khanna) More than 200 national and international …
Read More »Troll shoots himself at Diljit Dosanjh’s billing stand on the farm; read the epic comeback of the Punjabi singer: The Tribune India
New Delhi, September 24 Punjabi actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh has been seen supporting farmers in their protest against the agricultural bills since they were enacted as ordinances in June. With several farmer organizations announcing a nationwide shutdown on September 25, Diljit extended his support to farmers on Thursday’s decision. …
Read More »Four killed in collapse of a building under construction in Dera Bassi, Punjab: the Tribune India
Chandigarh, September 24 Four people, including three workers, were killed after a two-story building collapsed in Punjab’s Mohali on Thursday morning. Four people were killed in the incident that took place at Dera Bassi in Mohali, authorities said. Earlier, three bodies of workers were removed from the rubble while the …
Read More »In talks, India warns China not to make unilateral changes
Ladakh: Chinese troops involved in repeated provocations in the middle of the withdrawal process. New Delhi: The way forward to resolve the situation on the Royal Line of Control in Ladakh is not to unilaterally change the situation on the ground while talks on disengagement continue, the Foreign Ministry said …
Read More »Brett Lee tried to give Dean Jones CPR after suffering a heart attack
Former Australian hitter Dean Jones died Thursday of a heart attack at a hotel in Mumbai. His compatriot and fellow commentator from the current Indian Premier League season, Brett Lee, was with him and they had breakfast together earlier. When he went into cardiac arrest in the hotel lobby, Lee …
Read More »As NDA Launches Infrastructure Plans To Engage Voters, Bihar Shifts From Mandal Politics To Development Speech
A kind of competitive tender in terms of economic packages and infrastructure schemes has been unleashed in Bihar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Prime Minister Nitish Kumar launching a series of mega infrastructure schemes in an attempt to influence the voters. It will be difficult to say whether …
Read More »India Today mourns the summons sent to Deepika Padukone just to follow her car
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh received a subpoena from Narcotics Control (NCB) on Wednesday in a drug-Bollywood nexus case. Several journalists and congressional loyalists began selling conspiracy theories after the subpoena issued by the Narcotics Control (NCB) to Deepika Padukone on September …
Read More »Farm Bills: 3 days of ‘Rail roko’ turmoil starts in Punjab, train services suspended: The Tribune India
Chandigarh / New Delhi, September 24 Farmers squatted on the tracks in Punjab on Thursday, starting a three-day “rail roko” agitation against the farm Bills as the Railways suspended several trains to avoid any adverse incidents. Twenty trains were partially canceled and five briefly ended until September 26 when protesters …
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