NEW DELHI: Protests by agricultural unions on Friday caused strong objections to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s accusation that political rivals were misusing farmers protest to push your schedule. “Parties rejected by the electorate are pushing their political agenda by cheating farmers and using their shoulders to shoot the government, as …
Read More »Farmers’ Unions To Meet Again On Saturday On New Offer Of Government Talks, Resume Dialogue Indicates | India News
NEW DELHI: The protesting farmers’ unions met on Friday to discuss the government’s latest letter inviting them to dialogue, with some of them indicating that they may decide to resume their dialogue with the Center to find a solution to the ongoing deadlock over the three disputes agri laws. The …
Read More »PM-Kisan Scheme: Modi Attacks Bengal Government; Mamata fights back | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday criticized the West Bengal government for denying its farmers the benefits of ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi’ (PM-KISAN), prompting a strong retort from Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Prime Minister today released more than 18 billion rupees to more than nine million …
Read More »Nitish downplays JD (U) MLA’s defection to BJP in Arunachal | India News
PATNA: Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar On Friday he sought to downplay the split suffered by Janata Dal (United) in Arunachal Pradesh where all but one MLA of the party have joined the BJP. Kumar, who is the national president of the JD (U) s, sought to dismiss with …
Read More »TRP Scam: Number One Channel Times Now Deliberately Pushed to Number Two, Mumbai Police Say | India News
NEW DELHI: On Friday, Mumbai police made a shocking revelation in the TRP scam case, saying that Times now, the number one channel of the English news genre, was deliberately pushed to number two. At a press conference on the PRT scam, Milind Bharambe of the Mumbai Police Joint Crime …
Read More »TRP Scam: Former BARC CEO Sent to Police Custody | India News
MUMBAI: A magistrates court here on Friday referred Partho dasgupta, former CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) rating agency, in police custody until Dec. 28 in the alleged bogus TRP scam. Dasgupta was arrested by the Mumbai Criminal Branch of the Pune District on Thursday and presented in …
Read More »This is not about private companies taking over farmers’ land under contract farming: PM Modi | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allayed fears that private companies could seize farmers’ lands under a new contract farming law promulgated by the Center, while listening to success stories about the benefits of the new laws while interacting with farmers from seven states. After releasing Rs 18 …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine test on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Andhra, Gujarat, Punjab | India News
GUWAHATI: The Center will conduct a Covid-19 vaccination trial on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab as a step to prepare for the vaccine administration and assess the readiness of planned activities. According to a statement from the Ministry of Family Health and Welfare, for …
Read More »India’s Active Covid-19 Cases Now Represent Only 2.8 Percent Of Total Cases | India News
NEW DELHI: The current contraction trend in India’s active Covid-19 infections has led to a reduction in the proportion of active cases in the total number of cases to 2.8 percent, the Health Ministry said on Thursday of the Union. The count of active cases of the disease in the …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine test on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Andhra, Gujarat, Punjab | India News
GUWAHATI: The Center will conduct a Covid-19 vaccination trial on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab as a step to prepare for the vaccine administration and assess the readiness of planned activities. According to a statement from the Ministry of Family Health and Welfare, for …
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