NALGONDA: Prime Minister of Telangana K Chandrashekar Rao compared a group of protesters at a public event to “dogs” on Wednesday. The comment sparked an uproar with opposition parties who have demanded an apology from the TRS leader. While on his way to a public meeting, after laying the first …
Read More »Unions will increase agitation in February with Rail Roko, “free” toll plazas | India News
NEW DELHI: To intensify the farmers‘movement against agricultural laws, the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) decided on Wednesday to make all toll plazas in Rajasthan “free” from 12 February and to carry out a rail blockade program across the country from 12:00 to 16:00 on February 18. The SKM also decided …
Read More »India will do everything possible to facilitate the Covid vaccines sought by Canada: Prime Minister assures Trudeau | India News
NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has criticized the Indian government for protests by farmers, called on Prime Minister Modi to request Covid vaccines. In a tweet late at night, Modi said: “I was happy to get a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau. He assured him that India …
Read More »PM Modi talks to Trudeau from Canada, ensures supply of Covid vaccines to Canada | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Wednesday that India would do everything possible to facilitate supplies of the Covid vaccines sought by Canada. Trudeau, who made a phone call to the prime minister, said that if the world succeeded in conquering Covid-19, it …
Read More »I am proud to be an Hindustani Muslim, says Ghulam Nabi Azad as he leaves Rajya Sabha | India News
NEW DELHI: The outgoing leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday that he is among the lucky people who did not go to Pakistan and are proud to be Hindustani Muslims. “I always felt that paradise is India. I was born after independence. I am …
Read More »Government considers modifying rules for flexible working hours | India News
NEW DELHI: The Center said Monday it will consider changes to the proposed rules under the new labor laws to allow for more flexibility in working hours. Union Labor Secretary Apurva Chandra said that while workers can be required to work a maximum of 48 hours per week, individual companies …
Read More »I am seeing a new jamaat, all andolanjivis are parasites: PM | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on Monday he made an ardent call on protesters to give the new farm laws a chance, even as he questioned opposition parties for their sudden “U-turn” on the need for reforms in the agricultural sector. Participate in the debate in the Rajya sabha …
Read More »PM Modi talks to US President Joe Biden and says “committed to rules-based international order” India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on monday i spoke with the president of the united states Joe biden and said both leaders are committed to a rules-based international order. The prime minister said on Twitter that he spoke with Biden and conveyed his best wishes for the president’s success. …
Read More »I never promised Uddhav’s rotation from CM position: Shah | India News
MUMBAI: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah denied on Sunday having promised Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray that the head of the ministry would remain in rotation between the BJP and Shiv Sena after the elections to the assembly of Maharashtra 2019. “No such promise was ever made to them. I …
Read More »The tragedy could be the result of a “very rare” explosion of water bags in a glacier | India News
NEW DELHI: Calling the glacial outbreak in Uttarakhand a “very rare incident,” scientists said Sunday that satellite images and Google Earth did not show a glacial lake near the region, but that there was a possibility of ‘pockets of water ‘(lakes within glaciers) that could have erupted, leading to this …
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