NEW DELHI: On Friday, Parliament approved a bill to reduce MPs’ salaries by 30 percent for one year “to meet the demands arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.” The bill was passed in Rajya Sabha with voice vote. Lok Sabha had passed the 2020 Members of Parliament (Amendment) Salary, Allowance and …
Read More »
CHANDIGARH: Amid protests by farmers over three agriculture-related bills proposed by the government, Punjab MLA and former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday he said “Punjab, Punjabiyat and all Punjabi” are with the peasants. Breaking his silence after his resignation as minister last year, the cricketer-turned-politician described agriculture as the …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: Congressional Leader Suspended Sanjay jha on Friday he claimed that the recent abolition of the APMC Act by the NDA government was one of the agendas mentioned in the 2019 manifesto of the Congress party. “Friends, in our Congress Manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha Choices, we ourselves had …
Read More »
SRINAGAR: The army has found “prima facie” evidence his troops violated powers under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act during an encounter in the Shopian district of Kashmir in which three men were killed in July this year and has initiated disciplinary proceedings, officials said Friday. On July 18, the …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: Ensuring that the government will continue to buy agricultural products in MSPs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the agricultural reform bills introduced in Parliament are historic, as he attacked parties that oppose the projects of law and urged farmers to be careful about spreading “misinformation” …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of multiple shooting incidents on the Royal Line of Control in eastern Ladakh, senior political and national security officials are likely to meet on Friday to discuss the way forward in the ongoing conflict with China on the border. Top political and national security officials, …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: Three months after passing an amendment to enact a new political map that identifies Indian territory in Uttarakhandit is Pithoragarh as my own, Nepal you have recorded the changes in your academic curriculum and its effectiveness. The Office of the Minister of Education of Nepal Giriraj Mani Pokharel …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on Friday he said farm bills approved by Lok Sabha are “historic” and attack opposition parties for “misleading” farmers. With opposition parties calling three bills “anti-farmers” and the BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal By resigning his government to protest against them, Prime Minister Modi …
Read More »
CHANDIGARH: On Thursday, a farmers’ body decided to intensify its uproar against the Center’s three agriculture-related bills, announcing to stop trains in Punjab from September 24-26. “We have decided to carry out a ‘rail roko’ agitation from September 24 to 26 in the state against the agricultural laws,” said Kisan …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: Responding to questions about the status of a vaccine for Covid-19 in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said there is a chance that it will be available in early 2021. He also said the government is targeting bring down Covid -19 mortality rate to less …
Read More »