NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: One day after the violence during the tractor parade shook the capital, agricultural unions agitating for the repeal of the new central agricultural laws postponed their ‘Marcha Sansad’ (march towards Parliament) scheduled for budget day on February 1 and decided instead to hold a one-day fast …
Read More »Farmers’ Demonstration: Tractor Parade Becomes Capital Raid | India News
NEW DELHI: The script was read and the red lines were drawn, but nothing went as planned when the farmers took out their tractor rally on Tuesday. A race to the heart of Delhi on high-speed tractors that crashed barricades and even threatened to run over the policemen, widespread vandalism …
Read More »Cong Couldn’t See the End of Charismatic Leadership: Memoirs of Pranab | India News
NEW DELHI: the late President and the unconditional Pranab of Congress Mukherjee blamed Congress failure acknowledge that the end of “charismatic leadership” was the reason for his failure in the 2014 elections, even when he said he had been hurt to see the sorry fate of his former party. In …
Read More »Farmers’ Unions Threaten to Escalate Protests if January 4 Talks Fail to Meet Their Main Demands | India News
NEW DELHI: Seeking to increase pressure on the government ahead of Monday’s next round of talks, farmers’ unions said on Friday that they would intensify their protests further over the next two weeks, starting on January 6, if their main demands: the repeal of three central agricultural laws and legal …
Read More »Kerala becomes the fifth state to pass a resolution against agricultural laws: main developments | India News
NEW DELHI: With the only BJP MLA abstaining from voting, the Kerala assembly on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution demanding withdrawal of three agricultural laws. With this, Kerala became the fifth state in the country to pass a resolution in their respective assemblies to oppose agricultural laws. Before Kerala, four …
Read More »BJP pushes budget relief for middle class and businesses after virus
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the government to put more money in the pockets of middle-income families in the next budget and reduce the costs of raw material for small and medium-sized businesses, a party spokesman said Thursday. After the impact of the coronavirus contracted the …
Read More »Kerala Assembly passes resolution calling for withdrawal of agricultural laws passed by Parliament
Kerala’s Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution against the agricultural laws passed by Parliament in September. The resolution was introduced by Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who said that the three laws “will only help large corporations.” The resolution said that the genuine concerns of farmers must be addressed and that …
Read More »‘Tired of making deals’ with Prachanda, says PM Oli
KATHMANDU: Beleaguered Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Wednesday that he is “tired of making deals” with the rival. faction leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda‘and accused him of raping various agreements reached between them repeatedly to maintain the fault Communist Party of Nepalthe unit intact. Oli’s comments came hours …
Read More »Bharuch MP, who at times opposed the Gujarat government, resigns from the BJP | India News
SURAT / GANDHINAGAR: BJP senior member and Bharuch Mansukh MP Vasava resigned from the party on Tuesday citing personal and health reasons, just days after he wrote to the prime minister requesting the withdrawal of a notice declaring 121 villages of Narmada District an “eco-sensitive zone”. He had expressed apprehension …
Read More »‘Hurt from the treatment of farmers; will not join Congress’ | India News
Affirming that the three agricultural laws were enacted without relying on the farmers, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and Lok Sabha MP from Nagaur in Rajasthan Hanuman Beniwal, says his fight will continue in favor of agitating the farmers. One day after leaving NDA, Beniwal spoke with Akhilesh Singh from TOI …
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