NEW DELHI: protest farmers unions stuck to its demand for a complete repeal of three contentious farm laws in its ninth round of talks with three central ministers, but while the government asked them to be more flexible in their approach and expressed its willingness to make necessary amendments, as …
Read More »For the first time since 1966, no foreign guests at the R-Day event? | India News
DELHI / LONDON: Weeks before the Republic Day celebrations on January 26, which was to be the main guestBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson canceled his visit to India on Tuesday citing a new lockdown in England and the rapid spread of the new Covid strain. Both sides downplayed the development …
Read More »Talks stall as unions continue to insist on repeal | India News
NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: The seventh round of talks between the Center and the farm unions Monday was unfinished. The latter insisted that the new farm laws should be scrapped, which has been at the top of his agenda, and nothing less was acceptable. The government responded and continued to …
Read More »Seventh round of talks fails, agricultural unions accuse Modi government of avoiding fundamental problems
The bonhomie between the government and the unions had been visibly reduced compared to the last meeting on December 30, during which the ministers participated in the langar brought for farmers by the Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee of Delhi. This did not happen this time, as the farmers sat on …
Read More »Bengaluru-Kempegowda Airport Suburban Train will finally start from today
The airport stop station is located on the edge of the Kempegowda International Airport boundary. Bangalore: Starting today (Monday), travelers in Bengaluru will finally be able to catch a train that passes near Kempegowda International Airport, located on the outskirts of the city. Until now, apart from private vehicles, travelers …
Read More »The new vistadome coaches will make train travel more memorable: PM Modi | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on Wednesday he praised the new design view me coaches developed by the Factory Integral de Coaches and said that the comfort they will provide will make travels most memorable. The vistadome tour coaches, which have a larger viewing area that includes rooftop glass …
Read More »Trains will not have to slow down on new 351 km freight corridors | India News
NEW DELHI – Unlike all other rail routes, freight trains in the 351 km New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern dedicated freight corridor it will not be necessary to slow down along this section. Sources said this will be one of the unique features of the two dedicated brokers. An …
Read More »Government-farmers meeting: ministers join union leaders to share food langar | India News
NEW DELHI: Three union ministers joined agricultural leaders on Wednesday to share ‘langar’ food organized by farmers protesting during their sixth round of talks to resolve the deadlock new agricultural laws. Food from the ‘langar’ (community kitchen) arrived in a van at the meeting place, Vigyan Bhawan, after about two …
Read More »The Center proposes a committee to review agricultural laws, rules out repeal
Three Union ministers who held their sixth round of talks with protesting farm leaders on Wednesday rejected the demand to repeal the three farm laws that farmers say will damage their livelihoods. The Center, however, proposed to establish a committee to examine the new agricultural laws. Union ministers Narendra Singh …
Read More »After five inconclusive meetings, the ministers join the farmers for the langar at the sixth
Pictures from inside Vigyan Bhavan showed the two ministers being served langar New Delhi: Union ministers Narendra Tomar and Piyush Goyal joined the farmers for lunch during today’s negotiations, which have been described as a “decisive meeting”. Images from inside Vigyan Bhavan, where the sixth round of negotiations is taking …
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