Kanimozhi has been actively campaigning for the DMK ahead of the April 6 Assembly elections. DMK leader and MP Kanimozhi tested positive for the new coronavirus on Saturday. He has been actively campaigning for DMK candidates across the state for the upcoming elections in Tamil Nadu. According to sources close …
Read More »AIADMK Manifesto Promises Free Washing Machines and Educational Loan Waivers
The party also said it would demand that the Union government withdraw the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami and Chief Deputy Minister O Panneerselvam disclosed that AIADMK published its manifesto for the Assembly elections in Chennai on Sunday. In announcing a list of populist schemes, …
Read More »Center unlikely to share draft farm law amendments with protesters ahead of talks, hopes to resolve unrest through dialogue: report
The Union government’s relentless attempts to resolve the farmers ‘unrest through dialogue are making little progress and few of the farmers’ unions are standing firm in their demand to repeal the new farm laws. While farmers expect the government to send out the new draft with amendments before they reach …
Read More »At HTLS 2020, Nirmala Sitharaman says MSP for agricultural products will continue
Amid furious protests by farmers against the new farm laws, the Union’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, said that the government intends to continue with the minimum support price (MSP) mechanism for agricultural products. . At the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Friday, he said he is hopeful for a solution …
Read More »With the government’s pro-farmer image under fire, BJP wants a friendly end to agricultural protests
The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership is pushing for an early and friendly resolution of the farmers’ protest as the current unrest threatens to derail the party’s expansion plans in Punjab and undermines the government’s “pro-farmer image”. Union, said people familiar with the details. . Even when the meeting between the …
Read More »BJP leaders brainstorm for second day and say government is ready to talk with farmers
Eager to break the deadlock with farmers who are campaigning to remove new farm laws, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership held meetings for the second day in a row on Monday and sent the message that the Union government is ready to the conversations. Union Interior Minister Amit Shah …
Read More »Amit Shah at JP Nadda’s residence as BJP chiefs meet to discuss farmers’ protest
The BJP’s top brass met on Sunday evening at the residence of the party chairman, JP Nadda, on the subject of the farmers’ protest. According to a person familiar with the events, the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, and Defense Minister Rajnath Rajnath Singh are …
Read More »Neither fired by CM nor resigned from the party, says rebel TMC minister after talks
Nine days after launching a veiled challenge to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership, West Bengal Transport Minister and heavyweight leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday sounded calm at a rally, saying that neither Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee he has fired the cabinet or left the party. “I remain a leading active …
Read More »India and China will soon hold another round of talks on the border confrontation
India and China will soon hold another round of talks with the aim of achieving total disconnection and the total restoration of peace and tranquility along the Royal Line of Control (LAC), the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The border clash across LAC in Ladakh, where both sides have deployed …
Read More »‘Stressful relationships’: Jaishankar discusses ties with China, then gives some advice
India-China relations have been disrupted by the inexplicable violation of agreements on border management and troop deployment and Beijing needs to reflect on the world’s reaction to its actions, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday . The current state of bilateral relations is a “cause for concern” because 45 …
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