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Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said the Centre should stop defaming farmers and hold talks with them on ways to repeal its contentious agriculture laws. In a statement, the SAD president said the Union government has adopted a callous and insensitive attitude...
20:09
China said on Friday that there was no link between the situation of Indian crew on two stranded ships at Chinese ports and its strained relations with India and Australia.The external affairs ministry on Thursday said in New Delhi that two cargo vessels with a total of 39 Indians on board have...
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Superstar Rajinikanth was on Friday admitted to Apollo Hospitals in Hyderabad for severe blood pressure fluctuations and he was stable, the hospital said. Stating that he is stable and resting, a release from the corporate hospital said the actor will stay in Hyderabad and undergo further...
19:29
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to mislead the people with half-truth and distorted facts over the non-implementation of PM Kisan Samman Nidhischeme in the state.She said the prime minister showed his apparent concern for the...
18:56
The slum-dominated Dharavi area of Mumbai did not report a single coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, a civic official said on Friday evening. For the first time since April 1 when the first coronavirus patient was detected in the area, which is among the densest urban settlements in the...
18:53
Protesting farm unions on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address appeared as an attempt to divide and mislead the farmers and said they want a legal guarantee on minimum support price. Reacting to the prime minister's allegations that political rivals were misusing the...
18:36
Legendary Urdu poet and critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi passed away on Friday at his Allahabad home, a month after recovering from COVID-19. He was 85. He had been insisting to go back to his home in Allahabad. We reached here only this morning and within half an hour he passed away...
18:26
Union minister Smriti Irani launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, accusing him of lying and misleading farmers over the Centre's recent farm laws. Addressing a farmers' rally in her parliamentary constituency Amethi, Irani said, Rahul Gandhi is telling...
18:03
A group of farmers on Friday ransacked the venue of an event organised in Bathinda by the Bharatiya Janata Party to mark the birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leaving at least five party workers injured, police said.However, some farmers at the venue claimed...
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Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday claimed the Centre's new agricultural reform laws will not benefit farmers in any way and do a lot of harm. According to the BJP, Kejriwal said, the laws will enable farmers to sell their produce outside mandis. But they only get half the price...
16:31
Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday issued a show-cause notice to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli-led government, asking it to furnish a written clarification over its decision to abruptly dissolve Parliament.The notice was issued after a preliminary hearing at the five-member Constitutional bench...
16:14
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union minister Rajnath Singh on Friday appealed to farmers to try the three new farm laws as an experiment for a year or two and in case they are found not beneficial for the farming community, the government will do all necessary...
16:02
Actor Kangana Ranaut on Friday extended Christmas greetings to those who respect and accept all Indian festivals.The 'Queen' actor took to Instagram to share three pictures, including one with her nephew Prithvi while posing along the Christmas tree.Merry Christmas to only those who respect and...
15:28
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has agreed to buy out IMG Worldwide LLC from their sports management joint venture for Rs 52.08 crore. The nation's biggest company by market value, in a stock exchange filing, said it will buy IMG Worldwide's 50 per cent stake in...
14:43
The trend of more daily recoveries from COVID-19 than the number of new infections has led to a continuous contraction of India's active caseload which presently stands at 2,81,919 and accounts for merely 2.78 per cent of the total infections, the Union health ministry said on Friday. ...
14:28
Ajinkya Rahane on Friday said he had apologised to Virat Kohli after his horrible mix-up with him led to the India captain's game-changing run out in the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. Kohli was looking solid before the suicidal run out for 74 on the opening day at Adelaide...
13:48
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal while alleging that they have destroyed the state and was doing politics by stopping over 70 lakh farmers of the state from getting benefits of the Centre's flagship PM-KISAN scheme under which Rs...
13:42
Rajinikanth has been admitted to hospital over severe fluctuations in his blood pressure, a statement said on Friday.Rajinikanth admitted to hospital this morning after showing severe fluctuation in blood pressure. He'll be investigated and monitored closely till his bp settles down before being...
13:26
Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday urged Punjab farmers to end their protest and come forward to hold discussions with the government to resolve the deadlock over the three new farm laws. Tomar, who is leading the talks with 40 farmers unions, hoped that farmers...
13:12
NDTV promoters, Prannoy and Radhika Roy, and promoter group company RRPR Holding Pvt Ltd will appeal against the Sebi order that imposed a total fine of Rs 27 crore on them for alleged non-disclosure of certain loan agreements. On Thursday, Sebi imposed the fine on them for violation...
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No corporate can snatch away any farmer's land as long as Narendra Modi is Prime Minister of the country, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday and asserted that the provision of MSP will continue and mandis will not be shut down. Addressing a gathering in Kishangarh village in...
12:32
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released over Rs 18,000 crore to more than nine crore farmer families under the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi' (PM-KISAN). With the push of a button, Modi enabled the transfer of money at an event which the ruling BJP has made into a mega...
12:20
Responding to a call given by the Bharatiya Kisan Union, farmers protesting the Centre's new farm laws halted toll collection on most highways in Haryana on Friday. According to officials, toll collection was halted either past midnight or from early Friday morning at several toll points in...
11:47
Protesting farmer unions are likely to hold a meeting on Friday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to interact with farmers during a money transfer event as the agitation at Delhi's borders against the new agri laws is about to complete a month. The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella...
10:52
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said that the Central government is ready to talk and clear doubts of the farmers who are protesting against the new farm laws. He also claimed that the Narendra Modi government will double the farmers' income by 2020. Many farmers have thanked PM Modi...
10:13
With 23,068 new COVID-19 infections, India's total cases rise to 1,01,46,846With 336 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,47,092. Total active cases at 2,81,919Total discharged cases at 97,17,834 with 24,661 new discharges in the last 24 hours.
09:37
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 96th birth anniversary.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan also paid their tributes at the...
09:14
The government has sent a fresh invite to the protesting farmers inviting them for the talks and asked them to choose a date of their convenience to end the impasse over the three farm laws. The development comes ahead of PM Narendra Modi's interaction with farmers on Friday during a money...
09:06
Greeting people on Christmas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the life and principles of Lord Christ gives strength to millions across the world. May his path keep showing the way in building a just and inclusive society, the prime minister said in a tweet. Merry Christmas! The life...
08:33
Amutated coronavirus strain spreading in Britain is on average 56 per cent more contagious than the original version, scientists have warned in a study, urging a fast vaccine rollout to help prevent more deaths.The new variant, which emerged in southeast England in November and is spreading fast,...
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As protesting farmers mount pressure on the government to scrap a set of contentious farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address farmers across states on Friday and release the next batch of financial aid ₹18,000 crore from the PM-Kisan scheme. The PMs session with...
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A group of seven influential US lawmakers, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him to raise the issue of farmers' protest in India with his Indian counterpart.India has called the remarks by foreign leaders and...
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the Indian vaccine against COVID-19, Covaxin, has drawn global attention.In a tweet, the ICMR said, India's indigenous vaccine against #COVID19 Covaxin-a product of ICMR-Bharat Biotech collaboration, achieves remarkable feat. Data...
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