NEW DELHI — On Thursday, the Bharatiya Janata Party dropped its MPs Varun Gandhi and his mother Maneka Gandhi from the party’s national executive committee, Scroll reported. Varun Gandhi had criticised the killing in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district where eight people, four of them farmers, were killed during a protest against the Centre’s contentious […]
NEW DELHI — In a relief to thousands of young doctors pursuing higher specialisation courses, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that in the interest of students, it has decided to implement changes in the pattern of the NEET-Super Speciality (NEET-SS) examination from the academic year 2022-23. The government indicated that it may […]
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) — BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Union minister Ajay Mishra and the arrest of all accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, warning that a nationwide agitation will be launched if authorities failed to implement within a week the agreement made with the farmers here. Tikait, who is […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that “dictatorship” and not democracy prevails in the country with farmers being “systematically attacked” and politicians not allowed to visit Uttar Pradesh to meet families hit by the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri. Addressing a press conference, Gandhi said he along with two Congress Chief Ministers […]
NEW DELHI — On Tuesday, a curfew was imposed in Kawardha town of Chhattisgarh after a right-wing Hindu outfits rally, attended by BJP MP Rajnandgaon Santosh Pandey, led to vandalism of Eid Milad-un-Nabi decorations, after which the police resorted to lathi-charge, officials said. According to the officials, some policemen sustained minor injuries while dispersing a […]
NEW DELHI — The price of domestic LPG cylinders has been hiked by Rs 15. The price of a non-subsidized 14.2 kg cylinder in the capital is now Rs 899.50. A 5 kg cylinder will now cost you Rs 502. The new rates are effective from today. The hike comes after fuel price raise yesterday. […]
SRINAGAR — In an apparent reference to the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Monday that imposing Section 144 wherever human rights and dignity have trampled upon has emerged as the Centre’s preferred approach. She claimed that the government uses an iron fist against its own people but welcomes […]
DEHRADUN — Over 200 unidentified men and women, allegedly belonging to local right-wing groups, vandalised a church in Roorkee on Sunday, October 3, injuring several people who had assembled for morning prayers. According to the FIR registered by Prio Sadhana Lanse, the church pastor’s wife, over 200 men and women belonging to the local Vishwa […]
NEW DELHI — The Qatar-Turkey-Pakistan (QTPi) nexus with the blessings of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is becoming the new hub for radical Islamists. A new report by Disinfolab says the MB, laced with fake news and and two media weapons, Al Jazeera and TRT World, launched a campaign against India –- targeting New Delhi’s economic […]
JAMMU — Accusing the BJP of playing politics over the issues of Taliban, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to garner votes, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged that the seven-year rule of the saffron party has brought miseries to the people of the country and left Jammu and Kashmir “destroyed”. She claimed that it is not […]