QUEUES, CONFUSION AS DELHI METRO SHUTS 16 STATIONS
NEW DELHI: To wait or to take an alternative route? That is the one question and confusion many commuters travelling via Delhi metro are facing as entry and exit gates of 16 stations have been shut. The closures come amid the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation […]
RAHUL’S BLOODIED NOSE GAVE CONG IMAGE IT WANTED
NEW DELHI: It is no secret that politics thrives on symbolism and optics. On Tuesday, the dramatic scenes that played out outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence delivered both. Images of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi being dragged by police, bleeding from the nose, his clothes soiled, and one shoe lost in the tussle […]
TRUSTEES START REACHING AYODHYA FOR MEETING ON RAM MANDIR DONATION THEFTS
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing Ram temple donation theft row, members of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust started reaching Ayodhya on Tuesday for its second meeting on July 22, official sources said here. To take part in the meeting, trust treasurer Govind Devgiri and members Vishwa Teerth Prapannacharya, Vasudevanand Saraswati and acting general […]
GOVT CREATING ANARCHY: CONG PRESIDENT
NEW DELHI: Congress President and Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday condemned the government for switching off his mike when he wanted to raise the issue of lathicharge and tear gas on students marching to Parliament on Monday. He told reporters in the Parliament House precincts that if there is no debate in democracy, anarchy […]
PUNJAB FARMERS STOPPED AT HARYANA BORDER
(Photo) Courtesy : The Tribune NEW DELHI: Hundreds of farmers from Punjab, who began marching towards Delhi on Tuesday to participate in a Kisan Mahapanchayat against the proposed India-US trade deal, were stopped by Haryana Police at the Shambhu border, the entry point to Haryana. Barricades were erected at the Punjab-Haryana border in scenes reminiscent […]
PREVENTING NEET PAPER LEAK A NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY: PM MODI
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the strictest possible punishment for those responsible for the NEET paper leak and emphasised that preventing such paper leaks was a national responsibility, Minister Kiren Rijiju said quoting the Prime Minister after the NDA Parliamentary Party’s ‘Mangal Milan’ meeting on Tuesday. The Prime Minister, Rijiju said, urged […]
PM’S DIG AT ’56-YEAR OLD YOUTH’ RAHUL GANDHI AHEAD OF MONSOON SESSION
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spotlighted that the average age of team members at Skyroot Aerospace, a private space company which scripted history with VIKRAM-1, India’s first private rocket to reach orbit over the weekend, is 28 years. He then made it clear that he is not talking about some “56-year-old youth”, an indirect […]
FARMERS TO PROTEST IN DELHI ON TUESDAY
NEW DELHI: A large contingent of farmers from Punjab and other states are arriving in Delhi to join a mahapanchayat on July 21 against the proposed India-US trade deal. The gathering will be held at Delhi’s Kisan Ghat s called by the Desh Bachao Morcha, with the organisers claiming around 550 farmers’ union and social […]
OPPOSITION DISRUPTS DAY 1 OF PARLIAMENT SESSION
NEW DELHI: Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: Parliament’s Monsoon Session got off to a rocky start, with the Opposition targeting the government over the NEET-UG paper leak. The NDA enters the session strengthened after 37 Opposition MPs crossed over, bringing it closer to the special majority needed for Constitutional Amendment Bills, including those on delimitation […]
RAM TEMPLE DONATION THEFT, PAPER LEAKS ON INDIA BLOC’S AGENDA
(Photo) Courtesy : Kashmir Dot Com NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said the Congress and the INDIA bloc would raise key public issues and seek answers from the Centre. “Starting today, in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, the […]