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 […]

J&K LANDSLIDES KILL 14: BOTH YATRAS SUSPENDED

NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir remains on red alert after relentless rainfall triggered flash floods, landslides and shooting stone incidents across the Union Territory, claiming 14 lives over the past two days. The India Meteorological Department (MeT) has forecast heavy to extremely heavy rainfall until July 23, prompting authorities to suspend the Shri Amarnath Yatra […]

Char Dham Yatra Halted as Heavy Rains Batter Uttarakhand

NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand administration on Monday temporarily halted the Char Dham Yatra as a precautionary measure in view of continuous heavy rainfall, Red and Orange alerts issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), and landslides at several locations along the pilgrimage routes. The Garhwal Commissioner directed all concerned District Magistrates and officials to ensure […]