Category: India News

COVID-19: India records 13,052 new cases, 127 fatalities

New Delhi, Jan 31: With 13,052 new coronavirus cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,07,46,183, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,04,23,125, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The national recovery rate has climbed to 96.99 […]

Republic Day violence: FSL team reaches ITO

New Delhi, Jan 31:  A team of Forensic Science Laboratory reached Delhi’s ITO area on Sunday, days after the farmers’ tractor parade turned violent, leaving 394 security personnel injured and one agitator dead, officials said. The team is collecting forensic evidences from the ITO and nearby areas, they […]

Country was very pained at dishonour to Tricolour on R-Day: PM on Red Fort incident

New Delhi, Jan 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country was very pained at seeing the dishonour to the Tricolour on Republic Day, referring to the religious flag incident at the Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor parade In his monthly Mann ki Baat radio broadcast, […]

India cuts Internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike

SINGHU, India – India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundreds injured. Angry at new agricultural laws that they say benefit large […]

People should adhere to Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of peace, non-violence: Prez Kovind

New Delhi, Jan 30: Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said people should adhere to his ideals of peace, non-violence, simplicity, purity of means, and humility. Kovind paid humble tributes to the Father of the Nation who was shot dead on this […]

BKU digs its heels in at Ghazipur border, more supporters pouring in

Ghaziabad, Jan 30:  Support for the farmers’ protest swelled on Saturday, as more villagers poured in at a key protest site on the Delhi- Meerut highway in Ghazipur on the border with Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Kisan Union-led protest against the Centre’s new farm laws here looked like […]

India’s Haryana state blocks internet after clashes at farmers’ protest

SINGHU, India – An Indian state blocked mobile internet across most of its districts on Friday, following clashes between protesting Indian farmers and groups of men shouting anti-farmer and pro-police slogans. Mobile internet in 15 of 22 districts in Haryana state bordering the capital New Delhi will be […]

Small bomb goes off near Israeli embassy in New Delhi, no injuries: police

NEW DELHI – A small blast near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Friday was caused by a “very low intensity improvised device” a police spokesman said, adding that there were no injuries. The explosion damaged the window panes of three nearby parked cars, a Delhi police […]

If not resolved, farmers’ agitation will spread: Rahul

New Delhi, Jan 29: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the only solution to the farmers’ issue was throwing the new agri laws in the “waste paper basket” and warned that if not resolved, the agitation will spread to other parts of the country. In a no-holds-barred attack […]

Rakesh Tikait true patriot: JJP leader Digvijay Chautala

Chandigarh, Jan 29: Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Digvijay Singh Chautala on Friday called farmer leader Rakesh Tikait a true patriot and said he has always talked about farmers’ interests. The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Tikait and others in connection with the violence in the national […]

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