Category: India News

Farmers sit-in at Noida-Delhi border, key route to Delhi closed for vehicles

Noida (UP), Dec 2: Farmers protesting against the new farm laws continued their sit-in at the Noida-Delhi border for the second day on Wednesday, leading to closure of a key route that connects Uttar Pradesh with the national capital. The Noida Traffic Police has advised commuters travelling to Delhi […]

Indian government invites protesting farmers for talks on Tuesday

NEW DELHI – India’s government invited protesting farmers for talks on Tuesday, seeking to allay concerns about new laws growers fear could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain at guaranteed prices, leaving them at the mercy of private buyers. In a letter addressed to […]

Shed arrogance, give justice to farmers: Rahul to govt

New Delhi, Dec 1:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the government to wake up and shed “arrogance” to provide protesting farmers their rights. Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are holding protests at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders of the national capital against the Centre’s […]

Cyclone to hit TN on Dec 4

New Delhi, Dec 1: A cyclone is very likely to hit Tamil Nadu on December 4, the second time in a week, the Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further into […]

Dentist held in hit-and-run case

New Delhi, Dec 1: A dentist has been arrested, days after his speeding car hit a 38-year-old woman while she was crossing road in south Delhi’s Lado Sarai leading to her death, police said on Tuesday. The accused Pankaj Sudhakar (42), a resident of Kalkaji Extension, works as a […]

India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 94.62 lakh; Nov saw over 30 pc decline in cases

New Delhi, Dec 1: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 94.62 lakh with November registering over 30 per cent decline in both new deaths and cases as compared to October, while total recoveries surged to 88,89,585, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Tuesday The total coronavirus cases […]

India COVID-19 cases top 9.4 million

MUMBAI – India’s novel coronavirus cases rose by 38,772, the health ministry said on Monday, making it the 23rd straight day that daily cases have stayed below the 50,000 mark. The country now has 9.43 million cases, the second-highest in the world after the United States, but daily […]

Indian PM Modi refuses to back down on farm reforms despite huge protests

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday resisted calls for the repeal of farm reforms that have ignited the biggest protests by farmers in years around the national capital, saying they were being misled and that deregulation would benefit them. Thousands of people from the […]

From small businesses to farmers, middle India is driving demand

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – Manish Mehra, owner of Washex Hospitality, an industrial laundry service, recently flew from Delhi to Jodhpur, a city in north-western India, to win a contract to service a large, government-run hospital – a move essential to kickstarting his business. “For a new relationship it is […]

Indian farmers defiant against reform as Modi tries to calm anger

NEW DELHI – Thousands of Indian farmers, angry over reform of the agriculture sector, held a third day of protests on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday, blocking roads into the city and defying a government appeal to move to a designated site. The government on Saturday […]

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