Kisan Maha Panchayat firm on demands, protests to continue

Lucknow (IANS) The Kisan Maha Panchayat in Lucknow on Monday was a firm reiteration of the six-point charter of demands that farmers have submitted to the Prime Minister.

The Sanyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organisation of the farmers'…

SC grants protection from arrest to Param Bir Singh

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted protection from arrest to former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in cases against him in Maharashtra, and directed him to join the investigation.

A bench headed by Justice Sanjay…

Grenade blast near army camp in Pathankot

Chandigarh (IANS) A grenade blast occurred near an Indian Army camp in Punjab's highly sensitive Pathankot town on Monday.

No one was injured in the explosion.

Police reached the spot and recovered parts of the grenade.

Senior…

Kisan Mahapanchayat in Lucknow on Monday

Lucknow (IANS) The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of the farmers' unions, is slated to hold a Mahapanchayat in Lucknow on Monday to press for a law guaranteeing MSP and seek the dismissal of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, whose…

Ordinary Indian no longer very sure of reform agenda being pursued by Modi regime

New Delhi (IANS) While a section of vocal farmers protesting since last year and the habitual critics of the Narendra Modi regime are busy celebrating the repeal of the three farm laws, there are ominous signs of bad news coming from the reforms front…

Majority say protests on farm laws were politically motivated

New Delhi (IANS) Everything is political in India. The controversial passage of farm laws in Parliament and the subsequent repeal now is even more so. When asked about the motive behind the protests against the three farm laws that have been going…

Rajnath slams 'irresponsible nations' for misrepresenting laws

Mumbai/New Delhi (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday attacked China's expansionist policy in Indo-Pacific region without taking its name, saying some "irresponsible nations" for their partisan interests give inappropriate interpretations…

SKM meeting underway at Singhu border

New Delhi (IANS) A day after declaring that its agitation will go ahead despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement to repeal the three farm laws, a meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) is underway on Sunday at the Singhu border to…

2023 polls will be contested under collective leadership: Pilot

Jaipur (IANS) Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday that the 2023 elections in Rajasthan will be contested under a collected leadership, adding that he is aiming to form a Congress government in the state again.

He made the remarks…

Cabinet reshuffle in R'than: 15 ministers to be sworn in

Jaipur (IANS) After taking the resignation of all Cabinet ministers in the Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government, the chief minister's office on Saturday released a list of ministers who will be taking oath of secrecy as cabinet ministers on Sunday…