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New Delhi, January 18 Two days before his scheduled meeting with unions, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar again hailed various “pro-farmer/pro-agriculture” steps, including the three farm laws, taken by Narendra Modi government. He said the reforms will go a long way in improving living standard of farmers and the agricultureRead More
Chandigarh, January 18 The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a joint forum of farmer organisations spearheading the ongoing protest against farm laws, on Monday disassociated itself from a meeting its constituent Gurnam Singh Chaduni had attended with some opposition leaders, and reiterated that the movement “will not have any direct engagement withRead More
New Delhi, January 16 A sanitation worker from AIIMS, New Delhi, on Saturday became the first Indian to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot, moments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the world’s largest inoculation drive, following a highly emotional address to the people. Tears in eyes and lumps in throat,Read More
New Delhi, January 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of Rs 1,000-crore ‘Startup India Seed Fund’ to support startups and help budding entrepreneurs pursue innovative ideas. Addressing the ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’, Modi exuded confidence that the growth of startups would help in generating jobsRead More
New Delhi, January 15 The Samyukta Kisan Morcha said on Friday that “misconceptions” are being spread about the proposed tractor march on January 26 and that their “motive is not to harm the Republic Day parade”. “We are making it clear that we have no motive to harm the paradeRead More
New Delhi, January 15 The Supreme Court’s four-member committee on farmers’ agitation appears to be in limbo after the lone farmers’ representative and Bharatiya Kisan Union National President Bhupinder Singh Mann recused himself in view of criticism from his own union which sacked him from its primary membership. Legal expertsRead More
New Delhi, January 14 Protesting farmer leaders welcomed Bhartiya Kisan Union president Bhupinder Singh Mann’s decision on Thursday to recuse himself from a Supreme Court-appointed committee, and reiterated that they do not want any panel and will not settle for anything less than the repeal of the three contentious laws.Read More
New Delhi, January 14 The Budget session of Parliament will commence from January 29, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set to present the Union Budget on February 1. The session will be held in two parts — from January 29 to February 15 and March 8 to April 8.Read More
New Delhi, January 12 Stating that they will not appear before the Supreme Court-appointed committee, farmers’ unions have claimed that members of the said panel are pro-government. “Members of SC panel are not dependable as they have been writing on how agriculture laws are pro-farmer,” Farmer unions added. Supreme CourtRead More
New Delhi, January 12 A day after pulling up the Centre for its poor handling of farmers’ agitation, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the three farm laws being opposed by farmers who have blocked key entry points to Delhi since November 2020. A Bench headed byRead More
