In a major development, Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna has extended his support to farmers protesting against the three farm laws. Talking to reporters, Bahuguna said that he supports the demands of the 'annadatas'.
Swami Nithyananda, the high-profile, self-styled godman who founded a country, is now planning to have atleast 1 lakh people to settle in 'Kailasa'.
The farmers' protest entered its 24th day on Saturday, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government was willing to hold talks with farmers. Defending the new farm laws, the prime minister said they were in the works for decades and those who are opposing these laws now for gaining lost political ground were once votaries of the same reforms. The opposition parties were against the new laws as they were upset that he would get the credit, Modi said, adding that he did not seek any credit but nobody should mislead farmers.
In a tragic incident, an 82-year-old retired brigadier and his wife were suffocated to death when a fire broke out at their home in Noida's Sector 29 on Friday night.
India will produce about 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2021, Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata after 1 am on Saturday on a two-day visit to take stock of his party's affairs in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections slated to be held in the next few months. In a tweet upon his arrival in Kolkata, he wrote, "I bow to this revered land of greats like Gurudev Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Syama Prasad Mookerjee."
Vehicle owners making booking for the mandatory high security registration plates (HSRP) and colour-coded stickers for their vehicles are being given a waiting period of up to four months, even as the transport department is carrying out a drive to encourage compliance. According to officials, around 30,000 bookings for HSRP are received daily, whereas only 10,000 such registration plates are affixed in a day.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
