There will be diversions on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway during the afternoon on Thursday in view of a 'tractor rally' called by farmers protesting against the new central farm laws, police here said on Wednesday. The Eastern Peripheral Expressway also known as the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal Expressway is a 135-km-long six-lane road stretch connecting Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. It passes through Gautam Buddh Nagar.Farmer unions demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws and the procurement of crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) are holding a 'tractor march' on Thursday. According to news agency ANI, scores of farmers gathered at the Ghazipur border and organised a tractor rally topress for their demand.
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,03,95,278 with 20,346 infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries breached one crore-mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
In an "unprecedented assault" on democracy in America, thousands of angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol and clashed with police, resulting in casualty and multiple injuries and interrupting a constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election.
An earthquake of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands' Diglipur on Thursday, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The quake hit the region at 6.57 am.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the storming of the US Capitol by the supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump. PM in a tweet expressed his distress at the rioting and violence, asserting that democratic process cannot be allowed to be subverted through unlawful protests.
The "unilateral and provocative" actions by the Chinese military to change the status quo by force in more than one area on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) were responded to in a "firm" and "non-escalatory way", the Defence Ministry has said in an annual report.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...
