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Firm on their demands, farmers brave cold, rains in Delhi

A cattle-laden truck overturned after suffering a tyre burst on the Delhi-Moradabad highway on Monday, leaving six people dead and 10 others seriously injured, officials said. The truck was going to Sambal from Jaipur when the accident took place near Mohamdabad village, they said. The deceased are yet to identified. The bodies have been sent for postmortem.

Delhi BJP leaders and workers on Sunday staged protests across the city demanding that the Arvind Kejriwal government pay "dues" of Rs 13,000 crore to the municipal corporations ruled by the saffron party. More than three lakh party workers accompanied by their family members took part in the campaign, 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan', despite the rain and cold, according to a Delhi BJP

Protesting farmers at the Noida-Delhi border withstood rains and cold weather conditions as their demonstration against the Centre's recent farm laws continued here on Sunday. Some tents at the protest sites collapsed due to the rain, prompting the farmers to use tarpaulin sheets for shelter as the drizzle continued till late afternoon.

An event planned against the Uttar Pradesh ‘love jihad’ law, at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday, was postponed after the organisers were denied permission by Delhi Police. The event, titled ‘India Against Love Jihad Law’, was scheduled at 12 noon wherein interfaith couples were expected to tell their stories. Love jihad is a term coined by Hindutva groups for Hindu girls being

Hundreds of farmers from various regions of Maharashtra, joined by students and people from various walks of life, on Sunday night left for Delhi from Nagpur to join cultivators who have been protesting at the borders of the national capital for over a month seeking the repeal of three agri laws, a Kisan Sabha leader said. He said widows of those farmers who had died by

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi University (DU) to provide a timeline for declaration of results, issuance of mark sheets, and holding convocation on an annual basis for students. The high court said DU shall file a comprehensive affidavit providing the timeline and procedure regarding these issues so that students are not inconvenienced every semester and are not

The number of fresh Covid-19 cases was recorded below 20,000 in India for the second consecutive day, taking the country's caseload to 1,03,23,965, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 99.27 lakh. The number of active Covid-19 cases remained below three lakh for the 13th consecutive day on January 3. Meanwhile, on the vaccine front, India

Central GST authorities have detected tax evasion of over Rs 830 crore by an illegal pan-masala manufacturing unit here and arrested a person for his involvement, according to an official statement. The firm was evading the payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by manufacturing and clandestinely supplying gutkha/pan masala/tobacco products without any registration and

Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava on Saturday announced a raise in the insurance cover for the personnel of the force in case of natural and accident deaths as well as suicides. Extending greetings on the occasion of New Year, he said all policemen above 40 years would undergo compulsory medical checkups so that any ailment could be timely diagnosed and treated. The

India reported 19,078 new Covid-19 cases, 22,926 recoveries, and 224 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry on Saturday. An Indian regulatory expert panel on Friday recommended emergency use authorization of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine against Covid-19 – manufactured by Serum Institute in India - clearing the decks for an unprecedented campaign aimed at

India on Friday asked Pakistan to protect its citizens currently incarcerated in the jails of the neighbouring country from the SARS-CoV-2 viruses. New Delhi also asked Islamabad to expeditiously grant visas to the psychiatrists it wanted to send “to asses the mental condition” of the psychologically challenged prisoners incarcerated in the jails in Pakistan, but believed to

The Delhi High Court Friday directed forthwith release of a woman from children's home noting that she was a major and married a man with her free will. The police had lodged her in children's home after her father in a missing complaint had claimed that she was a minor which was proved wrong. A vacation bench of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Manoj Kumar Ohri also said,

India reported 20,036 new Covid-19 cases, 23,181 recoveries, and 256 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry on Friday. The World Health Organization on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to quickly approve its import and distribution. India is likely to have a Covid-19 vaccine in the New

In a relief to Kathak exponent Pandit Birju Maharaj, the Delhi High Court has stayed the eviction notice issued by the Centre asking him to vacate the government accommodation alloted to him here. A vacation bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru issued notice and sought response of the Centre on a plea by the renowned Kathak artist challenging the government’s decision of cancelling

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday imposed a night curfew in the capital and restricted gatherings of more than five people on account of New Year celebrations. According to an order, no celebratory events, congregations and gatherings at public places are permitted from 11 pm on December 31 until 6 am on January 1, 2021. More to follow...

Consensus on 2 out of 4 issues was reached between both sides, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. The next round of talks will be held on January 4, he said. The meeting between three union ministers and representatives of 41 farmer groups began at around 2.30 pm at Vigyan Bhawan. Tomar is heading the government side, which also included Goyal and Parkash,

Thousands of farmers agitating against the three new central agriculture laws stayed put at their agitation venues near Delhi, which is going through a harsh spell of winter, unrelenting in their demand of withdrawal of the farm laws. On Wednesday, a cold wave swept Delhi as the minimum temperature dipped to 3.5 degrees Celsius. It is likely to get even colder on New Year's

Ten more contacts of people who recently returned to Delhi from the United Kingdom, where a super-spreader strain of coronavirus has been reported, were found to be COVID positive, officials said on Monday. With this, the total number of infected persons, including those who returned from the United Kingdom (UK) and their contacts, has gone up to 31. "Eight people who came in

Senior India opener Shikhar Dhawan will lead a 20-member Delhi squad at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National T20 Championships, which will kick off the 2020-21 domestic season next month. India speedster Ishant Sharma, who missed the ongoing tour of Australia due to side strain suffered during the Indian Premier League, has also been named in the squad. However, it has been

PM Modi inaugrates driverless metro in Delhi

In the ongoing door-to-door contact drive being conducted by the Delhi government to test UK-returned persons for the prevalence of Covid-19, eight have so far been found infected with the coronavirus, officials said on Friday. A total of 19 passengers out of over 13,000 who landed from the UK at the IGI airport here between November 25 and December 21 have been found positive

A Delhi court has dismissed bail applications of a person in four cases related to the northeast Delhi riots, saying he has been categorically identified by an eye witness as an alleged member of a "riotous mob" and is seen in CCTV footage taking part in the rioting. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav dismissed the bail pleas of Praveen Giri in the cases related to rioting

Protesting farmer unions alleged on Thursday that the government's latest letter for talks is nothing but a propaganda against the peasants to create an impression that they are not interested in dialogue and asked it to put the scrapping of the three recent farm laws in the agenda to resume the parley. A delegation of 60 farmers belonging to Kisaan Majdoor Sangh, Baghpat met

The Delhi High Court has ruled that US e-commerce giant Amazon's attempt to control Future Retail through a conflation of agreements it has with an unlisted unit of the Indian company will be violative of the FEMA FDI rules, the Kishore Biyani-led firm said on Wednesday. Giving out its analysis of the Delhi High Court's December 21 judgment, Future Retail Ltd (FRL) in a filing