With Republic Day Parade and farmers' tractor rally being organised in the national capital region on Tuesday, here is a list of roads to avoid in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Haryana.
Petrol and diesel prices have touched fresh all-time highs after a fresh 35 paise hike on Tuesday. The fresh rise in fuel prices comes after a gap of two days. On Saturday, prices of both essential fuels were hiked by 25 paise.
One person was killed after a tractor, which was part of the the Republic Day tractor rally, overturned during violent protest at Delhi's DDU Marg.
The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 unions, said those who broke the barricades and entered Delhi belonged to the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and BKU Ugrahan.
Delhi has been brought under heavy security cover as India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday. Thousands of security personnel have been deployed in central Delhi and several border points even as farmers are all set to carry out their massive tractor rally to protest against farm laws.
Farmers are all set for their massive tractor rally on Republic Day. The Delhi Police has given NOC to the rally and put adequate security arrangements in place so to ensure no mishap takes place during the January 26 rally. Know all top developments here:
The Delhi Police has received intelligence inputs that pro-Khalistani group like Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) may be conspiring a complete power cut on January 25 and January 26, officials said.
According to Delhi government sources, the preliminary trend of Delhi's fifth serosurvey has revealed that around 50% of the population i.e. 1 crore people have been cured after being infected with the coronavirus.
Delhi Congress vice-president Abhishek Dutt filed a PIL in the Delhi High Court seeking details of the revenue collected by the Delhi government through taxes and grants.
In an anti-corruption campaign, four government employees from various government departments were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday in bribery cases.
During its talks with the farmers' unions, the central government proposed to suspend the three contentious farm laws for one-and-a-half-year. The government also proposed to set up a joint committee to discuss the farm laws to end the months'-long stalemate.
The national capital saw a dip of almost 17 percent in the number of healthcare workers turning up for the coronavirus vaccination on Monday as compared to Saturday (January 16), the first day of the drive. 4,319 healthcare workers were administered the vaccine shot on Saturday.
IIT Delhi and the University of Queenland had come together to launch a joint PhD programme which now aims to reach the 300-student mark in three years.
According to a report, the government-owned telco will provide telecom services in Delhi and Mumbai starting March 1, 2021. Currently, MTNL gives telecom services in these telecom circles.
The Supreme Court-appointed panel on farm laws met for the first time today. The 10th round of talks between the government and representatives of protesting farmers on farm laws postponed.
