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Home Delhi Riots: CPI Says Police 'Trying To Frame' Leaders Critical Of BJP
New Delhi: The CPI on Thursday accused the Delhi Police of "trying to frame" in the February riots cases political leaders and activists who are critical of the "anti-people policies" of the BJP-led government. In a supplementary charge sheet filed recently by the Delhi Police in the February riot cases, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj...
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Home 3-Day 'Rail Roko' Agitation Starts As Farm Bills Protest Intensifies; Trains Suspended
Farmers in Punjab on Thursday began their three-day 'rail roko' agitation to protest against the three farm bills while the Ferozepur Railway division suspended the operation of special trains due to the stir. Railway authorities said 14 pairs of special trains will remain suspended from September 24 till 26. The decision has been taken keeping in...
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Home Farmer bodies gear up for 'Bandh' on Friday
New Delhi, Sep 24 : Over two dozen farmer organisations have announced support to the 'Bandh call on Friday to protest against the farm Bills passed by Parliament amid massive protests from 18 political parties. The 31 farmer organisations in Punjab and Haryana are already on protest and come Friday the organisations want to convey their concerns to the government. V.M. Singh, convener of the All...
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Home Navy's capabilities hit by PSUs' lack of expertise, delays: CAG
New Delhi, Sep 23 : The Indian Navy does not have adequate auxiliary vessels, landing platform docks, fleet tankers and cadet training ships, government's financial watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said on Wednesday. It also said that the navy is facing problems due to inordinate delays in the acquisition process and lack of expertise of defence public sector...
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Home Opposition requests President to return farm Bills for reconsideration
Opposition leaders met President Kovind on Wednesday and apprised him of the circumstances amid which the Farm Bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday. They requested him to return the Bills for reconsideration to the House. After the meeting Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "the government did not have the numbers and our request for division was...
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Home CAG pulls up Rafale jet maker for not meeting offset commitment
New Delhi, Sep 23 : The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pulled up the Rafale fighter jet's French manufacturer and its weapons producer for not fulfilling their offset commitment to transfer technology to India as part of the 2016 contract for 36 combat jets. In an audit report on Management of Defence Offsets, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the...
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Home Youth Cong's tractor rally in Panipat against Farm Bills
Panipat, Sep 23 : The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) took out a tractor rally in Haryana's Panipat on Wednesday to protest against the Narendra Modi government over the Farm Bills passed by Parliament, describing it as anti-farmer and anti-worker. Hundreds of Youth Congress activists led by its national President Srinivas B.V. started their tractor rally from Panipat and had intended to...
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Home Modi destroyed "web of relationships" that Congress built with countries over decades: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Living in a neighbourhood with no friends is dangerous, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had destroyed the "web of relationships" that the Congress had built with countries over decades. Attacking the government on Twitter, Gandhi also tagged a report in The Economist...
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Home Time magazine lists PM Modi in '100 Most Influential People 2020' but adds a stinging note
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it to Time magazine's '100 Most Influential People 2020' list. PM Modi is the only politician from India to have been featured in the 'Leaders' category. Other world leaders who feature in the Time list include US President Donald Trump; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Joe Biden,...
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Home Sonia Gandhi, Son Rahul Return From US After Her Medical Check-Up: Reports
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi returned from abroad early today, sources said. Mrs Gandhi, 73, had gone to the United States for her routine medical check-up on September 12, two days ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament. Rahul Gandhi had accompanied her during the visit. Sources had said her medical check-up was overdue and was...
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