Politics

The National Conference (NC), led by former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, won 25 of the 140 seats in the District Development Council...

Around 7.30 am Tuesday, vehicular movement on the DelhiMeerut Expressway absolutely stopped as farmers protesting against the three new farm laws blocked all their carriages at the Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (UP Gate) border for the past 27 days. The Delhi Traffic Police used its Twitter handle at 7.37 am to update the public on the closure of carriageways at the border between Ghazipur and Ghaziabad. Deputy Police Commissioner (East) Jasmeet Singh also reported the border blockade as a result of the protest. The Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police were prompted by the sudden blockade of the expressway to redirect traffic to alternative borders, such as those at Anand Vihar, Bhopra and Apsara. Keeping in mind that the blockade may lead to traffic chaos during the morning office hours, Uttar Pradesh administration and Delhi police officials are negotiating with the protesting farmers the reopening of at least one carriageway. Since they began their agitation last month, farmers protesting at the UP Gate border have occupied the expressway's carriageway and service roads going to Delhi from Ghaziabad.  This is the second time that the expressway has been completely blocked by the farmers since Monday afternoon, who say that many farmers from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been prevented from proceeding to the borders of Delhi and join the agitation. The borders of Singhu and Tikri, where thousands of farmers protest, continue to remain closed while vehicles entering Delhi from Noida are open to one carriageway at the Chilla (Delhi-Noida link road) border. DND, Kalindi Kunj, New Ashok Nagar, Kondli, and Dallupura are being diverted to other borders by motorists heading to Noida.

FormerUnion Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for offending the ranchers' battle with "modest...

Actress Swara Bhasker has joined the farmers protesting at the Singhu border with Delhi— heaping praise on their grit and determination. The...

The Union service of home undertakings on Thursday posted three Indian Police Service (IPS) officials from West Bengal, liable for Bharatiya Janata...

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a request looking for expulsion of the ranchers challenging the Center's homestead laws from Delhi...

PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered recognition at the National War Memorial in New Delhi on the 50th commemoration of the 1971...

The government has now officially announced that, considering the extraordinary situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no Winter Session of Parliament.  Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi said in a letter to Congressional floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Lok Sabha, given the current situation, it would not be feasible to hold the Winter Session and it would be clubbed with the budget session that would commence at the end of January 2021. This was in response to a letter from Chowdhury urging the government to hold a session to repeal the farm laws that farmers have been protesting for more than two weeks.  Top government sources told  that in the midst of the increasing number of Covid19 cases in the national capital, the same leaders and political parties who recently spoke to the government had expressed their reservations about holding a Parliament session. Similar requests were also made with the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman indicating that as Delhi witnessed a surge, it would be too much of a danger for MPs to fly. Government sources said this revealed the double speech of the Opposition before the nation.

A few ranchers' gatherings which didn't join the 'Dilli Chalo' fight that started from November 26 started their excursion towards Delhi on...

PM Narendra Modi told an all-party meeting on Friday that in next couple of weeks, Indian makers would have the option to...