Water cannons, tear gas were used to stop farmers at the Haryana-Punjab border near Ambala, but the protesters removed iron barricades, cement barriers, piles of sandbags and even deflated tyres of trucks lined up to stop the protesters marching towards Delhi.
In its 200-page supplementary charge sheet, Delhi Police has alleged that JNU student leader Umar Khalid “had remotely controlled” the riots in N.E. Delhi that killed 53 people.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear that the government will follow the advice of scientists and regulators on the issue of timing and choice of Covid-19 vaccine, and, as of now, no single vaccine candidate has been finalized.
Named Covishield, it will be available in the market at Rs 500-600 per dose and at Rs 220-300 for the government. Every person is required to take two doses of the vaccine, which is 70 per cent effective.
The review meeting with top security brass was attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, foreign secretary, Intelligence Bureau director and RAW chief. Intelligence sources say that our operatives had intercepted conversations between the four slain terrorists and their Pakistani handlers across the border.
The Pakistani terrorists had planned to carry out a major strike and had come prepared with a huge cache of weapons and ammunitions, but they were eliminated before the break of dawn by our valiant jawans. In the three-hour shootout, two police jawans were injured.
Delhi recorded its highest daily Covid death toll of 131 on Wednesday, taking the total to 7,943 deaths. The total number of Covid cases in the capital crossed five lakhs and is presently at 5,03,084.
At the outset, let me caution all of you that if we continue to defy Covid protocol, a situation may develop where lockdown may be enforced again in Delhi. The present situation is such that lockdown may become a necessity. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has clearly said that if people do not stop crowding market places, lockdown in crowded markets may be enforced soon.
Nitish Kumar took oath for the seventh time as Bihar chief minister on Monday. Twelve other ministers, five each from BJP and Janata Dal (United) and one each from smaller allies, HAM and VIP, took oath at a swearing-in ceremony in Patna.
While unveiling a 13-feet tall statue of Swami Vivekananda at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told students why they should put national interest above ideology.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party celebrated its electoral success in Bihar and other states by holding a thanksgiving event at the party headquarters on Wednesday attended by top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The whole world is witnessing a photo-finish contest between the two US presidential contenders – Donald Trump and Joe Biden – with chances of scales tilting in Biden’s favour.
The secrets are out. Pakistani leader Ayaz Sadiq has revealed that his country fears Modi. Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa were worried that if they did not release Wing Commander Abhinandan, India would attack Pakistan.
Even as brisk voting was in progress for 71 assembly seats in Bihar on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speeches at three rallies in Muzaffarpur, Patna and Darbhanga hit out at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.
The daylight murder of a girl in Ballabhgarh near Faridabad in Haryana has caused nationwide outrage after the 23-second CCTV footage of the shooting at point-blank range by the stalker named Tauseef was circulated on social media.
The Centre has already indicated that the Covid vaccine would be available early next year, as the stage three trial data for Astra Zeneca candidate vaccine are expected to be ready for scrutiny by end of November or early December.
In an impassionate appeal to people with folded hands, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked people not to be careless during the festive season, wear masks in public places and practice social distancing.
On Monday, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking about how India achieved one of the highest Covid recovery rates of 88 per cent and the nation was now witnessing a gradual decline in the number of daily fresh Covid cases, huge crowds were attending election rallies of political leaders in Bihar.
The farmers had complained to the DM that ‘dictatorial conditions’ were prevailing at the state procurement centres of Karmachari Kalyan Nigam (KKN), UP Co-operative Union (UPCU) and UP Cooperative Federation (PCF), where the officers-in-charge were refusing to procure paddy on the false pretext of excess moisture in paddy.
Places of worship in Maharashtra have remained closed since the last week of March when the lockdown was enforced across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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