Day: January 29, 2021

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur

Bhim Army chief meets farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur, offers help to strengthen protest

11:18 pm January 29, 2021

New Delhi: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Friday met farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border and said the Dalit group will provide all help to strengthen the agitation against the new farm laws. This comes a day after the Ghaziabad administration gave an ultimatum to the agitating farmers to vacate the […]

Farmer outfits start mobilising peasants in Punjab, Haryana to join protest sites on Delhi borders

11:14 pm January 29, 2021

Chandigarh: Farmer outfits on Friday started mobilising more batches of peasants from Haryana and Punjab to head towards Delhi’s borders to join the ongoing agitation against agri laws, even as political parties such as the SAD and the INLD threw their weight behind them. At some places in Haryana, including Jind, Hisar, Bhiwani and Rohtak, batches of peasants headed towards various border points of Delhi, their […]

Farmers to hold ‘Sadbhavna Diwas’ on January 30, observe day-long fast

11:04 pm January 29, 2021

New Delhi: Farmers protesting against the Centre’s new agri laws will observe ‘Sadbhavna Diwas’ on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary on January 30 and hold a day-long fast, farm union leaders said on Friday. Addressing a press conference at Delhi’s Singhu border, the farmer leaders said the fast will be held from 9 AM to 5 PM and appealed to […]

Ghaziabad judge commits suicide: Police

11:00 pm January 29, 2021

Ghaziabad: A senior Ghaziabad judge allegedly committed suicide on Friday, police said. The body of Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Kumar was found hanging from the ceiling fan by his wife in his bedroom in their flat at Judges’ Colony in Ghaziabad’s Model Town area, they said. City Superintendent of Police Nipun Agarwal said ASJ Kumar, 45, had been living in […]

Explosion outside Israeli embassy: Jaishankar speaks to Israeli FM, says no effort will be spared to find culprits

10:55 pm January 29, 2021

New Delhi: Hours after a low intensity explosion took place outside the Israeli embassy in the national capital on Friday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi and assured him of ”fullest protection” to the jews nation’s diplomats and its mission. In a tweet, Jaishankar said India has taken the incident ”very seriously” and that no effort will be spared to find the culprits. The explosion […]