Guwahati: Welcoming the Union Budget 2021-22, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday described it as ”pragmatic, people-friendly and development-oriented”. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for making ”huge”allocations for improvement of road infrastructure and welfare of tea garden workers of the state. The chief minister said that […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: Despite an increasing number of barricades, thousands of farmers have been converging at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border following a tearful Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait’s impassioned appeal to protesters to bolster the stir. The tide of the over two-month protest against the farm laws, which had lost its sheen after the violence in Delhi during the […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: Farmer leader Naresh Tikait Sunday said that protesting farmers will honour the dignity of prime minister, but are also committed to protecting their self-respect, a day after Narendra Modi said his government was just a ”phone call away” for talks with them. Tikait said the government should ”release our men and prepare an environment conducive for talks”. […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the country was saddened by the ”insult” to the Tricolour on Republic Day, referring to the religious flag incident at Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor parade. In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi maintained that his government is committed to ”modernising” farming and has been taking many […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: Dump data of mobile calls, Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR), CCTV footage of nearby hotels and pick and drop details of those who availed cabs are thoroughly being examined by the investigators to get a breakthrough in the ongoing probe in connection with the minor blast near the Israeli Embassy, sources said on Saturday. Israel’s ambassador to India Ron Malka, meanwhile, said […]
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