New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Monday said that the meeting between a group of ministers and farmer unions scheduled for January 19 has been postponed to January 20. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. here at Vigyan Bhawan. It would be the 10th round of talks […]
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Tractor rally on R-Day: SC says cops to decide on entry of farmers in Delhi
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre that it is for the Delhi Police to decide whether to allow farmers to enter Delhi or not. The top court stressed that it is the Delhi Police who have the authority over the issue and not the Supreme Court. A bench headed by Chief Justice […]
RML hospital docs apprehensive about Covaxin, want Covishield
New Delhi: Resident doctors at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Saturday expressed reservations over taking Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ due to its incomplete clinical trial data and requested the hospital administration to vaccinate them with the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’. In a letter to the medical superintendent, the doctors wrote, “The residents are a bit […]
Dense fog, zero visibility in Delhi, Lucknow, Amritsar
New Delhi: Delhi, Lucknow and Amritsar witnessed dense fog on Saturday morning with zero visibility due to variable and calm lower-level winds, and the fog is likely to persist on Sunday as well. The Met department said “Zero visibility over Delhi, Lucknow and Amritsar due to variable and calm lower-level winds. Similar fog conditions are likely […]
Man beaten to death on suspicion of theft in South Delhi
New Delhi: A 23-year-old man was beaten to death on suspicion of theft after he allegedly entered the house of a priest near a crematorium in South Delhi’s Mehrauli area, the police said on Wednesday. During initial enquiry, it has been found that the deceased was allegedly a drug addict and had entered the house of […]
Homeless mother-daughter raped in Delhi, 3 held after viral video
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested two men for raping a destitute mother and daughter duo on the roadside in northwest Delhi after a video of the crime went viral. The accused in their twenties raped the homeless pair in the JJ colony of Wazirpur. The police also arrested a man for making the video […]
It’s 1.1 at few Delhi spots, season’s lowest so far
New Delhi: New Year brought teeth-chattering cold to some areas of the national capital, as the mercury plunged to 1.1 degree Celsius in these places — the lowest this season so far, the India Meteorological Department’s data showed on Friday. According to the head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre, Kuldeep Srivastava, very dense fog lowered […]
Night curfew in Delhi on Dec 31, Jan 1
New Delhi: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday ordered the imposition of night curfew in the national capital on December 31 and January 1 from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. The decision has been taken to contain the spread of the coronavirus spread. Delhiites visiting markets, malls, and other places to celebrate New Year evening […]
Cong ex-minister’s daughter claims being beaten by father, DCW rescues her
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), on Monday night rescued the daughter of former Congress minister Rajkumar Chauhan from his residence in Paschim Vihar. Chauhan was a four-term MLA during the Sheila Dikshit government in the national capital. The complainant wrote a letter to the Delhi government seeking help and requested the authorities to […]
Where is farmer agitation gathering strength from?
New Delhi: Despite the chilling cold, a large number of farmers have been stoutly protesting for the last one month at the borders of New Delhi amid the coronavirus pandemic. But it raises the question that from where is the protest by the farmers, who have left farming work and are marching on the streets, gathering […]