In an application to the Press Council of India, Chhattisgarh Congress president Bhupesh Baghel has alleged that five Hindi newspapers in the state have refused to print full-page advertisements issued by the party. He refrained from naming the papers. The advertisements were supposed to appear on Thursday, the very same[Read More…]
At the back of the farmer’s protest in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress lashed out at the Centre, saying that they would stand with the farmers and if that is politics, then they are playing it. “As long as the farmers are in distress or in any kind of[Read More…]
On Thursday, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh commenting on the farmers’ protest said that yoga was the answer to the farmers’ problems. In Bihar, on a 3-day yoga festival organised by Baba Ramdev, when Singh was asked about the five farmers who have been killed in the protest, Singh[Read More…]
On Thursday, in Darjeeling, agitated Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists burned at least four police vehicles and threw stones at policemen who heaved tear-gas shells to disperse them. Notably, there will be 12-hour bandh observed in the district tomorrow. Soon as CM Mamata Banerjee came out of the Raj Bhawan,[Read More…]
Shivkumar Sharma, former RSS leader and national convener of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh, who has organised leadership of farmers’ protest in Madhya Pradesh, had also led a farmers’ protest against shortage of gunny bags in Bareli town. This was in 2012 while he was the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh’s (BKS), general[Read More…]
In Meghalaya, over 5,000 youth workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party quit the party on Wednesday. This comes as a repercussion to Centre’s new restrictions on cattle sale and slaughter in animal markets. Wilver Greham Danggo, the head of local BJP youth wing, said the party was trying to suppress[Read More…]
On Thursday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has been detained at the Neemuch border while on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur. He was to meet families of five people who died in police firing during farmers’ protests on Tuesday. Rahul Gandhi on Thursday left Delhi for Mandsaur even as the local[Read More…]
On Thursday, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar was taken under arrest from Dalhousie at Himachal Pradesh. He was arrested by Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police. Chandrashekhar, a lawyer, is arrested for his alleged role in the Saharanpur violence. Chandrashekhar led his group Bhim Army during the protests in the[Read More…]
Amidst the ongoing tension in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Thursday confirmed that five farmers have died in the region because of police firing. The confirmation of this news comes after the probe and the government suspended two top district officials. Manoj Kumar Singh, SP Neemuch, said[Read More…]
On Wednesday, an explosion at a firecracker factory killed at least 23 people in Balaghat, Bhopal. The blast sparked a blaze around 3 pm, which firefighters tamed in two hours. Police SP Amit Sanghi told the media that the incident happened at the Barsa fire cracker factory in Khari village,[Read More…]
On Wednesday morning, hundreds of people protesting under the leadership of social activist Medha Patkar have been detained by the Gujarat Police while they were moving from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra via Gujarat. The protestors have been stopped at the Gujarat Border and are not allowed to cross the Gujarat[Read More…]
A new issue of food adulteration has surfaced in Hyderabad. After a hotel reportedly served ‘plastic rice’ to its customer last week, there has been several complaints on the same. The complaint, received on Tuesday stated that plastic rice was used by a hotel in Saroornagar. Since then officials have[Read More…]
On Wednesday, the Kerala High Court rejected to put a hold on the ban imposed by the Centre on the sale of cattle for slaughter. The next hearing in this matter is due on June 28. Notably, the High Court had earlier backed the Centre’s decision. However, the state government[Read More…]
A tragic murder of a family is the latest addition in the list of crimes in Uttar Pradesh. The incident happened on Tuesday night, when a family of three members was shot by unidentified assailants. The incident happened at around 9.30 pm when businessman, Sunil Jaiswal (60), returned to his[Read More…]
As four rivers are flowing above the danger mark in Assam, as many as one lakh people have been affected by flood in Lakhimpur and Karimganj districts of the state. As per reports from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 1,01,809 people are struggling due to floods in the[Read More…]
In Assam, a biofuel refinery, set up at the Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) is soon to produce biofuel from bamboo. Significantly, bamboo is abundantly found in the north-east. The Arunachal Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NRL for funding three lakh tonnes of bamboo per year from[Read More…]
Tension abounds Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur after the death of 5 protesting farmers. On Wednesday, as the District Collector went to placate protesters, he was slapped and chased away. Swantra Singh had visited the site where agitators are protesting with the dead body of one of the farmers killed in yesterday’s[Read More…]
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) crusader Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s native village in Mathura will soon be converted into a rural tourism spot. According to The Economic Times, the Yogi Adityanath government has sent the proposal of naming Mughulsarai station after Upadhyay to the Central government, marking the centenary year celebrations[Read More…]
In yet another shameful incident, a trustee of a prominent international school in Mumbai has been booked on charges of rape and sexual assault of two kids (a boy and a girl), both aged three years old. The case was registered on May 18, after the girl’s mother saw bruises[Read More…]
Plastic rice is being openly sold in Haldwani district of Uttarakhand, where food retailers are freely selling it in markets. The matter came to light when a video of children playing with a ball made of plastic rice went viral. KK Mishra, City Magistrate, said. “A team has been constituted[Read More…]
A video of the chaotic situation has emerged from Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh area where chief minister Yogi Adityanath dispersed free dustbins among people in a bid to save the environment on the occasion of World Environment day. Though the decision of distributing dustbin can be seen as a good move,[Read More…]
On Tuesday, the Income Tax Department charged a fine of Rs 10,000 on Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter MP Misa Bharti as she failed to appear before it. The I-T Department has issued a fresh court order to Misa Bharti in connection with its probe in the[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday issued a warning which said that those involved in cow slaughter and illegal transport will be charged under the National Security Act and Gangsters Act. This order has been carried to all district police chiefs by the state Director General of Police Sulkhan Singh.[Read More…]
On Tuesday, two farmers were killed and four others were injured in firing during a protest in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday. However, it is unclear yet who opened fire. The government has ordered a probe into the incident. The Rashtriya Kisaan Mazdoor Sangh has called for a state-wide bandh[Read More…]
As farmers’ strike continues to intensify in Maharashtra, it has begun to hit the everyday lives. Due to the strike, which started on June 1, vegetable prices are on a rise in Ahmedabad. As per reports, some vegetables are costing double their price compared to last week. The traders in[Read More…]