Category: NATIONAL NEWS

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday strongly defended the three new agri laws saying their benefits have begun reaching 10 crore small farmers instantly and condemned as “‘very unfortunate” the Republic Day violence and “dishonour” to the tricolour during the tractor parade by the protesting farm unions here In his customary address to the joint sitting of Parliament that marks the start of the Budget session, Kovind, without naming China, also slammed that country for its efforts to disrupt peace at the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in “utter disregard” of…

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Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala was released on Wednesday after serving four years imprisonment in a corruption case at a prison here. The formalities for her release were done at the state- run Victoria Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection, which she had contracted a week ago, along with her sister-in-law J Ilavarasi. “Yes, she has been formally released,” Parappana Agrahara Jail Superintendent V Sheshamurthy told PTI. According to hospital sources, prison officials sporting PPE kits completed the formalities inside the COVID-19 ward of the hospital.…

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Deviating from the designated route for the proposed tractor parade, a section of protesting farmers entered the Red Fort on Tuesday and hoisted flags from some domes of the iconic monument in the national capital. Pushed back by the police form the ITO in Central Delhi a section of the protesting farmers drove their tractors to Red Fort complex. The crowd swelled at the monument as some protesting farmers and ‘Nihangs’ (traditional Sikh warriors) were seen entering the Red Fort and hoisting a flag from the staff from which prime…

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Protesting farmers clashed with police at several places in the national capital and entered the iconic Red Fort and ITO in the heart of national capital, with hundreds of them deviating from pre-decided routes, prompting security personnel to resort to lathicharge and tear gas Chaotic scenes were witnessed at ITO, where hundreds of protesters could be seen chasing police personnel with sticks and ramming their tractors into the buses parked by police At the ITO, a bus was vandalised by angry farmers Police on Tuesday fired tear gas shells and…

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Six people were seen shouting “Pakistan zindabad” near the Khan Market metro station in the early hours of Sunday, police said. According to police, at around 1 am, a PCR call was received at the Tughlaq Road police station about a few people shouting “Pakistan zindabad” (long live Pakistan) near the Khan Market metro station. A police team reached the spot and found three women, two men and a teenager were present there on blue-coloured Yulu bikes, they said. During questioning, it came to light that they had come to…

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The young man detained on Friday by farmers at Singhu on the Delhi border – who accuse him of conspiring to incite violence during their proposed Republic Day tractor rally in Delhi – alleged today that he was “tortured” while in their custody, Haryana Police DGP Manoj Yadav said. The police were told that two others were still with the farmers and being “beaten mercilessly”. Mr Yadav also said allegations the police had trained a team to infiltrate the farmers’ camp – to sow discord and assassinate key figures before…

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Farmers protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws have received permission to hold a tractor rally on Republic Day. The Delhi Police, however, has issued a series of restrictions, saying permission was given only to show respect for the farmers’ demand. “Protesting farmers can enter Delhi but can’t disturb the Republic Day parade,” the Delhi Police said this evening, declaring that the tractor rally will begin after the day’s traditional big parade on Rajpath, which terminates at the iconic Red Fort close to noon. The farmers — who have been…

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Over 300 Twitter handles have been traced to Pakistan that have been created to disrupt and hijack the tractor rally on Republic Day by farmers protesting the central government’s new agricultural laws, the Delhi Police claimed on Sunday. Detailing the plan for the tractor parade, Deependra Pathak, Special Commissioner of Police (Intelligence) said the rally on Tuesday will be conducted amid tight security after the Republic Day celebrations conclude. “Over 300 Twitter handles have been generated from Pakistan during January 13 to 18 to disrupt the tractor rally by farmers only by…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose would have been proud to see that the country has become strong and is following his footsteps from the Line of Control (LoC) to the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The LoC divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan, while the LAC separates India and China. Bose would have also been proud that the government he dreamt of is fighting a pandemic with vaccines developed by it, and gave a befitting reply whenever its sovereignty was challenged,…

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