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Hundreds of farmers in tractors started arriving at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as Friday marked one year of the ongoing farmers’ protest against the central laws. Many of them brought along vegetables, sacks of flour and lentils, spices and cooking oil on their tractor-trollies, saying they have come prepared for a long haul. Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), an influential farmers’ union from western Uttar Pradesh, has been leading the charge at the Ghazipur border since November last year. The BKU is part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM),…

Mukul Sangma said it was election strategist Prashant Kishor who approached him to join the Trinamool. The two sides held multiple rounds of talks and it was a “long-drawn task”. The Congress has been going into electoral battle cavalier attitude without the drive to win, former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma told NDTV on Thursday, detailing why he and 11 other MLAs switched to the Trinamool Congress. “We (the Congress) go to electoral battle not to win. It is ‘Chalta hai’ attitude with which we go,” Dr Sangma said, explaining…

“The days when areas were developed first, and then a need was felt to have connectivity, are long gone,” Jyotiraditya Scindia said. Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia supported the choice of Jewar for Uttar Pradesh’s next international airport, saying it will bring development to the area. Critics have slammed the choice of location — more than 75 km from Delhi in Gautam Budh Nagar, one of the remote corners of the district that is being developed as an industrial hub. “The days when areas were developed first, and then a need…

A new variant of COVID-19, feared to have a high amount of spike mutations unseen before, has been detected in South Africa and other counties. India on Thursday called for rigorous screening and testing of fliers coming from South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana where a new variant of COVID-19 has been found with multiple mutations that have led to a surge in infections. In a letter to states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan asked them to ensure that samples of travellers turning positive are sent to…