India is in pain after the passing away of its first Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat but it will not stop or pause and will strive harder to face every challenge from inside and outside the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday and stressed that the work to strengthen the armed forces […]
Farmers from Punjab and Haryana were accorded a rousing welcome with sweets and garlands at several points on their return journey on Saturday for the “victory” of their protests after the suspension of the agitation against the repealed farm laws. Families of farmers along with fellow villagers at many places on the Delhi-Karnal-Ambala and Delhi-Hisar […]
Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba is scheduled to hold a review meeting on COVID-19 tomorrow at 2:30 pm. Secretary (DBT), Member-Health of NITI Aayog, Secretary of the Health Ministry, Secretary (Pharma) are likely to attend the meeting.Earlier in the day, Union Health Ministry’s Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal briefed the media on COVID-19 and said India […]
Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat were cremated with full military honours at the Brar Square crematorium in Delhi on Friday. The last rites were performed by their daughters, Kritika and Tarini.The bodies of General Rawat and his wife had been laid side by side on the same pyre. The bodies of General Rawat […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid his last respects to chief of defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and others who died in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash a day ago in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor area. Mortal remains of the CDS, his wife Madhulika Rawat, Brig LS Lidder and other personnel who […]
After intense negotiations initiated by the Union home ministry, the farmers protesting at the borders of the national capital have finally decided to end their year-long movement. This comes in the wake of the Centre accepting all demands put forward by the protesting farmers, including the withdrawal of all agitation-related cases and compensation to the […]
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Wednesday said that a consensus has been reached over a revised draft proposal of the Centre on their pending demands and it will now meet on Thursday to decide the future course of the movement, even as its leaders demanded a formal communication on government letterhead.Sources in the farmers’ umbrella […]
General Bipin Rawat, India’s Chief of Defence Staff, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others have been killed in the chopper crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. General Rawat was 63. The last rites of General Rawat will be performed in New Delhi. Indian Air Force confirmed the news on Twitter and said, “With deep […]
In a stern action against industries, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Tuesday ordered immediate closure of all those NCR industries which have not switched to cleaner fuels in industrial areas despite their availability. The CAQM said violating industries/industrial units will not be permitted to operate till December 12, 2021 and the position […]
No decision has been taken yet on calling off the farmers’ protest, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is spearheading the stir, said on Tuesday and demanded clarification on certain points, in the government’s proposal, including on the precondition set for withdrawal of “fake” cases against farmers. Farmer leaders, who are members of the Samyukta Kisan […]