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New Delhi, August 6The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of over 40 farm unions, will launch a nationwide campaign against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for military recruitment on Sunday.The campaign will be launched in collaboration with the United Front of ex-servicemen and various youth organisations.Swaraj India president Yogendra…

Varanasi (UP), August 6 A court here on Saturday acquitted BSP Lok Sabha MP Atul Kumar Singh in a case of alleged rape and cheating filed in 2019 by a woman who committed suicide outside the Supreme Court last year after accusing senior police officers of colluding with the accused….

Ramkrishan Upadhyay Chandigarh, August 6 A Chandigarh court has issued notice to Miss Universe Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu in a case filed by actress Upasana Singh. The court of Civil Judge Junior Division has directed Harnaaz Kaur to file her reply by September 7, 2022. Upasana Singh is known for playing…

New Delhi, August 6Amid a rise in coronavirus infections in some parts of the country, the central government has asked Delhi and six states to ensure adequate testing, promote Covid-appropriate behaviour and increase the pace of vaccination to contain the surge.In a letter to Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil…

New Delhi, August 6Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused former Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday of changing his stand over opening liquor vends in unauthorised areas and claimed that it led to a loss of thousands of crores of rupees to the city government.At a press conference here,…

New Delhi, August 6 Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena has suspended 11 officials, including then Delhi excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and deputy excise commissioner Anand Kumar Tiwari, over “serious lapses” in the implementation of the Excise Policy, 2021-22, sources said on Saturday. Three ad-hoc DANICS officers and six officials of the…

Ruchika. M. Khanna Chandigarh, August 5The Punjab government has announced grant of compensation to families of over 120 farmers who had died during the year-long protests against farm laws.The release of this compensation was promised by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in his meeting with farmer leaders earlier this week.More details…

Chandigarh, August 6 Fulfilling another major promise with the farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said the state government has completed the process to provide financial assistance worth Rs 39.55 crore to the families of 789 farmers who had attained martyrdom during the protest against the farm laws….

Ramkrishan Upadhyay Chandigarh, August 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and state Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Saturday appeared in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Aman Inder Singh here in a two-year-old case. The court had granted exemption from appearance to state Minister for Information and Public Relations Aman…

New Delhi, August 6 Twitter has fixed a security bug that exposed data of at least 54 lakh accounts on its platform that were put up for sale on the Dark Web. Twitter said that if you operate a pseudonymous Twitter account, “we understand the risks an incident like this…

New Delhi, August 6 NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday won the Vice Pesidential election by bagging more than 500 votes, while opposition candidate Margaret Alva polled less than 200 votes, sources said. After counting of 725 votes that were polled, as many as 15 were found to be invalid….

New Delhi, August 6 NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice President of India on Saturday as he defeated joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. Dhankhar, a former governor of West Bengal, secured 528 votes while 80-year-old Alva got 182. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Vice-President designate…

New Delhi, August 6 Voting for electing the new Vice President began here on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to cast his vote. A long queue of MPs was seen well before the start of voting. As many as 543 of Lok Sabha MPs and 237 Rajya…

New Delhi, August 6 NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice President of India on Saturday as he defeated joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. Dhankhar, a former governor of West Bengal, secured 528 votes while 80-year-old Alva got 182. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Vice-President designate…