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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the farmers of Madhya Pradesh, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (DD/PTI Photo)

Defending farm laws, PM says talk of ending MSP biggest lie

PM says Opposition is -'peddling lies-' to mislead farmers on the new agricultural reform laws

19 Dec 2020 11:29 AM IST

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court stays AP HCâ€™s order on breakdown of constitutional...

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde observed that they had not seen any order issued like this by the AP...

19 Dec 2020 10:24 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar

Election Commissioner files contempt petition against AP government

Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar urges High Court to hold respondents guilty of wilful violation of court directives

19 Dec 2020 10:10 AM IST

Farmers shout slogans during their protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (PTI)

SC says go slow on farm laws, Centre is lukewarm

Centre says the farmers would not come forward for negotiations if the implementation of the farm laws was put on hold

18 Dec 2020 10:03 AM IST

Cover page of Vinay Sitapatis Jugalbandi. (Twitter/@vinay_sitapati)

-'Modi, like RSS, is not dogmatic on economy. But he is close to a...

Modi takes his decisions based more on politics than economics, per se, argues Vinay Sitapati in this concluding part of...

18 Dec 2020 4:01 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tears copies of new farm laws as he speaks at Delhi Legislative Assembly, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Kejriwal tears copies of Centre-'s farm laws, says cannot -'betray-'...

After the chief minister-'s address, the resolution introduced by Delhi government-'s Law minister Kailash Gahlot was...

17 Dec 2020 11:53 PM IST

Cover page of Vinay Sitapatis Jugalbandi. (Twitter/@vinay_sitapati)

-'Sangh suffers from Islamophobia but sincerely wants to eradicate...

Dr Ambedkar was critical of every kind of religious bigotry, says author Vinay Sitapati in the second part of this...

17 Dec 2020 11:04 AM IST

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar speaks to farmers from Uttarakhand on the Centres farm reform laws, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (PTI)

Stop holding parallel talks with other farmer bodies: Protesting...

On Tuesday, the leaders of agitating farmers asserted they will make the Centre repeal the three new agri laws in a...

16 Dec 2020 1:55 PM IST

Voters stand in queues to cast their votes during the second phase of the local body elections, in Ernakulam District of Kerala on December 10, 2020. (PTI)

Local body polls: Counting of votes in Kerala today

The results of local body polls are crucial as the people-'s verdict would give a hint about what is in store for the...

16 Dec 2020 7:15 AM IST

Ruckus erupts in the Rajya Sabha as Opposition rushes to Well of House over agriculture related bills, during the ongoing Monsoon Session, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI photo

No Parliament Winter Session due to COVID-19

The government will convene the Budget Session in January 2021, parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi said

16 Dec 2020 4:24 AM IST

A health worker collects a nasal sample from a woman for COVID-19 test, at a screening centre. (Representational Image: PTI)

79 more COVID-19 cases reported from IIT Madras, tally now 183

Following the outbreak, the institute shut all its departments and classes were being held online

15 Dec 2020 2:41 PM IST

Members of Resident Doctors Association of AIIMS. (Photo- PTI)

AIIMS nurses go on indefinite strike; patient care services hit

AIIMS in a statement said nurses have gone on a strike in contravention of the high court-'s direction on the -'code of...

15 Dec 2020 2:23 PM IST