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Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Talks deadlocked over repeal of agricultural laws

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has assured the farmers' unions that MSP and the mandi system will continue...

31 Dec 2020 11:01 AM IST

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (PTI)

Uncle-aunty' rule at Centre, ridicules Owaisi

Owaisi told that the BJP governments are imposing restrictions on people in regards change of religion, matters of love,...

31 Dec 2020 4:39 AM IST

Akash, which has a range of 25 km, has over 96 per cent indigenisation. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Union cabinet approves Akash missiles to friendly nations

Besides Akash, there is interest in other major platforms like coastal surveillance system, radars and air platforms

31 Dec 2020 4:16 AM IST

: Passengers, wearing masks, leave from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport after arriving by a domestic flight following its resumption, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow. PTI Photo

14 more UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus;...

The tally includes six people who were found positive for the new virus strain on Tuesday.

30 Dec 2020 11:58 AM IST

The Civil Aviation Ministry had last week suspended all flights between the European country and India from December 23 to December 31 as a mutated variant of the coronavirus was detected there. (AFP)

India-UK passenger flights to remain suspended till January 7

Twenty people who returned to India from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new UK variant of COVID-19 so...

30 Dec 2020 11:55 AM IST

Farmers during a protest against the three agri laws at the Ghazipur-Delhi border on Monday. (PTI)

Protesting farmers take a hard stand ahead of next round of talks

The unions have deferred their proposed tractor march till Thursday, so that the rally does not clash with their talks...

30 Dec 2020 11:17 AM IST

K Chandrasekhar Rao said he will ensure that demand for raising quotas was accepted if people elected TRS candidates from all 17 Lok Sabha seats of Telangana next year. (Photo: PTI)

Salary hike for Telangana government employees; retirement age to be...

The Chief Minister declared that recruitment of vacant posts in all government departments and agencies would be done...

30 Dec 2020 2:40 AM IST

Municipal workers in personal protective equipment look on as passengers from United Kingdom arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (PTI)

Six UK returnees test positive for mutated COVID-19 strain

Under the new circumstances, ban on incoming flights from the UK is likely to be extended for a few more days

30 Dec 2020 12:40 AM IST

So far, five rounds of formal talks held between the Centre and the 40 protesting farmers unions have been inconclusive (Image:PTI)

Centre invites 40 farmers' unions for talks tomorrow

Government has used vague and unspecific language, indicating its unwillingness to discuss the full agenda items...

29 Dec 2020 4:47 AM IST

PM Modi launches driverless train

PM Modi launches driverless train

India's first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line

29 Dec 2020 4:33 AM IST

I had no desire to become the chief minister. I accepted the offer due to the pressure, but I had earlier said the BJP could make its chief minister as the peoples mandate was clear , Nitish Kumar said (Image:PTI)

Nitish: Accepted CM post due to BJP pressure

The development in Arunachal Pradesh will not affect the NDA in Bihar: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi

29 Dec 2020 4:33 AM IST

The effort is to check roll-out procedures, preparedness, cold storage, transportation arrangement and management of possible adverse events after vaccination etc

Center starts vaccine dry run in four states

India on Monday recorded a 7 per cent jump in daily fresh cases with 20, 021 new detections as overall cases of COVID-19...

29 Dec 2020 4:19 AM IST