Highlights of the day: Farmers to go ahead with 'Delhi Chalo' march

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1:34 PM

LIVE news updates: Indian nationals conduct first UPI transactions in Mauritius, Sri Lanka

Indian nationals conduct first UPI transactions in Mauritius, Sri Lanka

1:13 PM

LIVE news: Former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan resigns from Congress

Former Chief Minister and former MP Ashok Chavan resigned from the party's primary membership amid speculation that he was in discussions with the BJP and the NCP.

12:15 PM

Section 144 imposed in entire Delhi ahead of mega farmer's protest

Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora said today that Section 144 has been imposed in the entire Delhi in view of the farmers' call for March to Delhi on 13th February. 

12:08 PM

SC extends interim bail to Ashish Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

The top court today extended the interim bail granted to Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish Mishra in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence which claimed eight lives.

12:05 PM

LIVE news: Security tightened in Jind, Haryana ahead of the farmers' call for March to Delhi on 13th February

11:57 AM

Jharkhand HC asks ED to file reply on Hemant Soren's petitions by February 27

Jharkhand High Court fixes February 27 as the date for the final hearing on former CM Hemant Soren's petition against Enforcement Directorate action on him. ED has to file its reply on petitions filed by the petitioner by 27th February.

 

 

11:17 AM

Govt has made recruitment process transparent: PM Modi at Rozgar Mela

"The work of giving government jobs to the youth has been going on with great speed. It used to take a lot of time from advertisement to actually giving them the job during the rule of previous governments. Bribery used to happen seeing the delay in the work. We have made the recruitment process transparent," says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

11:10 AM

Recruitment process in Government of India completely transparent: PM Modi during Rozgar Mela

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during Rozgar Mela that  his government has now made the recruitment process in the Government of India completely transparent. "Not just that, the government is adamant that the recruitment process be completed in a decided time which has helped the youth to prove their abilities," PM Modi added.

11:06 AM

Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra updates: Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt

People not getting jobs and facing wrath of inflation, their pockets being robbed, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Chhattisgarh.

11:02 AM

News update: Tamil Nadu Governor TN Ravi refuses to read speech in Assembly

 

During the state budget assembly session on Monday, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi kicked up a storm after stated he disagreed with the customary address to the assembly prepared by the DMK dispensation on “factual and moral grounds.”

10:50 AM

Pakistan elections 2024: PML(N)'s Shehbaz Sharif met PPP's Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto in Karachi

PML(N) leader and ex Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif met PPP's Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto in Karachi

10:46 AM

News update: PM Modi to distribute over 100,000 appointment letters under Rozgar Mela

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute over 100,000 appointment letters under Rozgar Mela

10:34 AM

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra LIVE news: Rahul Gandhi speaks on Ram Mandir 'pran pratishtha' ceremony

“During Ram Temple’s inauguration, I saw Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Adani, Ambani, and all businessmen attending the event but I didn’t notice any poor, farmer, labourer, unemployed, or ‘chai wala’ among them,” Rahul Gandhi said.

9:47 AM

Congress joins entire nation in relief, happiness: Jairam Ramesh on Qatar releasing Navy veterans

The Congress today expressed relief and happiness at Qatar releasing eight former Indian naval personnel nearly three and a half months after they were handed down death sentences. In a post on 'X', Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "The Indian National Congress joins the entire nation in its relief and happiness that the eight former Indian Navy personnel earlier sentenced to death by a court in Qatar have been released and are back home."

9:42 AM

Farmers' agitation: Delhi Traffic Police issue advisory ahead of farmers' protest from Feb 13

According to the police, there will be diversions around the Singhu Border (Delhi-Haryana). "Traffic restrictions and diversions will be imposed at Singhu Border from February 12 for commercial vehicles and from February 13 for all types of vehicles," the advisory stated. "Traffic from Delhi going to Ghaziabad through the Gazipur border may take Pushta Road in front of Akshardham temple or Patparganj Road/Mother Dairy Road or Chaudhary Charon Singh Marg ISBT Anand Vihar and exit from Maharajpur or Apsara border in UP Ghaziabad," the advisory added.