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New Delhi: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced nationwide protests Wednesday against the proposed India-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and other trade pacts, and written to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to intervene to stop the Centre from signing the agreements. In an open...

Shambhu/Ambala: Punjab farmers on their way to Delhi for the Kisan Mahapan chayat to protest against the proposed India-US trade deal were stopped at the Shambhu border by the Haryana Police Tuesday. The farmers’ convoys were met with barricades and cement blocks at the entry...

Mumbai: Actress Preity Zinta has urged the government for a meaningful dialogue with the activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 23 days. On Tuesday, the actress took to her X, formerly Twitter, and penned a note, asking to reach a...

New Delhi: Delhi Police Tuesday forcibly removed and detained Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as well as SP chief Akhilesh Yadav from the protest site outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence. Rahul Gandhi along with other Congress leaders, including the chief ministers...

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Tuesday removed its spokesperson Vijeta Dahiya from the post after a video surfaced showing him eating a burger during the police crackdown on the outfit's 'Chalo Sansad' march. In a statement, the CJP said Dahiya's conduct was inconsistent...

New Delhi: Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will visit the Philippines July 22–23 to attend the ASEAN framework discussions as well as participate in the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the United States. According to the Ministry of External...

New Delhi: Innovator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 24 days, has decided to continue his agitation till the Parliament takes cognisance of the Delhi Police's "brutal action" on protestors during their 'Sansad Chalo' march, wife...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Tuesday questioned the government's design behind starting talks with his outfit, saying it was engaging in dialogue with CJP while simultaneously carrying out a police crackdown on protesters. The government wasted our time. They invited our...

Imphal: Forty-two militants of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (People's War Group) surrendered before security forces in Manipur Tuesday, police said. Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh was present at the homecoming ceremony, jointly organised by the state Home Department and the Inspector General Assam Rifles...

Mumbai: Television stars Asha Negi and Karan Kundrra have voiced their support for students amid the ongoing protests, urging authorities to address their concerns through dialogue rather than force. Taking to their respective social media accounts, Asha Negi shared a strongly-worded note expressing solidarity with...