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How the situation turned ugly at Red Fort

January 27, 2021

The farmers movement that had been peaceful for the last two months turned violent on Republic Day on Tuesday after the protestors deviated from the designated route for the proposed tractor rally. After a clash between the farmers and police at ITO where hundreds of protestors were seen chasing police...

Mizoram becomes first state to declare sports as an industry

January 27, 2021

Mizoram has become the first state in India to declare sports as an industry, said Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai on Tuesday. For the development of sports infrastructure in the state, the Union Minority Affairs Ministry has approved projects worth Rs 22,873 lakh under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram’ scheme...

OPPOSITION LEADERS CONDEMN VIOLENCE DURING TRACTOR PARADE IN DELHI

January 27, 2021

In the wake of clashes between police and protesting farmers in Delhi on Tuesday as the tractor rally burst into the city, Opposition parties condemned the violence and called for calm. Some also attacked the government over the chaos in the national capital. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi, in a tweet,...

Process for mosque construction begins in Ayodhya

January 27, 2021

The process for starting the construction of a mosque in in Ayodhya began on Tuesday. The members of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), which will oversee the mosque construction, unfurled the national flag on the occasion of Republic Day on Tuesday morning and this was followed by plantation of tree...

CAPT AMARINDER SLAMS DELHI VIOLENCE, CALLS FARMERS TO RETURN TO BORDERS

January 27, 2021

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh tweeted on Tuesday to criticise those behind the violence that consumed parts of Delhi on Republic Day. “Shocking scenes in Delhi. The violence by some elements is unacceptable. It’ll negate goodwill generated by peacefully protesting farmers. Kisan leaders have disassociated themselves and suspended the tractor...

IMF projects 11.5% growth rate for India in 2021

January 27, 2021

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected an 11.5 per cent growth rate for India in 2021, making the country the only major economy of the world to register double-digit growth this year amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The International Monetary Fund’s growth projections for India in its latest World Economic...

I feel ashamed, take responsibility: Yogendra Yadav on Delhi violence

January 27, 2021

Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said he felt “ashamed” of the way the farmers” tractor parade turned out on Tuesday, and took responsibility for it. “Being a part of the protest,” he said, “I feel ashamed of the way things proceeded and I take responsibility of it.” The tractor march...

300 REPUBLIC DAY ARTISTES RESCUED AFTER BEING STRANDED AT RED FORT

January 27, 2021

Around 300 artistes including children who were part of the Republic Day parade were rescued after they got stranded at the Red Fort on Tuesday after a section of anti-farm law protestors turned violent and some protestors broke barriers and entered the Mughal era monument. DCP (North) Anto Alphonse said:...

iTV journalists heckled, attacked, NBF expresses ‘deep concern’

January 27, 2021

What transpired in the national capital on Tuesday has put the spotlight back on the protesting farmers. The farmers’ side claims that lumpen elements hijacked the “peaceful” protest on Republic Day. It all started at 8 am when protesters started entering Delhi on foot. It had been agreed upon, by...

AFTER CAPITAL CHAOS ON R-DAY, FARM UNIONS CALL OFF TRACTOR MARCH

January 27, 2021

After violent clashes with between the police and the protesting farmers in the national capital on Tuesday, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) called off the Republic Day tractor rally and appealed to the protesters to immediately return to their respective protest sites. The SKM in a statement, “Samyukt Kisan Morcha...

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