A confederation of around 17 farmers federations in Gujarat has decided to support the ongoing agitation by farmers on Delhi borders. As a part of the support, the micro level planning has been carried out by the Gujarat Kisan Sangharsh Samiti to gather around 10,000 farmers from Gujarat to reach the national Capital during the next fortnight. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the reopened rail link between Haldibari in India and Chilahati in Bangladesh during the virtual bilateral summit. The rail link has been reopened after 55 years. ....

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday criticised former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on walking out of the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence. Javadekar said this was an insult to the parliamentary system and asked Rahul to first learn to respect the constitutional institutions. ....

Terming as 'unfortunate' the Bombay High Court verdict staying the land transfer and Mumbai Metro carshed works, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that "courts enter into any issues these days". ....

Former BJP MP, Satya Dev Singh, one of the senior-most leaders of the Bhartiya Janata Party, has passed away. He was 75. ....

The body of Baba Ram Singh, the Sikh priest who committed suicide by shooting self at Singhu border of the national capital on Wednesday in protest against the Centre's farm laws, was kept in Nanaksar Gurdwara in Singhra village in Haryana's Karnal district on Thursday for public homage. ....

On the 71st anniversary of India as a Republic, the foundation will be laid for the much-awaited mosque in Ayodhya on the five acres of land mandated by Supreme Court following the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid final verdict. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has cancelled the leaves of all the officers and the employees of the medical and health department till January 31. ....

One terrorist was arrested after he was injured in an encounter that broke out in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday morning, officials said. ....

Congress MLA Ajit Sharma has written a letter to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, requesting him to bring either an amendment in the liquor ban law, or roll it back. ....

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will review the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at Air Force Academy (AFA) Dundigal here on December 19. ....

State Election Commissioner (SEC) K.K. Sharma said on Wednesday that 57.22 per cent voting was recorded in the seventh phase of the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) elections held on Wednesday across Jammu and Kashmir. ....

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, accusing the panel of wasting time by discussing uniforms instead of Chinese aggression and national security, sources said. ....

The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) on Wednesday said that the Supreme Court proposal asking the government to form a committee and include representatives of both the Centre and the farmer unions, is a "moral victory" for the agitating farmers, adding that the agitation will continue till the three farm laws are repealed. ....

As the farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws entered its 21st day, a 65-year-old farmer committed suicide at the Singhu border protest site on Wednesday. ....

While the farmers are protesting against the three Union agricultural laws enacted by the Central government, both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Congress have come face-to-face over these laws in Madhya Pradesh. On the one hand the BJP is saying these laws are in the interest of the farmers while the Congress has termed them 'anti-farmer'. ....

In a series of tweets, Surjewala said, "The intriguing case of 'foreign donations', including from China, Pakistan and Qatar to PM Cares Fund! Questions to Prime Minister -- Why did Indian Embassies publicise and receive donation to PM Cares Fund? Why was the fund advertised on banned Chinese apps?" ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid tributes to the fallen soldiers on the 50th anniversary of the 1971 India-Pakistan War highlighting the role of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi saying there was a time when the neighbouring countries accepted the mattle of the Indian Prime Minister and were afraid of violating the border of the nation. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accepted the invitation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to be part of the G7 meeting chaired by the UK in 2021, seeking to build a wider alliance against China's growing power. ....

Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Yogi Adityanath government has challenged its critics claiming that 26,62,960 people have been provided employment in the last eight months. An action plan was prepared on the instructions of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. Acting on this action plan, 26,62,960 people have been employed in 6,65,740 new units under the 'Aatmanirbhar' package. ....