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Kabaddi Players, Wrestlers, Singers From Punjab Join Farmers' Protest
As the farmers' agitation entered the seventh day on Wednesday, over a dozen kabaddi players, wrestlers and singers from Punjab joined the protest, extending their support to more than 32 farmers unions leading thousands of protestors. ....
Agitated Farmers Block Highway Leading To Delhi From UP
Scores of agitated farmers on Thursday blocked the National Highway-9, leading to the closure of a key flyover which connects Uttar Pradesh to the national capital in a bid to show their resentment against the three farm laws. ....
Farmers' Leaders At Talks Refuse Govt's Lunch Offer
Farmers' representatives, participating in the fourth round of talks with the government over their charter of demands, refused to partake of the lunch provided by the Centre, preferring to eat the food brought by their supporters. ....
Farmers' Protest: Bundelkhand Farmers To Join Stir In Delhi
The Bundelkhand Kisan Union (BKU) has announced its support to the farmers' demand for convening a special session of Parliament to repeal the Centre's three farm laws.....
Assam Police Examining Bajrang Dal Leader's Threat Over Christmas Celebrations
The Assam police is studying the reported provocative speech allegedly made by a local Bajrang Dal leader Mithun Nath, threatening to beat up Hindus who will visit churches during the Christmas celebrations. ....
Pulwama Encounter: 3 Terrorists Killed, Operation Still On
Three terrorists were killed in a gunfight between the terrorists and the security forces on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district even as search operations were continuing in the area, officials said. ....
Arvind Kejriwal A Coward, Says Amarinder Singh
Dubbing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as a "coward" who had run scared and apologised when cornered in a defamation case by SAD's Bikram Majithia, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said Kejriwal's desperate attempts to hide his government's "utter failure" to protect the farmers' interests will not save him from their wrath, nor will they safeguard his party from being decimated in the next Punjab Assembly election. ....
Quran Sacrilege: Punjab Court Acquits AAP Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav, who was named one of the accused in a Quran Sharif sacrilege case in Punjab's Malerkotla, was acquitted by the Sangrur district court on Tuesday. ....
Farm Law Protests: SC Says Centre’s Talks With Farmers Won’t Work, Suggests Formation Of Committee
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a joint hearing of the Centre and the farmers' unions in a bid to end the impasse amid the ongoing agitation at various Delhi borders. It also proposed to form a committee, including the representatives of both the Centre and the farmer unions to arrive at some acceptable solution. ....
ISRO Launches India’s 42nd Communication Satellite CMS-01
India on Thursday successfully placed its 42nd communication satellite CMS-01 (formerly GSAT-12R) in the geosynchronous transfer orbit in a textbook style. ....
