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New Delhi: Union Ministers J.P. Nadda and Jitendra Singh met innovator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, shortly after he was shifted there from Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital for further treatment. Wangchuk was discharged from Safdarjung Hospital earlier in the evening and...

Kolkata: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee sent a Rs 10 crore legal notice to veteran leader Madan Mitra Tuesday, claiming that the MLA made defamatory statements against him in a social media post. The notice by Banerjee's lawyer claimed compensation to Banerjee by Mitra "for the...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday ordered immediate shifting of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite fast since June 28 over alleged examination irregularities, from Safdarjung Hospital here to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice...

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...