In a strong protest against amendments for Land Revenue Act and APMC Act passed in Parliament, hundreds of farmers are collectively protesting on the blocked highways in and around Bengaluru blocking the city. A joint union together of 35 farmers – Ryot, Dalit, Labourers Aikya Horata Samithi and Dalit and trade unions have initiated the…
Former leader of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Umar Khalid who was arrested under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for the Delhi communal riots violence will be held in judicial custody till October 22. As the police custody terminated, Umar Khalid was presented virtually before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat. He has been arrested from September 13. Khalid…
Assam Police has confined three nationals belonging to Nigeria from Karimganj district on the grounds of entering India without any valid documents. The Karimganj district police was on the routine inspection, when they halted a vehicle traveling from Tripura side on National Highway 8 on Wednesday evening. When the three Nigerian nationals could not produce…
US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson declared on Thursday its decision to exit India, thereby ceasing the sales and manufacturing operations in the country. The company further announced that it expects to report $75 million with respect the add-on restructuring charges for “The Rewire”. The official company statement quoted, “Between August 6, 2020 and September 23, 2020,…
A joint farmers association has initiated a strike for Monday with a collective support from goods transporters, auto rickshaw drivers and taxi drivers. The leaders Kuruburu Shanthakumar and Kodihalli Chandrashekhar individually told media that all the farmer associations have come together to take a call on the strike. The strike was priorly planned for Friday…
A count of 380 whales died stranding off the coast of Tasmania which experts have termed as largest mass stranding event in Australia. The officials have planned the task of disposing the cadavers of the whales on Thursday as hopes faded regarding the survivors. In a long gruelling attempt, the rescuers team had freed 70…
Maryam Durani, rights activist has attained another small victory as the southern province of Kandahar in Afghanistan will have a new gym for the women to focus on their fitness. In her journey of decades advocating for women, she has fought for the women relentlessly. It was last year that she started to fight for…
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday has granted approval for three key Bills that eliminate strict conditions on winding up of the companies and relaxing the restrictions on removing the employees in a strength of 100 – 300 without government sanction. RSS-affiliated BMS strongly criticized the passing of the Bill, stated that the Codes were “tilted…
Saudi Arabia to now slowly resume the proceedings for Umrah pilgrimage from October 4 following a seven month halt due to Coronavirus pandemic according to the Saudi Press Agency. SPA reported that Saudi Arabia will give allowance to a count of 6,000 citizens and residents on a daily basis which is nearly only 30 %…
Kannada actor Diganth was interrogated at the Central Crime Branch (CCB) office today for the second time. Prior to this, nearly around September 16, Diganth and his wife Aindrita Ray were summoned for inquiry in connection with the drug case. The police officers have taken away their cell phones and all the data on the…
