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Allahabad, Jan 28: The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the district administration in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur on the "exorbitant" amount of personal bonds and sureties sought from farmers, to prevent them from participating in the ongoing farm protests. A division bench of Justices Ramesh Sinha and Justice Rajeev Singh sought the reply on a PIL plea filed by Lucknow-based social

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Centre for not doing anything to curb TV programmes which have instigating effect and said that control over such news is as important as some preventive measure and to check law and order situation. Referring to the internet shutdown in some areas of Delhi on January 26 when the tractor parade by farmers protesting against three new farm

Lucknow, Jan 28: Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA, Surendra Singh has accused party MP, Virendra Singh Mast, of land grabbing. "Virendra Singh Mast has grabbed over 18 acres of land in his, son, brother and nephew's name by forgery. He is a land mafia," he told reporters. The MLA has said that he will soon proceed on a 101-hour fast so that good sense prevails in the MP and the district magistrate of Ballia

New Delhi, Jan 28: Delhi Police has issued notices to at least 20 farmer leaders on Thursday for breaching the agreement with police regarding the farmers' tractor rally on the Republic Day. The notice was served by the police to farmer leaders including Yogendra Yadav, Baldev Singh Sirsa and Balbir S Rajewal and asked them to give a reply within three days, informed Delhi Police. The police are

Mumbai, Jan 28: After providing coronavirus vaccines to several countries including Bangladesh, Nepal and Maldives, India on Thursday established its position as a reliable partner in COVID-19 assistance by dispatching Covishield vaccines to Bahrain and Sri Lanka. A consignment of 50,400 doses of coronavirus vaccines will be provided by India to Sri Lanka under the Vaccine Maitri initiative, while

New Delhi, Jan 27:Union Home Ministry on Wednesday issued an order to enforce guidelines for surveillance, containment and caution which will be effective from February 1 to February 28. States and UTs have been told to continue to enforce containment measures and SOPs on various activities. Covid-19 appropriate behaviour is also to be enforced. Cinema halls and theatres had already been permitted

New Delhi, Jan 27: Two farmer unions on Wednesday withdrew from the ongoing agitation on Delhi's borders against the three farm laws, a day after violence broke out in the national capital during the tractor parade. Talking to reporters, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) president Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh said he was deeply pained by whatever happened during the tractor parade in the national capital

Lucknow, Jan 27: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from the Meerapur Assembly seat in Muzaffarnagar, Avtar Singh Bhadana, has announced his resignation from the party protesting against the Centre's stand on the three farm laws. Bhadana, a former MP from Meerut and Faridabad, has been sulking off late and had started visiting the protesting farmers in various parts of Uttar Pradesh. He had earlier

New Delhi, Jan 27: Farmers' body Samyukta Kisan Morcha Wednesday alleged "antisocial" elements like actor Deep Sidhu attempted to "torpedo" their peaceful agitation under a conspiracy, but asserted they won't allow "the government and other forces inimical to the peaceful movement to break this struggle". The morcha, which represents 41 farmer unions, has called an emergency meeting later in the

New Delhi, Jan 27: Twitter on Wednesday said it suspended more than 300 accounts engaged in spam and platform manipulation as the farmers' tractor rally went violent in the national capital on the 72nd Republic Day. The farmers swarmed the Red Fort and waved farmer union flags from its ramparts. They even hoisted farmer union flags as well as a pennant with a Sikh religious symbol from a flagpole