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New Delhi, Mar 2: A Delhi Court on Tuesday said that it will hear Mumbai-based activist lawyer Nikita Jacob's anticipatory bail plea on March 9, a day before her protection from arrest ends in connection with the 'Toolkit' case related to the farmers' agitation. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana adjourned the matter after he was apprised by the Delhi Police that they need more time to file

Gurugram, Mar 2: Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, passed away at a hospital in Gurugram, family sources said on Tuesday. He was 69. The six-term MP, who was suffering from COVID-19 and was airlifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram last month in a serious condition, breathed his last late Monday night, the sources said. He is survived by his wife, a

Amroha, Mar 2: In an unexpected development, dairy farmers in three villages in Amroha district have stopped supply of milk to the cooperative societies to express their solidarity with the farmers' movement. The dairy farmers have also announced that from March 6, they will sell milk at Rs 100 per litre. At present, their supply is sold at Rs 35 per litre. State president of Bharatiya Kisan Union

Kannur, Mar 2: Normal life was affected in Kerala during the initial hours of Tuesday as a dawn-to- dusk motor strike, called by a joint committee of various trade unions to protest the spiralling fuel price in the country, began. State-run KSRTC buses did not operate while taxies, auto-rickshaws and private buses remained off the roads across the state since the agitation began by 6.00 am

Gandhinagar, Mar 2: The Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) bill with amendments will be presented in the ongoing budget session of state Assembly to control the menace of love jihad, said Gujarat Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja on Monday. "We will be presenting the Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) bill with amendment in this budget session in Vidhan Sabha. The bill prohibits and provides

Pune, Mar 2: A man has been arrested on Monday for allegedly killing a 30-year-old researcher at the National Chemical Laboratory in the Pashan area of Pune. The Pune city police has arrested an interior designer for killing a research fellow working at National Chemical Laboratory in Pune. Raviraj Kshirsagar, the accused, was arrested from a hospital in city after he attempted to die by suicide

New Delhi, Mar 1: Several new rules will come into force from Monday (March 1) affecting the daily life of people. Under the new rules, the LPG Cylinder price has been increased by Rs 25 per cylinder from today. This is the 4th hike since February, which takes the cumulative hike to Rs 125 per cylinder now. If you are in Delhi, you have to pay more for a domestic gas cylinder, which will now cost

New Delhi, Mar 1: Stating that rechristening of the Ahmedabad cricket stadium after Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an "ill omen", BJP MP Subramanian Swamy urged that must remove his name and restore Sardar Patel’s name. "My research so far shows only two: Saddam Hussein and Gadafi. That is an ill omen. Did Nehru, Mao or Idi Amin? Modi must demand that his name be removed and Sardar Patel’s name

New Delhi, Mar 1: Just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his first shot of COVID vaccine on Monday, opposition Congress took a jab at him saying with the LPG price hike, the public too got another injection of rising prices on everyday commodity. "Janta gets another 'injection dose' of Price Rise from BJP," Jaiveer Shergill said in a tweet as cylinder price once again rises by Rs 25 making it

New Delhi, Mar 1: The second phase of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive for age-appropriate population groups began on Monday with the Union Health Ministry calling out eligible people to get an appointment at respective hospitals in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first ones to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday as vaccination opened for the general population