Politics

According to NGT and Supreme Court guidelines, it is the responsibility of the state governments of Punjab and Haryana to help their farmers and provide technology by which they can stop burning stubble, Javadekar said.

Rahul Gandhi's takedown of the proposed trade agreement came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Bangkok where negotiations for the long-overdue Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was heading towards finality.

Kejriwal, who said the Delhi government would bear all the expenses of the treatment of the two injured lawyers, termed Saturday's incident as 'unfortunate' and condemned the firing on advocates.

Om Prakash Chautala's younger son Abhay Chautala made the contentious remarks days after his brother Ajay, whose son Dushyant was sworn in as deputy CM in the BJP-led state government, met him.

As per the FIR, Raj Kumar was returning to his home after dropping his friend at Sripur village when three persons stopped his SUV and thrashed him and his cousin with the butt of a revolver.

Pollution levels in Delhi and satellite towns shot up again on Sunday morning, with the air quality bordering the 'severe plus' category at several places.

In major embarrassment for the BJP, the clip purportedly showed Yediyurappa admitting to the party having played a role in the operation to bring down the JDS-Congress government in July by getting the coalition MLAs to resign.

The stalled talks between NSCN(IM) and Centre had created a fear psychosis among the general populace that the situation would return to the pre-ceasefire days if the NSCN(IM) does not agree to sign a formal accord with Delhi.

The announcement was made by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, who added that the Model Code of Conduct is now in force in the state. The five-year term of the state Assembly to set to expire on January 5, 2020.

The former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam said the ongoing war of words between the BJP and its ally Shiv Sena was nothing but 'drama' and the Congress should stay away from it.

Sanjay Singh claimed BJP workers thrashed AAP members when they tried to counter the local councillor Subhash Bhadana's opposition to a Chhath ghat inside an MCD park in Kalkaji.

Gehlot said there was an atmosphere of mob lynching in the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to say that it (lynching) was done by anti-social elements.

Raut’s remarks came hours after the BJP picked Devendra Fadnavis as its chief ministerial pick, thus closing the doors on the demands for the chief minister’s post by the Sena that has been rooting for Thackeray scion Aaditya.

Sources in the Sena had said the formula entails rotational chief ministership between the two parties.

The deal had been facing 'increasing' resistance from domestic industry, farmer groups, civil society organisations and opposition parties who believe China will dump cheaper goods into India using the RCEP, Congress said.

The veteran politician also said he was in fact reluctant to have a tie-up with Congress after the May 2018 Karnataka election.