Youth Congress workers hold protest over unemployment issue in Bhopal; police use tear gas, water cannon to disperse them

Police on Tuesday lobbed tear gas and used water cannons to disperse the protesting Youth Congress workers when they tried to march towards the state assembly over the unemployment issue. The Youth Congress workers started their protest from Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) office and were going to ‘gherao’ the […]

Uttarakhand CM Dhami urges people to register for Centre’s solar rooftop programme

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has urged people of his state to register in large numbers for the just-announced solar rooftop programme ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’. The central government’s rooftop solar project, with an investment of over Rs 75,000 crores, aims to light up 1 crore households by providing […]

Farmers vs Haryana police: Chaos at Shambhu border, farmers break barricades, several detained

Haryana police detained several protesting farmers as they marched towards Delhi on Tuesday. The protesting farmers were seen attempting to break the multi-layered barricades using their tractors and hand weapons. Scenes of chaos filled the Shambhu border as the police tried to stop the protestors from entering the national capital. […]

“If farmers don’t get MSP, it is injustice…” Congress’ Kamal Nath on farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ march

Reacting to farmers’ ongoing ‘Delhi Chalo’ march former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath said that if farmers don’t get MSP – it is an injustice to them. The Congress leader also emphasised that around 70 per cent of the economy of the state is based on agriculture and farmers contribute to the economy of the […]