Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA), the government body set up for cow welfare has announced that it will hold a countrywide online examination on 'gau vigyan' (cow science) on February 25. There will be no fee for the examination.
Punjab government is going to celebrate the 400th birth anniversary of Sikh Guru Guru Teg Bahadur Ji and will make efforts to spread the message of national integration by organising special programs from April 28 to May 1 on 'Guru Teg Bahadur-Hind Di Chadar'.
Agitating farmers camping at Delhi borders in protest against new farm laws had a difficult morning on Sunday due as very rain lashed parts of the national capital, resulting in waterlogged tents, soaked firewood and damped blankets, and cold wave conditions.
The curbs will be in place on December 31 and January 1 between 11 pm to 6 am, the DDMA said in its order, adding that not more than five people will be allowed to assemble at a public place and no new year celebrations, events or gatherings will be permitted post 11 pm.
Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said he has been discharged from Medanta Hospital and will stay at home on oxygen support.
The NDA Co-ordination Committee will announce the chief ministerial candidate for 2021 Assembly elections after dates for polling are announced and the candidate will be from the largest partner which is the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AAIDMK), CT Ravi, BJP National General Secretary in-charge of Tamil Nadu said.
Taking a dig at the Opposition parties, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said farmers may not have started the agitation if there was strong Opposition parties in the country.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and shivering cold, Delhi Police has been serving relentlessly day and night to maintain the law and order during the ongoing farmers' agitation at Delhi borders.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India's first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line (Janakpuri West - Botanical Garden) on December 28 at 11 am via video conferencing.
Amid reports of disconnection of power supply to various mobile towers across the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has appealed to protesting farmers not to inconvenience people with such actions but "to continue to exercise the same restraint as they had been showing over the past several months of their agitation".
Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts have been chosen for COVID vaccine dry run to be held from January 27 to 29 in Punjab and it will be done using a dummy vaccine, said an official on Friday.
The main support for the agitation is coming from the “aam aadmi” in Haryana with a sense among farmers that corporates will eat out their agricultural land sooner or later. This time, youth especially from the farming community have participated in the agitation very enthusiastically.
Chandigarh (Punjab)[India], (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has expressed shock at the Delhi Government's notification on implementing the black farm laws, according to a press release on Tuesday.