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Adil Khan, chairman, Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Azadpur Mandi claimed the biggest wholesale vegetable and fruits market in the country was "almost closed.

Senior Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said agriculture reforms should be discussed afresh in Parliament and new laws enacted after consulting all stakeholders.

Although the farmers had requested that shops remain closed in support of Bharat Bandh, almost all shops in the vicinity of the protest site were open. However, there wasn't any incidence of violence.

The West Bengal CID has already taken over the case and begun a probe to identify the person who fired the shotgun, which led to the killing of a BJP worker Ulan Roy.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju was all praise for Anju Bobby George after she made the revelation of winning her historic bronze medal at the 2003 World Athletics Championship with a single kidney.

In Delhi and Mumbai, 22-carat gold is coming at a price of Rs 48,050 per 10 gram and Rs 48,320 per 10 gram, while 24-carat gold can be purchased at Rs 52,420 per 10 gram and Rs 49,320 per 10 gram. In Chennai, 22-carat and 24-carat gold cost Rs 46,360 per...

The House bill contained provisions that would express the sense of Congress on cross-border violence between China and India and the growing territorial claims of Beijing.

Samadhan Sarvankar, son of senior Shiv Sena leader Sada Sarvankar, is organising a blood donation camp on December 13 at the Rajabhau Salvi Ground in New Prabhadevi in partnership with the KEM hospital.

Bhartiya Kisan Ekta Sangathan president Jagjit singh Dallewala appealed to farmers to maintain peace and not to enter into any scuffle to enforce the bandh.

In a series of tweets, he said the farmers were spending nights on roads in the chilly winter weather as the "government continued to ignore their demands".

Sarnaik has been evading the financial probe agency summons as he has not joined the probe so far. He has gone into mandatory quarantine after returning from Goa.

Farmer leaders said that their strike will remain peaceful and that no shops and establishments will be forcibly closed on account of the Bandh.

Nippon Steel Corp is planning to raise output capacity in overseas markets such as India and the United States and reduce it in Japan to align with future demand levels, a company executive said.

Sharing the content of some letters he had written to various chief ministers, the sources claimed that the BJP-led NDA government has made the same set of changes in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act as pushed by Pawar when he was t...

"I have been constantly visiting various areas in my constituency since last year's elections. I am a grassroots- level political worker," she said. An agitated BJP activist said that trouble began when one of the workers could not initially meet the MP d...

Ghosh further said that the state, after failing to utilise central grants of over Rs 2,000 crore for Cyclone Amphan relief, is now writing to the Union government for allocation of Rs 8,500 crore, but "no one trusts Didi (Mamata Banerjee) anymore."