Social media platform Twitter is the eye of a political storm in India after the federal government came down hard on it for unblocking accounts supporting the long-running protests by farmers.
Budget: Voluntary vehicle scrapping policy announced to phase out old vehicles
Agencies
February 1, 2021
New Delhi, Feb 1: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and unfit vehicles under which the personal vehicles will undergo a fitness test in automated centres after 20 years while the commercial vehicles will undergo the test after 15 years. We are separately announcing a voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and unfit vehicles. This will help in encouraging fuel-efficient, environment-friendly vehicles. Thereby, reducing vehicular pollution and oil import bill, said Sitharaman in the Parliament while presenting the Union Budget 2021-22.
New Delhi, Jan 30: India will unveil its closely watched budget on Monday, expected to get it back on track as the world’s fastest-growing major economy by boosting spending on job-creation and rural development while battling back the coronavirus.
: Saturday, January 30, 2021, 11:09 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh: BKU Chief Naresh Tikait to hold âSarv Khap Panchayatâ in Baghpat on Sunday
Lucknow: After Kisan Mahapanchayat in Muzffarnagar, the Bharatiya Kisan Union Chief Naresh Tikait announced to hold âSarv Khap Panchayatâ in Baghpat on Sunday to challenge the Yogi Adityanath government which ordered forcible eviction of farmers holding a dharna at Baraut tehsil.
Annoyed with police lathicharge on farmers in Baraut, the BKU Chief announced to march for Ghazipur borders along with thousands of farmers after holding the Khap Mahapanchayat at Baraut.
He alleged that police resorted to lathicharge on farmers who were sleeping at the dharna sthal and removed them forcibly on the directions of the Chief Minister Yogi Adtyanath. âWe will restart dharna again at Baraut from Sunday. Let the government dare to initiate action against farmers,â he challenged.
Upset over the violence in Delhi during Republic Day's tractor rally, a group of villages in Haryana have asked farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws to vacate the nearby highway. The police had to step in to stop another flare-up. The villagers have given the protesters an ultimatum asking them to vacate the highway within 24 hours. The langar or community kitchen for the protesters has been shut and there is heavy police presence in the area.