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Mumbai-Ahmedabad train corridor also known as 'Bullet train.' Captioning it “Stay tuned for #BulletTrain in Modi 3.0!", Vaishnaw's post ahead of the upcoming elections, seemed like yet another poll promise in the Indian railways, if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet is voted back to power for a third straight term, in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor has been making steady progress since work began in November 2021.

PM Modi to be on a two-day official visit to UAE from February 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off a two-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates today, where he will inaugurate the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, address the World Government Summit, and meet with top UAE officials. PM Modi's agenda in Qatar includes meetings with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, among other senior officials.

Farmer leaders said there is still a lack of clarity on legal guarantees for the minimum support price (MSP). In 2020, farmers protested against three laws at Delhi borders, leading to their repeal in 2021. These laws were -- The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.

advisory on Monday, suggesting passengers about disruptions due to farmers' protests at various Delhi borders starting Tuesday. Farmers protest LIVE updates “Please be advised that due to the anticipated farmers' protest at different Delhi borders starting on 13.02.2024, there will be traffic diversions in effect. For commercial vehicles, traffic restrictions and diversions will be implemented starting from 12.02.2024.

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Thousands of farmers from various parts of India began their Delhi Chalo protest on Tuesday amid comprehensive preparations by police in Haryana and Delhi, which have orders to stop them from entering the national capital. The Sanyukt Kisa Morcha (non-political) is leading the second leg of the farmer's protest demanding guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.The leaders have claimed that farmers from more than 200 organizations will join the Delhi Chalo march and will assemble in the national capital.

Farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march: Section 144 imposed, barricades and barb wires put up and traffic advisories issued — Delhi and Haryana authorities have stepped up their preparation to deal with the farmers 'Delhi Chalo' protest scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 13. Thousands of farmers plan to march towards the national capital during their 'Delhi Chalo' protest on February 13.

Properties such as The Oberoi Udaivilas and Fairmont Jaipur have no rooms available for February 14, as per Booking.com. Rajesh Namby, general manager of Raffles Udaipur, said the hotel has seen a “remarkable” surge in bookings and expects a 22-27% revenue growth with an increase in average daily rates around Valentine’s Day.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India to finalise the code of conduct or guidelines preferably in three months for the effective functioning of the committee of creditors (CoC). The finalisation of the guidelines should be done without diluting the sanctity of the «commercial wisdom» of the committee of creditors and the legislative intent of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, it observed. Expressing displeasure over how the board hasn’t yet framed the guidelines, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav noted that the board had notified a discussion paper in 2021 on various issues, including the code of conduct for the CoC.

Gadkari on Monday said electric bus will be started by laying electric cable on the Delhi-Mumbai Express National Highway and the distance from Delhi to Jaipur will be covered in two hours and its fare will be 30 per cent less than a diesel bus. Addressing the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of 17 road projects with an investment of more than Rs 2,500 crore in Udaipur to accelerate Mewar's development, Gadkari said, «I believe that from Bandikui to Jaipur for Rs 1,370 crore, we are constructing a 67-kilometer four-lane expressway.» «This work will be completed by November 2024 and after that, I assure you that the journey from Delhi to Jaipur will be within two hours,» he added. Gadkari said the Delhi-Mumbai express highway is the first in Asia and the second in the world on which we have built an animal overpass so that animals do not have to cross the road.

NEW DELHI : Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday approved the proposal for revival of 1,027 posts of vice principals in the Delhi government's Directorate of Education for the vacancy years 2014-15 to 2019. "In a move aimed at ending adhocism and contractual appointments, Saxena has approved the revival of 1,027 posts of vice-principals in DoE.

PTI report. “Blockades were erected at many places in West Tripura district.

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Rakesh Tikait, who was a bit player when the protests for repeal of three agricultural laws began but grew to be the face of protests. There were other big farmer leaders from Punjab such as Balbir Singh Rajewal, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Darshan Pal and Gurnam Singh Charuni. All of them are missing now when farmers are again heading to Delhi with more demands nearly two years after they forced the government to repeal the farm laws after a protracted siege of Delhi. Now they want a legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report, besides many other demands. The umbrella body that leads the protests now is Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) which includes two large farmer organisations, BKU (Dallewal) led by Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha led by Sarvan Singh Pandher. It claims support of 17 farm organisations. Pandher and Dallewal from Punjab and Abhimanyu Kohar from Haryana have been the most visible faces of SKM (non-political) ahead of the February 13 Delhi Chalo march. Farmers Protest: Click here for live updates

Union ministers on Monday evening began talks here with farmer leaders in a bid to dissuade them from their 'Delhi Chalo' march to press the Centre for enactment of a law on minimum support price for crops. The ministers, including food and consumer affairs minister Piyush Goyal and agriculture minister Arjun Munda, were holding the second round of talks with the farmer leaders at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Sector 26 here. Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher, among others, were part of the meeting, which is currently underway. SKM (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have announced that more than 200 farm unions would head to Delhi on Tuesday to press the Centre to accept their demands, including the enactment of a law to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.

Narendra Modi on Monday met family members of former Bihar chief minister late Karpoori Thakur, who was bestowed Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award, last month. The family members of the prominent socialist leader, led by his son Rajya Sabha member and JD(U) leader Ram Nath Thakur, met the prime minister at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence. «Very happy to meet the family members Bharat Ratna awardee Jananayak Karpoori Thakur ji. Karpoori ji has been the messiah of the backward and deprived sections of the society, whose life and ideals will continue to inspire the countrymen,» the prime minister said. Ram Nath Thakur said he thanked the prime minister for the honour on behalf of his family, on behalf of Bihar and on behalf of the oppressed, Dalits, and backward communities.

Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation alleging violation of people's right to privacy by Truecaller, a leading global caller ID platform. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan orally said it will dismiss the petition by Ajay Shukla, noting that the issue raised by him had been brought up before the Supreme Court through another plea which was withdrawn without the apex court granting him any liberty to approach the high court. «You can't re-litigate. This will amount to abuse of process of law. Dismissed as withdrawn means you can't re-litigate,» the bench, also comprising Justice Manmeet PS Arora, said. «Nothing has been disclosed in this petition. That's the beauty of it,» the court remarked.

₹1.25 lakh on each of them. Meanwhile, the fifth convict, Ajay Sethi, was handed down three years of simple imprisonment under section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the IPC. The trial court had imposed a fine of ₹7.25 lakh on Sethi.

Farmers protest LIVE updates The meeting will be held at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Sector 26 at 5 pm. Farmers protest: Delhi Police imposes Sec 144, tightens security till 12 March The first meeting of the farmer leaders and the three Union ministers was held on February 8.

Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to four convicts serving life imprisonment in the murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain suspended the sentence of Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Singh Malik and Ajay Kumar till the pendency of their appeals challenging their conviction and sentence. The bench noted that the convicts have been in custody for 14 years. The high court had on January 23 asked the Delhi Police to respond to the appeals filed by the four convicts.

Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) connecting Delhi and Meerut will commence operations by the end of this year, according to a report of the Times of India. The RRTS will cover the stretch from Jangpura in Delhi to Meerut South, with stops at Sari Kale Khan, New Ashok Nagar, Anand Vihar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar, Duhai, Murad Nagar, Modi Nagar South, and Modi Nagar North. The 17km section from Sahibabad to Duhai Depot has been operational since October last year, and the remaining stretch from Duhai Depot to Meerut South is expected to open in the coming months. According to the report, the Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station will also be connected to the section between Sahibabad and Meerut South by the end of this year. Currently, out of the total 82km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor, a 17km priority section with five stations has been opened to the public since October 20. The next phase will see the opening of a 25km stretch from Duhai to Meerut South. In Delhi, the RRTS spans 14km, with 9km being elevated and 5km underground. The operation of Namo Bharat trains in stage-III will begin from Sahibabad towards Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi.

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to nominate an arbitrator each within a week to resolve their dispute involving Essar Steel. The apex court also set aside the October ruling of the Delhi high court which had rejected IOC's plea for the appointment of an arbitral tribunal to settle its claims. According to the top court's directive, the nominated arbitrators will need to appoint a third arbitrator to complete the formation of the arbitral tribunal.