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Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish Mishra in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence which claimed eight lives. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan directed the apex court registry to obtain a report from the trial court on the progress of the case and adjourned the matter. On September 26 last year, the top court had relaxed the bail conditions of Mishra to enable him to visit and stay in the National Capital Region (NCR) to look after his ailing mother and for the treatment of his daughter. The case pertains to an incident of violence on October 3, 2021, in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.

Some farm groups plan to march to Delhi to protest on 13 February. The last time farmers agitated, three years ago, the Centre stood firm against an attempted siege of the capital, but later relented and scrapped the three farm bills they were opposing. The exact discontent this time is unclear, and so are the extent and depth of it, but efforts have been mounted to squeeze the flow of protestors to Delhi.

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow alert for extremely heavy rainfall till 13 February in several states of Central and North India. Further Cold weather conditions continue in Punjab and Haryana.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed. The eight former Indian Navy officials were condemned to death in October, had been accused of spying for Israel. Seven of the eight released former Indian Navy personnel returned to India on Monday.

Kuwait, seven of the eight Indian navy veterans who were sentenced to death on 'espionage' charges, heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying they wouldn't have been freed had it for the sustained diplomatic efforts at his behest to secure their release. Their death sentence was later commuted to an extended prison term following sustained diplomatic interventions and legal assistance from New Delhi. Relieved to finally walk free, the seven former Navy officers raised chants of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' after arriving at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Monday.

NEW DELHI : The final report on farm laws by a government-appointed committee will only be ready in a few months, said a member of the panel, as farmers geared up for a protest this week to press long-standing demands over MSP and other farm-related issues. The member who did not wish to be named said the committee that was constituted two years ago to address farmers’ grievances, including on minimum support prices (MSP), is trying to forge a consensus at the earliest. Because of the delay, farmers from Punjab and Haryana are planning to march to Delhi on Tuesday.

union Home Minister Amit Shah to a debate on the state’s guarantee schemes, saying that if the latter was so sure the schemes were the culprit behind Karnataka’s drained coffers, he should clearly state it. Shah is in Mysuru to participate in the Suttur Jatra Mahotsav, a six-day annual celebration with cultural and folk events. BJP leaders, the CM added, should also discontinue guarantee schemes in the saffron-party ruled states, if they objected to them. “The honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who opposed our guarantee schemes, has now stolen not only our guarantee schemes but also the name 'guarantee' and is advertising under the same name. This shows the anti-poor stance and intellectual bankruptcy of that party,” he said.

Amit Shah has asked Karnataka’s BJP unit that it must win all 28 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections with a 10% increase in the party’s vote-share at each booth compared to 2019. The political environment across the country was favourable to the BJP. The State unit must work hard to convert Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity into votes with increased vote-share, Shah said, at strategy meetings he held in Mysuru with the BJP core committee leaders as well as with the cluster leaders of Mysuru-Kodagu, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seats. Shah’s meeting to get the election preparations rolling comes amid Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar targeting to win 15-20 seats on the back of five-guarantees it has rolled out.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday accused the Haryana government of creating a border «between Punjab and India», referring to the concrete blocks, nails and barbed wire placed on some roads to scuttle the farmers' proposed 'Delhi Chalo' march. He said the Manohar Khattar-led Haryana government has placed as much barbed wire at the state's borders with Punjab as there is at the country's border with Pakistan. Khattar, however, justified the steps taken by his government to seal the state's borders and stop Punjab farmers from marching towards the national capital, saying the arrangements are aimed at maintaining law and order. Haryana authorities have sealed the state's border with Punjab at Shambhu near Ambala district, placing concrete blocks, sandbags, barbed wire and anti-riot vehicles on the roads going towards Delhi. Elaborate arrangements have been made at the state's borders with Punjab in Jind and Fatehabad districts as well.

police can be seen threatening the residents on loudspeaker and asking them to not participate in the 13 February protests. In the video, which is reported to be from Haryana, the police personnel can be heard saying that the cases will lodged against those who will participate in the farmer's protest. “Undeclared emergency is in effect! The dictatorial Khattar government of Haryana is announcing in every village that the passports of those who support the farmers in the movement will be canceled and strict action will be taken against them.

PTI. Citing sources, the report said the Sri Lankan government is in touch with IIT Madras for the ambitious project. “A high-level delegation had recently visited the Chennai campus to discuss the future roadmap.

Section 144 prohibits mass meetings, and in response to the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March' on February 13, prohibitive orders were placed in the national capital's northeast region on Sunday, according to an official. On Tuesday, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh are anticipated to march in support of the Delhi Chalo March, which is being organized by about 200 farmer unions, in the direction of the nation's capital. Section 144 of the CrPC (prohibitory orders) has been enforced. We have learned that certain farmer organizations have called on their followers to rally or march to Delhi on February 13th in favor of their demands for an MSP bill. Joy Tirkey, the deputy commissioner of police for the northeast, has issued an order saying that no one will be permitted to violate the state of law and order.

Mint. This move is part of GMR Sports' broader strategy to maximize its potential in the competitive sports industry. Besides a 50% stake in the Delhi Capitals IPL franchise, GMR Sports owns UP Yoddhas in Pro Kabaddi and the Ultimate KhoKho franchise Telugu Yoddhas. “We were the original owners of the Delhi Daredevils, but in 2018, we divested a 50% stake in the team to the JSW Group.

Delhi police have issued an order prohibiting the gathering of public at all borders between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in view of the protest march to the national capital called by farmers, officials said on Sunday. The police have also barred the entry of tractors, trolleys, buses, trucks, and commercial vehicles into the National Capital from Uttar Pradesh. The order that has been enforced today will remain in force up until March 11, unless withdrawn earlier, read the official statement by Delhi police.

Delhi Police is on high alert ahead of the farmers' march to the national capital. According to NDTV, the Delhi Police is making every attempt to avoid the unfortunate 26 January 2021 incident wherein protesting farmers clashed with Delhi Police and one particular wing of the tractor rally, led by Deep Sidhu, moved to Red Fort causing chaos in the national capital. The farmers who are planning a protest march to Delhi on 13 February, have several demands, including a law to guarantee Minimum Support Price and pension benefits.

₹500 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 1.56 crore shares by promoters and investor shareholders. The individuals and entities participating in the OFS include Suresh Tyagi, Jimmy Tyagi, PI Opportunities Fund-I, and Kotak Special Situations Fund. Additionally, the Delhi-based company is contemplating raising ₹100 crore through a pre-IPO placement, which would result in a reduction of the issue size if executed.

ANI has reported. As per the report, in the email, the unknown sender identified himself as an absconding US citizen, the police informed. The accused in the email threatened to blow up the American consulate and kill all US citizens working there.

YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey held in December 2023. This is the highest support level the BJP has ever recorded in this survey since 2019, jumping from 39% in the previous round in mid-2023. The Opposition’s challenge seems to have fizzled out even before the race started.

ANI has reported. The Delhi airport has also issued advisory for its passengers and wrote, “While landing and takeoffs continue at Delhi Airport, flights that are not CAT III compliant may get affected. Passengers are requested to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information.

Goa, Delhi’s favourite holiday destination, with criminals using a north Indian restaurant as cover, seems perfect for the portly private eye. Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing, which carried out this real-life operation last August, must have had no problem getting volunteers. All they knew was that the targets, a couple accused of embezzling more than Rs 4 crore, had taken cover running a restaurant in North Goa with ‘Rasoi’ in its name. So, to apprehend the criminals, the team booked into a hotel and ordered from every restaurant with Rasoi in its name. We’re told that the orders were lavish — shahi paneer and naan are mentioned, but there must have been much more — presumably to ensure the restaurant delivered directly, rather than through a delivery app. They then followed the delivery guy back and finally, on the fifth order, hit gold at a restaurant named Aunty ki Rasoi.

Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government has prepared cement barricades, iron nails, suspension of internet, suspension of bulk SMS services, and heavy police deployment to block the farmers. In what seems like a possible repeat of the 2020 Farmers' Protest against implementation of minimum support price (MSP), farmers are planning to march to Delhi on Tuesday to press the Centre to accept their various demands. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Saturday said the Centre has invited them for a meeting to discuss their demands on February 12.