Last Updated: 31st March, 2022 16:58 IST Hours after the Centre decided to reduce the areas under the AFSPA in three states, demand for its reduction in Jammu & Kashmir came to the fore on Thursday. Image: PTI Hours after the Centre decided to reduce the areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in three…Continue Reading

SJM demands outright ban on crypto transactions

NEW DELHI: RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Sunday passed a resolution demanding that the central government completely ban buying, selling, investing and otherwise dealing in cryptocurrencies by any person in the country. The law relating to issuing of digital currency by the Reserve Bank of India should be framed “quickly” and the Central Bank Digital…Continue Reading

Will continue stir till six demands, including legal guarantee of MSP, is met: SKM

NEW DELHI: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a body of farmer unions, on Monday reiterated its six demands raised before the government, including legal guarantee of minimum support price for crops, and said it will continue with its agitation till they are met. The body also said that its agitation will not be called off at…Continue Reading

Congress demands JPC probe in Rafale deal, alleges PM Narendra Modi interfered at every step of the deal

Reiterating the Congress demand that the Rafale aircraft deal with France be investigated by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), party spokesperson Pawan Khera on Tuesday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s direct involvement in the “Defence scam”. Khera referred to the French investigative portal Mediapart, which, in a fresh set of revelations, exposed how middleman Sushen…Continue Reading

Volkswagen CEO demands ‘revolution’ to tackle Tesla

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess told employees at the German carmaker on Thursday to prepare for the “revolution” needed to take on electric car pioneer Tesla and Chinese manufacturers. “In the new automotive world, we are faced with competition the likes of which Volkswagen has never seen before,” Diess said in a speech at the carmaker’s…Continue Reading