By radically changing the rules, the Commission wants to address “strategic dependencies” on foreign countries and boost the kind of pan-European industrial revival championed by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in his landmark competitiveness report. The third and fourth pillars focus on enlargement and funding to foreign countries, and personnel costs, but there are … Read more
Representational image Hyderabad: A delegation of farmers from Zaheerabad on September 28 alleged that their land was being forcibly converted into Waqf property. The delegation stated that approximately 13,000 acres of land under Zaheerabad’s Koheer, Nyalkal, Jharasangham, Zaheerabad Raikod mandals are under Waqf. A few farmers claimed that they were being harassed despite owning the … Read more
Workers at several Metro Vancouver grain terminals walked off the job Tuesday morning. Workers headed to picket lines at 7 a.m. PT, three days after Grain Workers Union Local 333 served strike notice, in what one industry group is saying could be “devastating” job action. Both the union and the employer, the Vancouver Terminal Elevators Association (VTEA), … Read more
Bulandshahr: An MP-MLA court here has summoned Lok Sabha member and actor Kangana Ranaut on October 25 over a case filed against her for making objectionable remarks about the 2020-21 farmers’ protest, a lawyer said Friday. The complaint filed by a functionary of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Kisan Shakti) pertains to Ranaut’s remarks during media … Read more
JIND: In the Kisan Mahapanchayat held at Uchana in Haryana’s Jind district on Sunday, it was decided not to support or oppose any party in the elections, a farmer leader said. A large number of farmers from Haryana, Punjab and other states attended the Mahapanchayat held under the aegis of the Bharatiya Kisan Naujawan Union. … Read more
Last Updated: September 15, 2024, 23:08 IST The next Mahapanchayat will be held on September 22 in Pipli, Kurukshetra. (File image/PTI) A large number of farmers from Haryana, Punjab and other states attended the Mahapanchayat held under the aegis of the Bharatiya Kisan Naujawan Union. In the Kisan Mahapanchayat held at Uchana in Haryana’s Jind … Read more
New Delhi: The government on Saturday announced that its retail sale initiative of onions at a subsidised rate has resulted in a significant drop in the price of the staple food item in major cities. The Centre launched the retail sale of onion at the subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg with the flagging … Read more
After BJP leaders criticised Rahul Gandhi’s comments in the US about the state of Sikhs in India, the Congress on Friday fielded two Sikh leaders from Punjab, Pratap Singh Bajwa and Charanjit Singh Channi, to defend Gandhi and to question the BJP government’s handling of the farmers’ agitation. Contending that only the BJP was making … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed the NDP and its leader Jagmeet Singh on Friday, saying that while they may care about the environment, they have “no idea what to do in the fight against climate change.” At a news conference in the Montreal suburb of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., Trudeau accused the NDP of “playing simple politics” and “walking … Read more
“To be clear: the regulation must be practicable,” Scholz said on Thursday. Scholz is the first head of government to call for delaying the new rules. This comes after a group of agriculture ministers, as well as center-right politicians like German MEP Peter Liese of the European People’s Party — the political family of von … Read more
