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Bilkis, popularly known as the Shaheen Bagh Dadi, had expressed her willingness to join the farmers' protest at the Delhi-Haryana border at Singhu

Baxi, who is currently Financial Controller for Castrol's businesses globally will take up the role and join the Board on January 1, 2021, Castrol India said in a release.

"We have seen some ill-informed comments by Canadian leaders relating to farmers in India. Such comments are unwarranted, especially when pertaining to the internal affairs of a democratic country," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.

Besides, positive developments on COVID-19 vaccine front, improved domestic macro-economic data and weakness of the American currency against key rivals also supported the rupee.

Farmers had faced water cannons and teargas when they were heading towards the national capital as part of their 'Delhi Chalo' march against the farm laws.

Collections of tax on the sale of goods and rendering of services came in at Rs 1,04,963 crore in November

According to sources, the Pakistani army also suffered numerous casualties in the "strong and effective" retaliation by the Indian troops as several of their posts were also destroyed.

The accused Pankaj Sudhakar, 42, a resident of Kalkaji Extension, works as a dentist at a clinic in Saket, they said.

Govt instead of sympathising with farmers' cause used all measures like water cannons, tear gas to stop them . I cannot continue my support to such a govt, said Independent MLA Sombir Sangwan

The farmers have been fighting for their rights in this cold. These laws should be withdrawn immediately, said Chandrashekar Azad

The range of the new land attack version of the missile has been extended to 400 km from the original 290 km.

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold contracts for February delivery traded higher by Rs 57, or 0.12 per cent, at Rs 47,975 per 10 gram in a business turnover of 13,251 lots.

Guards opened fire at the high-security Mahara prison outside Colombo on Sunday night after prisoners went on the rampage demanding to be freed because of soaring coronavirus cases in jails.

In a tweet, Vijayan described the farmers as the "lifeblood" of the country and said it it time to stand with them.

The bench said that the Gujarat government must be answerable and there can't just be an inquiry and report

According to the petitioner, Chakrapani was recognised as the president of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha political party, but it claimed that the Election Commission later withdrew the recognition merely a few days later.

Sena sources said Matondkar's name was forwarded to Governor B S Koshyari by the Shiv Sena recently for nomination to the Legislative Council from the governor's quota.

CAMPCO President S R Satishchandra told PTI that a one lakh square feet facility is being built at Kavu in Puttur Taluk of Dakshina Kannada district at a cost of about Rs 25 crore.

The Amethi MP, who is one of the most active lawmakers on social media, hopped on to the photo-sharing platform and shared a collage of two of her pictures.

Thousands of farmers stayed put at various Delhi border points for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday protesting against the new farm laws.

The former UP chief minister also accused the government of giving false promises of doubling income of farmers.

The BSF was raised on this day in 1965 with a purpose to guard India's international border with Pakistan and later with Bangladesh too when it became an independent country in 1971.

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the country in a span of 24 hours dropped below 35,000 for the third time this month.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday had invited leaders of farmer unions for talks on Tuesday, instead of December 3, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and cold.