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☆ India’s farmers are up in arms again. Will it hurt Modi’s reelection campaign?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Vinay Dwivedi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Narinder Nanu | AFP | Getty ImagesNEW DELHI — Farmers in India's Punjab state are raising the pitch of their ongoing protests, as the second phase of India's general elections starts Friday. Thousands of farmers continue to drum up support for their demands, foremost being a legal guarantee for minimum support prices for their produce. A Lokniti-CSDS survey earlier this month showed 59% of the respondents found the farmers' demands "genuine," while 16% deemed the protests a "conspiracy" against the government. CNBC did not immediately receive a response from India's Agriculture Ministry on queries pertaining to the farmers' demands. What India's farmers want

Persons: Narinder Nanu, Narendra Modi, Modi, Yogendra Yadav, Sanjay Kumar, Modi's, Kumar, it's, Jagjit Singh, Ayyakannu, Dallewal Organizations: AFP, Getty, DELHI — Farmers, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Modi's BJP, CNBC, India's Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, Morcha Locations: Amritsar, DELHI, India's Punjab, Punjab, Khanauri, Haryana, India, New Delhi, Delhi, Tamil, Varanasi, Tamil Nadu, Varansai, Uttar Pradesh, Samyukta

☆ Modi’s BJP is set to majorly boost its vote share in opposition-ruled Tamil Nadu as India goes to polls
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Vinay Dwivedi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

More than 62.2 million voters will choose among 950 contestants in Tamil Nadu. The DMK won the Tamil Nadu state elections in 2021, defeating the incumbent AIADMK. Prominent poll strategist Prashant Kishor reportedly said he expects the BJP to get "double digit" vote share in Tamil Nadu. Though the jump in vote share in Tamil Nadu will be substantial compared with 2019, BJP might just win one or two constituencies, Kumar said. Seated opposite from him was Geetha, a Modi supporter, who said: "Modi is superman, but DMK will sweep Tamil Nadu.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Abhishek Chinnappa, Bharatiya Janata Party —, India Anna Dravida, Narendra Modi's, Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi, Modi, Narayanan Thirupathy, Thirupathy, Prashant Kishor, Kishor, Sanjay Kumar, Kumar, Sarvanan, Nagar, Geetha, DMK's Sarvanan Organizations: Getty, Getty Images, India's, Nationwide, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, DMK, India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, AIADMK, BJP, CNBC, Narendra Modi's BJP, Tamil, Political, NDTV, Wednesday, Developmental Inclusive Alliance, India Locations: INDIA, Mysuru, India, Getty Images CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, Dravida, Tamil, BJP, Telangana, New Delhi

☆ Indian diplomat says high-level Canadian official damaged probe into Sikh's murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Canada has alleged Indian involvement in the murder in a Vancouver suburb of Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whom India called a "terrorist." "I would go a step further and say now the investigation has already been tainted," Verma told the newspaper. "A direction has come from someone at a high level to say India or Indian agents are behind it." Canada withdrew 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi in September asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence following Canada's allegations over Nijjar's killing. Verma said that India has not been shown concrete evidence by Canada or Canada's allies that Indian agents were involved in Nijjar's killing.

Persons: Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Nanak, Chris Helgren, India's, Sanjay Kumar Verma, Verma, Justin Trudeau, Gursimran Kaur, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Globe and, Thomson Locations: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver, India, New Delhi, Ottawa, Bengaluru

☆ Canadian Sikh protests outside Indian mission off to a muted start
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Wa Lone | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Trudeau said last week Canada was pursuing "credible allegations" that Indian government agents may have been involved in Nijjar's murder. The Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, said concerned authorities have been informed of the protests. Nijjar, who worked as a plumber, left the north Indian state of Punjab a quarter-century ago and became a Canadian citizen. He has supported the formation of an independent Sikh homeland, called Khalistantan, to be created out of Punjab. The Canadian government has amassed both human and signals intelligence in a months-long investigation into the Sikh separatist leader, CBC News reported last week, citing unidentified sources.

Persons: Blair Gable, Justin Trudeau, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Jatinder Singh Grewal, Trudeau, Grewal, Sanjay Kumar Verma, Verma, David Cohen, Wa, Denny Thomas, Chizu Nomiyama, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: High Commission of, REUTERS, Rights, Justice, Canada, Reuters, Sunday, Indian, Toronto Police Department, Canadian, CBC News, CTV News, Wa Lone, Thomson Locations: High Commission of India, Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Toronto, British Columbia, Ottawa, Vancouver, Surrey, India, Delhi, Punjab, Canadian

Although some analysts said the meeting showed few concrete results, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now cashing in on Modi's enhanced image ahead of a series of state elections and national elections due by May 2024. In the run-up to the summit, Modi's face was plastered on G20 hoardings across the country. The BJP plans to highlight the "success of the summit" during fortnight-long celebrations of Modi’s birthday starting on Sunday, a party official said. Modi's contribution to India's rising global stature will be a key theme of a special five-day parliament session beginning next week, the official said. NATIONAL PRIDE"It’s really a fact that India's image has transformed under Prime Minister Modi," BJP vice president Baijayant Jay Panda told Reuters.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Anushree, Modi, Joe Biden, India's, Sanjay Kumar, psephologist, Baijayant Jay Panda, Yashwant Deshmukh, Jairam Ramesh, Ramesh, Manmohan Singh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: International Media Centre, REUTERS, BJP, Bharatiya Janata Party, New Delhi's, NATIONAL, Reuters, India Today, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Manipur

☆ In surprise move, Canada pauses talks on trade treaty with India
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Canada on Friday unexpectedly said it had paused talks on a proposed trade treaty with India, just three months after the two nations said they aimed to seal an initial agreement this year. Canada and India have been talking off and on since 2010 about a comprehensive economic partnership agreement. India and Canada said in May they aimed to seal an initial agreement this year to increase trade and expand investment while setting out a mechanism to deal with disputes. Last month, a top Indian trade official said New Delhi planned to hold bilateral free trade talks with Canada and other nations on the sidelines of a G20 summit next week. Neither Trudeau's office or the office of Trade Minister Mary Ng were immediately available for comment.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Chris Helgren, we've, Sanjay Kumar Verma, Trudeau, Mary Ng, David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis, Andy Sullivan Organizations: Canada's, Seventh Assembly of, Global Environment, REUTERS, Rights, Canadian Press, Ottawa, Trade, Thomson Locations: Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, India, New Delhi, Delhi

☆ India’s Modi sparks political storm with pitch for common civil code
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Yp Rajesh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Currently, India's Hindus, Muslims, Christians and large tribal populations follow their own personal laws and customs, alongside an optional secular code, for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance. The Law Commission, a government-appointed advisory body, has sought public opinion by Friday on creating a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The BJP says the common code is necessary to ensure gender justice, equality through uniform application of personal laws, and to foster national unity and integration. The comments were his most forceful in favour of the common code and set off a political storm. "Majoritarian morality must not supersede personal laws, religious freedom, and minority rights in the name of a code which remains an enigma," it said.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Sanjay Kumar, India's, playbook, Sushil Modi, Zakia Soman, YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: BJP, DELHI, Indian, Bharatiya Janata Party, Commission, New Delhi’s, UCC, Muslim Women's Movement, YP, Thomson Locations: Egypt, India, Karnataka

☆ Morții de COVID, aruncați în Gange de rudele care nu-și permit incinerarea. Autoritățile au instalat plase pentru a aduna cadavrele
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Descoperirea a 71 de cadavre în statul Bihar a stârnit temeri că virusul face ravagii în vasta parte rurală a Indiei, unde trăiesc două treimi din populație. Ministrul apelor din Bihar, Sanjay Kumar, a spus miercuri, într-un mesaj postat pe Twitter, că o „plasă a fost instalată” în râu, la granița cu statul Uttar Pradesh, iar numărul patrulelor a fost sporit. El a mai spus că guvernul statului este afectat „atât de tragedia în sine, cât și de răul făcut astfel fluviului Gange”. Presa locală spune că în districtul Gahmar din Uttar Pradesh au fost recuperate aproximativ 25 de cadavre. „Este posibil ca, în grabă, unii să fi scăpat de cadavre aruncându-le în Gange", a spus Hitendra Krishna.

Persons: Sanjay Kumar, Krishna Organizations: Hindu Daily Locations: Bihar, Indiei, Sanjay, Uttar Pradesh, Gange, Gahmar, Hindu, India

☆ Morții de COVID, aruncați în Gange de rudele care nu-și permit incinerarea
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-13 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: digi24.roMorții de COVID, aruncați în Gange de rudele care nu-și permit incinerareaAutoritățile din nordul Indiei au declarat că au instalat plase în fluviul Gange, după ce au fost descoperite, plutind pe apă, zeci de cadavre ale unor persoane care ar fi murit de COVID-19. Descoperirea a 71 de cadavre în statul Bihar a stârnit temeri că virusul face ravagii în vasta parte rurală a Indiei, unde trăiesc două treimi din populație. Ministrul apelor din Bihar, Sanjay Kumar, a spus miercuri, într-un mesaj postat pe Twitter, că o „plasă a fost instalată” în râu, la granița cu statul Uttar Pradesh, iar numărul patrulelor a fost sporit. El a mai spus că guvernul statului este afectat „atât de tragedia în sine, cât și de răul făcut astfel fluviului Gange”. „Este posibil ca, în grabă, unii să fi scăpat de cadavre aruncându-le în Gange", a spus Hitendra Krishna.

Persons: Morții, Sanjay Kumar, Krishna Organizations: Hindu Daily Locations: Gange, Indiei, Bihar, Sanjay, Uttar Pradesh, Gahmar, Hindu, India

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