New Delhi

A large number of metro stations in central, north and west Delhi areas, including Lal Quila, ITO, Jama Masjid,Delhi Gate, Indraprastha, were shut on Tuesday soon after the tractor parade had taken a violent turn.

Sources informed CNBC-TV18 that on the basis of discussion during budget exercise there is strong possibility income tax payers may get relief between Rs 50,000 to Rs 80,000 in the total tax liability.

India Tuesday reported 9,102 cases, the lowest in 237 days. The daily new cases were 9,304 on June 4, 2020.

Colleagues and followers continue to hail Lal even after his retirement and revisit his work to pursue their interests in Indian archaeology.

Ahead of the tractor parade on Repblic Day, Darshan Pal of the Krantikari Kisan Union said the protesting farmers remain firm in their stand of repealing the three new farm laws and their agitation will continue till their demands are met.

They said the search teams have detected suppression of income to the tune of Rs 118 crore on issues of donation receipts, foreign investments, inflated expenses among others.

Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others. Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, the ministry said.

Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh, are agitating at various borders of the national capital seeking repeal of the farm laws and legal guarantee of the government for minimum support price of their crops.

A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra, hearing a plea of the 46yearold convict seeking suspension of his life sentence in the case till the MDMA probe is completed, posted the matter for further hearing after four weeks.

The interaction follows Modi's continuous dialogue and discussion with scientists, political leaders, officials and other stakeholders to proactively ensure smooth conduct of the world's largest vaccination drive.

According to the statement, inflation based on the food index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL is at (+) 2.97 per cent and (+) 2.96 per cent, respectively, in December 2020.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said that police has the "authority" to deal with the issue of proposed tractor march in Delhi and it is not for the court to pass order in the matter.

Nine rounds of talks have taken place between the government and agitating farmer unions without any concrete resolution, while the tenth round is scheduled to be held on Wednesday.

Razdan filed the complaint with the Delhi Police on Monday regarding commission of cognisable offences including forgery, cheating, identity fraud and impersonation by unknown accused against her. Earlier, she had filed a similar complaint with the Jammu...

NITI Aayog member (Health) VK Paul said concerns about adverse effects and serious problems post-immunisation as of now seem to be unfounded, negligible, insignificant and stressed that both the vaccines are safe.

In a span of 24 hours, 2,23,669 people were vaccinated for COVID-19 across 3,930 sessions taking the cumulative total of people vaccinated to 4,54,049 (across 7,860 sessions conducted so far) in the country, the ministry said.