New Delhi: For the first time in India’s highly competitive television news industry, whose reporters and anchors were often rushed to air stories or news that subsequently turn out to be incorrect or even fabricated, India Today has taken senior presenter and consulting editor Rajdeep off the air. Sardesai. for …
Read More »Blamed for January 26 violence, Lakha Sidhana is not new to controversy
A gangster-turned-social activist, accused of instigating protesters who led to the violence on Republic Day, claimed Wednesday that he only marched to the outer ring road in the national capital and never had an agenda to go to the Fort. Red. Lakhbir Singh Sidhana, alias Lakha Sidhana, a native of …
Read More »Infiltrators slandered our uproar: Farmers at the Tikri site
A day after clashes broke out between police and farmer groups from the Tikri border during a planned tractor parade that took a violent turn, rioters at the protest site insisted that those who took pleasure in the incident were ” infiltrators “sent to” defame and derail “their movement against …
Read More »Police raised red flags, but a call was taken to let the tractors in
Concerns that the tractor parade could get off course were voiced during a series of meetings held at the Home Office (MHA) in recent days, sources told The Indian Express. However, despite reservations from the Delhi police, a political call was taken to allow the demonstration rather than allow farmers …
Read More »Republic Day Parade and Farm Tractor Rally Have Cops On Fire | India News
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Haven’t found anything like this before. The end of the truncated Republic Day Parade this year around noon will not lead to any lowering of wakefulness. Long after the VIPs have gone home and Rajpath has been cleared, the force will remain in the streets, monitoring …
Read More »Farmers protest: Haryana police over masked man presented by farmers
The man was presented to the media on Friday night by farmers. New Delhi: The man introduced by protesting farmers near Delhi at a press conference Friday night had lied about a plot to disrupt their agitation and “assassinate” four leaders on Republic Day, police said Saturday. Haryana police have …
Read More »Farmers reject government proposal to suspend farm laws for 1.5 years
Farmers have been protesting at different borders in Delhi since November 26. (Archive) New Delhi: Farmers protesting the controversial laws in the agricultural sector have decided to wait for the laws to be completely removed, rejecting the Center’s new proposal to suspend them for 18 months while negotiations with a …
Read More »Center Ready to Stop Farm Laws, Farmers Unions Say Will Consider Offer
The next meeting between the Center and the farmers will be held on January 22 New Delhi: The government is ready to freeze the three controversial farm laws for a year and a half and will forward it to the Supreme Court in an affidavit, farmers who attended the 10th …
Read More »Interview with Bhaiyyaji Joshi: “It is not good for the health of society for an unrest to go on too long … both sides must work to find a solution”
As the government prepares for another round of talks with protesting farmers on Wednesday, RSS No. 2 and the organization’s secretary general, Suresh (BhaIyyaji) Joshi Talk to The Indian Express. How do you see the ongoing farmer protests against the new farm laws? In a democracy, there are always many …
Read More »NIA Launches the Network: A Writer, Journalists, Traders and Activists
Farmers inside a camp set up at the site of the protest. (Express Photo by Ganjendra Yadav) Among those summoned by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) in a case of alleged terrorism financing by the pro-Khalistan Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) are farmers, traders, activists and journalists from Punjab and Haryana. …
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