Union Minister Amit Shah has summoned farmers to talk at 7pm tonight, the day before the sixth round of government negotiations with agricultural leaders on the new agricultural laws. “We have a meeting with the Minister of the Interior at 7 pm today. We are going to the Singhu border …
Read More »Bharat Bandh: Delhi Police Call AAP Indictment Of Kejriwal House Arrest As ‘Unfounded, Unfounded’
Hours after the Aam Aadmi Party alleged on Tuesday that Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal had been placed under house arrest, Delhi police clarified that there are no restrictions on the movement of the CM. At a press conference, Special Police Commissioner Satish Golcha said: “I would like to clarify that …
Read More »AAP investigates Gautam Gambhir for mocking Kejriwal’s house arrest
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir mocked Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday after the Delhi CM was allegedly placed under ‘house arrest’ for visiting protesting farmers on the Singhu border and promising support. Gambhir took to the microblogging site Twitter and wrote: “किसान तो सिर्फ बहाना है, पंजाब की सियासत में आना है! खुद …
Read More »BJP’s ‘Fact vs Fiction’ social media pushes in defense of farm laws
Social media memes mainly distinguish between a “rumor” and the “truth.” New Delhi: The BJP today launched a social media campaign to endorse the three new agricultural laws introduced by the central government in September, in an attempt to dispel what it calls myths spread by political opponents of the …
Read More »Bharat Bandh: everything you need to know right now
Tens of thousands of farmers protesting a set of market-friendly farm laws are imposing a nationwide shutdown from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. The main opposition parties have supported his call to strike. Farmers have been stocking up on supplies for months, preparing to dig for months on the …
Read More »Kangana Ranaut Tweets About Bharat Bandh And Shares Video Against Protests
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut tweeted Tuesday about the farmers’ call for a Bharat Bandh or a national strike. Ranaut also shared a video of spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev speaking about the protests even as farmers are agitating against the Center’s new agricultural laws. “Aao Bharat ko band kr dete …
Read More »Arvind Kejriwal “under house arrest” after visiting farmers, AAP alleges
Arvind Kejriwal met with protesting farmers on the Delhi-Haryana border in Singhu on Monday. New Delhi: The Aam Admi Party (AAP) alleged today that Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been placed under house arrest by Delhi police since Monday, particularly in the wake of his visit to the Singhu …
Read More »Actions in focus: TCS, Vodafone-Idea, Canara Bank, NTPC, HDFC Bank, Coal India
Analysts say it would be interesting to keep an eye on Tuesday’s session, as closing above 13360 will push the Nifty 50 higher. Nifty futures were trading flat with a negative bias in early trading Tuesday, suggesting a flat open for BSE Sensex and Nifty 50. In the prior session, …
Read More »Bharat Bandh: how the strike is likely to unfold in different states
The farmers, who mobilized for almost two weeks against the three farm laws enacted by the Center earlier this year, have called for a nationwide strike on Tuesday. The general strike from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will have the support of several political parties and a joint platform of …
Read More »Farm Laws Will Benefit Farmers, Government Will Handle Unrest: Narendra Singh Tomar
As thousands of farmers camped on Delhi’s borders seeking the repeal of three new farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told a group of farmers backing these laws on Monday that these measures will benefit the peasantry and the agricultural sector. and that the government will handle such upheavals. …
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