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Mo Dhaliwal, the founder of the Vancouver-based Poetic Justice Foundation (PJF) who created the controversial ‘toolkit’ tweeted by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, is looking to use agricultural protests in India to fuel the Khalistani separatist movement, according to a policeman. An officer investigating attempts to stoke the separatist movement under …

In December 2019, the city of Delhi witnessed a new protest led by Muslim women against the recently enacted legislation that revised the provisions under which Indian citizenship is granted. Indian Muslims feared that the new law would have adverse consequences for their status in the Indian union. One of …

Mohali: Peasant leaders in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, say they have had to disguise themselves to evade heavy police surveillance and join protests against agricultural laws. Palbhai Ambaliya, Yakub Guraji and Jayesh Patel, together with other leaders and representatives of Gujarat farmers unions, had formed an umbrella …

NEW DELHI: Farmers unions on Wednesday rejected the Center’s draft proposal to amend the three new farm laws and also announced to intensify their agitation. Peasant leaders declared that they will hold protests throughout the country and demonstrate in Bjp offices across the country on December 14. They also threatened …

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday alleged that Delhi police have put the prime minister Arvind kejriwal under house arrest after meeting with farmers protesting at the Singhu border, a claim that the city police denied. Kejriwal had visited the Singhu border on Monday and checked the …

Sombir Sangwan withdrew his support for the BJP-JJP government in Haryana. Chandigarh: Dadri’s assembly constituency independent MLA Sombir Sangwan on Tuesday withdrew its support for the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, calling it “anti-farmer.” “I have withdrawn my support for this government against farmers. This government, instead of sympathizing with the …

New Delhi: A convoy of at least 10,000 female protesters heading towards Delhi from 14 Punjab districts is led by a female farmer. Harinder Bindu from Bhatinda has been a farmer for no less than 30 years. Bindu has lived his entire life in Punjab with his son, brother, sister-in-law, …

The head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jagat Prakash Nadda, has written a letter to Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh about the ongoing protests in the state against the farm last approved by Parliament. In the letter, Nadda has detained the Amarinder government over the situation in the …

Navjot Singh Sidhu today called on his party government in Punjab to buy the crop at the minimum subsistence price. Congressional leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today called on his party government in Punjab to buy crops at the minimum subsistence price to bring relief to farmers. Sidhu, who shared the …

Congress Speaker Sonia Gandhi on Monday recommended that party-ruled states explore the possibilities of passing article 254 (2) legislation to deny the “anti-agricultural laws” of the central government led by the Bharatiya Party. Janata (BJP) and prevent “grave injustice”. made to farmers. The opposition party is citing the BJP government’s …