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Written by Santosh Singh, Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi, Patna | Updated: December 14, 2020 5:44:43 am On December 11, Tomar asked protesting farmers to be vigilant about the misuse of his platform by what he called “anti-social elements” as well as “leftist and Maoist elements.” With talks stalled and …

We have had many protests during the six-year period of Narendra Modi’s evil rule, including by students, anti-CAA protesters, and Dalits, among others. However, in each of these protests, the current regime attempted to launch an aggressive counter-narrative, equating students with anti-national protesters, anti-CAA with jihadists, and Dalits in Bhima …

Written by Harish Damodaran, edited by Explained Desk | Updated: December 13, 2020 11:03:33 pm Farmers shout slogans as they block a road during a protest against new agricultural laws on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border (Photo: AP) Many countries experiencing rapid growth and increasing prosperity, which may even last a …

“I am encouraged by the ongoing dialogue,” Ro Khanna. Washington: Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has hoped for a peaceful and just solution to the problems of farmers in India, saying he is encouraged by the ongoing dialogue between protesting farmers and the government. Khanna, 44, was recently elected to a …

Farmers have partially blocked the Delhi-Jaipur highway in protest against agricultural laws (archive) New Delhi: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) faction, one of the key organizations leading the farmers’ protest, saw discord today over the opening of the road on the Chilla border. The road from Noida to Delhi was …

The Union’s top ministers, including Interior Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and State Minister for Trade and Industry Som Parkash, grouped together on Sunday as farmers who had been camping on the Delhi borders to Demanding the repeal of three contentious laws aimed at opening up agricultural …

New Delhi: As part of their protest against the recently passed farm laws, the heads of all farmers’ unions will observe a hunger strike from 8 am to 5 pm on Monday, said agricultural leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni at the Singhu border on Sunday. “The farmers will be on a …

Officials said the email initiative was part of a public interest communication strategy. New Delhi: The IRCTC sent nearly two million emails between December 8 and 12 to its clients listing 13 decisions made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support Sikhs, amid protests by farmers against the new laws. …

CHANDIGARH: Farmers from Rajasthan and some other places gathered in large numbers on the Haryana-Rajasthan border near Rewari for their march to Delhi and sat in protest on the side of the Delhi-Jaipur national highway as the Haryana police erected barricades to stop their March. Rewari Police Superintendent Abhishek Jorwal …

Ravi Shankar Prasad said that severe measures will be taken against “Tukde Tukde Gang” Patna: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad declared on Sunday that severe action will be taken against the nation’s breakers of the “Tukde Tukde Gang” who are trying to take advantage of the farmers’ movement against the …