Tag Archives: farmers protest

Chakka Jam Farmers: Farmers block the Eastern Peripheral Highway during their protest. Highlight Additional security has been deployed in Delhi in view of the Chakka traffic jam Congress has expanded its support for the national blockade Farmers have rejected the offer to suspend farm laws for 18 months. New Delhi: …

Chakka Jam: The entrance and exit gates of various Delhi metro stations have been closed. New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has closed the entrance and exit gates at various metro stations, mainly in north and central Delhi, ahead of a three-hour “chakka jam” (road blockade) across the …

Thousands of farmers have been camping at three border points in Delhi (AFP) New Delhi: There will not be “chakka traffic jam “or roadblock in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday, though farmers across the country are likely to protest” peacefully “on national roads, a group of farmers said. …

Farmers protesting on Saturday February 6 called for a nationwide roadblock or “chakka jam” in support of their demand to repeal three new farm laws they describe as “anti-farmers.” Dozens of people in tractors have continued to arrive in Ghazipur from the Uttar Pradesh side of the road and many …

The police prevented 15 MPs from 10 opposition parties from reaching the Ghazipur border to meet with protesting farmers. (PTI photo) The BJP said on Thursday that the support of some foreign celebrities for farmers protesting against the three new agricultural laws was an attempt to “destabilize the country” and …

NEW DELHI: Preliminary investigation into the source of the PowerPoint toolkit that celebrity environmental activist Greta Thunberg accidentally tweeted suggests it was crafted by a pro-Khalistan organization based in Canada. High-level government sources said the kit, intended to harm India’s interests, was prepared by ‘Peace for justice‘, a body co-founded …

This morning, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg published a new “toolbox” New Delhi: Delhi police said today that their investigation into an “overseas conspiracy” entangled in farmers’ protests was not against Greta Thunberg, but a “toolkit” that she had tweeted, allegedly linked to a “Khalistani group” . “Delhi Police have …

The Delhi police cyber cell registered an FIR to investigate an “international conspiracy” to smear the country, a senior police official said on Thursday. He said they filed an FIR on the matter after a Twitter user shared a “toolkit” on Twitter, but later deleted it. No names have been …

Opposition parties on Thursday attacked the government for its handling of farmers’ protests against the three contentious farm laws, saying that the BJP ministers believe in the monologue and that trenches have been dug, barbed wires in place and picks in place when bridges should have been built to win …

After Rajya Sabha proceedings resumed on Wednesday, President M Venkaiah Naidu warned members against using mobile phones within the House. “There is a restriction on the use of cell phones within Rajya Sabha’s chambers. It has been observed that some members are using their mobile phones to record house proceedings …