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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 …

Amit Shah had previously told farmers to consider changing the location of the protest. Interior Minister Amit Shah called on farmers to talk tonight, one day before the government’s sixth round of negotiations to end mass protests against farm laws. The Interior Minister’s invitation came on a day when a …

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi has claimed that Delhi police have placed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest, a day after visiting protesting farmers on the Singhu border. “BJP Delhi Police have placed CM Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest since he visited farmers at the Singhu …

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 …

Anna Hazare welcomed the protests of farmers on the Delhi borders. (Archive) Social activist Anna Hazare sat on a one-day hunger strike Tuesday to support agitated farmers who have called on Bharat Bandh to demand the repeal of the Center’s farm laws. Anna Hazare also said the unrest should spread …

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 …

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 …

Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | December 8, 2020 9:30:25 am Warm jackets are distributed to farmers during their ongoing ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation against the new farm laws, at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Sunday, December 6, 2020 (PTI Photo: Manvender Vashist). “Ab ki baar, kisan aur …

Thousands of farmers started their protests last month. Washington: Several US lawmakers have voiced support for farmers mobilizing in India against new farm laws and urged that they be allowed to protest peacefully. India has called the statements by foreign leaders about the farmers’ protests “misinformed” and “unjustified”, as the …

LONDON: The Covid issue is as big as the rally in support of the farmers’ upheaval in India turned out in London on Sunday. Several thousand protesters turned up, in hundreds of cars jamming the streets of central London, and the ears of Londoners, circling the High Commission of India …