DEHRADUN / PATNA: Posting something on social media that is considered “anti-national” could prevent people from obtaining passports and gun licenses in Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, joining a protest or holding a blockade could prevent people from obtaining bank loans, government jobs and a host of other services in Bihar. However, shortly …
Read More »Rahul Gandhi’s Swipe Center, With Photos
Farmers’ Protest: Police have placed barricades and concertina wires on the borders of Delhi. New Delhi: Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi today shared images of barricades and concertina wires placed near farmers’ protest sites at border points near Delhi with a four-word message to the government: “Build bridges, not walls.” . …
Read More »Agitation for Farm Laws: Free Our Men and Prepare a Platform for Talks, Says Peasant Leader Naresh Tikait | India News
NEW DELHI: Farm leaders continued their agitation Sunday against the three new farm laws claiming their movement has been the victim of a conspiracy. Agricultural leaders Rakesh Tikait and his brother Naresh Tikait now lead the front from the Ghazipur border, which appears to have become the epicenter of the …
Read More »Blamed for January 26 violence, Lakha Sidhana is not new to controversy
A gangster-turned-social activist, accused of instigating protesters who led to the violence on Republic Day, claimed Wednesday that he only marched to the outer ring road in the national capital and never had an agenda to go to the Fort. Red. Lakhbir Singh Sidhana, alias Lakha Sidhana, a native of …
Read More »Police raised red flags, but a call was taken to let the tractors in
Concerns that the tractor parade could get off course were voiced during a series of meetings held at the Home Office (MHA) in recent days, sources told The Indian Express. However, despite reservations from the Delhi police, a political call was taken to allow the demonstration rather than allow farmers …
Read More »Protesting Farmers Enter Red Fort Complex: Key Developments | India News
NEW DELHI: Thousands of farmers protesting controversial farm laws broke police barricades and clashed with police at various locations in the national capital on Tuesday as they headed into the city to eliminate the proposed tractor rally on Day of the Republic. Here’s a look at the main developments. The …
Read More »Farmers thank SC but draw a limit: no panel, no suspension, only repeal
While welcoming the Supreme Court’s outburst against the Center, unions representing protesting farmers rejected the idea of a committee to solve the problem and reiterated their demand to repeal the farm laws, not simply suspend them. On Monday, the supreme court indicated that it could suspend the implementation of the …
Read More »SC Hearing Tomorrow: Punjab Ready to Challenge Farm Laws
As talks between the Center and farmers’ unions opposing the new farm laws failed to make progress, and the Supreme Court was scheduled to hear a series of petitions related to the matter on Monday, the Punjab government said on Saturday that petitions to challenge the newly enacted laws had …
Read More »Farmers Protest in Delhi: “Repeal Farm Laws, We Will Come Home,” Farmers’ Leaders Tell Government | India News
NEW DELHI: Following their key demand for the repeal of three farm laws to end their protest, peasant leaders told the government on Friday that their “ghar wapsi” can only occur after the “wapsi law,” but the Center He insisted that the talks should be limited to contentious clauses and …
Read More »Center-farmer speaks today about the repeal of agricultural laws and support prices
Farmers Protest: Farmers have been protesting against new farm laws near Delhi border points (archive) New Delhi: The seventh round of talks between the Center and protesting farmers will take place today with two key issues still addressed: the repeal of the three agricultural laws and the granting of legal …
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