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On December 11, 2019, Parliament passed amendments to the Citizenship Law that sparked an unprecedented national protest movement against legislation and other government policies that discriminate against Muslims and violate constitutional standards. A year later, after the riots in Delhi and the Covid-19 pandemic ended public sit-ins, Scroll.in considers the …

Arrangements have been made to facilitate the normal operation of the traffic and transportation system. (Archive) New Delhi: Haryana and Delhi police have issued separate traffic warnings in view of the national situation. “Bharat bandh“called on Tuesday by farmers protesting against the Center’s new farm laws. Haryana Police Additional Director …

Arvind Kejriwal will visit the Singhu border together with members of his cabinet at 10 am. (Archive) New Delhi: Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit the Delhi-Haryana border today to review arrangements made for farmers protesting and camping there, authorities said. Kejriwal will visit the Singhu border along with …

Written by Sakshi Dayal | Gurgaon | Updated: December 7, 2020 7:12:41 am Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal. (Photo: Facebook @Jai Prakash Dalal) Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal on Sunday appealed to those “participating” and “supporting” the farmers’ protest to include the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal project …

Written by Liz Mathew, Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: December 7, 2020 7:38:57 am Farmers union leaders at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday. (File photo) It is not a “question of revoking” the three laws farmers protest against But “all other options” are open as the …

From Award Wapasi to the call by regional parties to unite in the name of federalism, the ongoing protest over the new farm laws could be a major political challenge for the BJP, especially at a time when it is betting big on 2021. from West Bengal. Assembly votes and …

With the head of the NCP, Sharad Pawar, backing the farmers’ protest against the controversial agricultural reforms, government sources noted on Sunday that, as minister of agriculture in the dispensation of the UPA, he had asked the senior ministers to amend the APMC Act. in their states to allow the …

The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, extended its support for the farmers’ agitation on Sunday. RLP deputy Hanuman Beniwal, in a video message posted on Twitter, said that he will also accept a call about his support for the NDA after December 9 if the …

Actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh joined farmers’ protests on the Delhi border on Saturday and urged the government to comply with their demands. It is also said that he donated Rs 1 crore to buy warm clothes for the protesters. Diljit has openly supported farmers, who are currently protesting and …

Written by Amil Bhatnagar | New Delhi | Updated: December 6, 2020 8:36:59 am Diljit Dosanjh at the Singhu border protest on Saturday. (AND ME) More than 500 people sit cross-legged listening to speeches at full volume through two loudspeakers mounted on the top of a tractor as agricultural leaders …