New Delhi: Farmers organizations have condemned a Chennai’s school’s examination paper that disparages their agitation against new farm laws. An English language examination paper of Dayanand Arya Vidyalaya Boys’ school in Chennai’s Gopalapuram has labeled the protesting farmers as “violent maniacs” acting under “external instigations.” During a written English examContinue Reading
New Delhi: Protesting farmers on February 21 announced a series of events to further escalate their agitation against the three new agricultural laws as they accused the government of adopting “repressive” measures against them. They also said they will soon devise a strategy to keep the protest going for long.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Activists Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk will on February 22 join the investigation into the toolkit at Delhi Police’s cyber cell office in Dwarka, a suburb in southwest New Delhi. A senior police officer said they had contacted Jacob and Muluk over phone and notices had been servedContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: One tweet on the farmers’ protest aroused the supporters of the ruling party in India. The one tweet became the headline on all the national channels. The same tweet woke up many Bollywood celebrities and sport stars who have long been silent on the farmers’ protests.Continue Reading
New Delhi: A three-hour nationwide road blockade called by farm unions on February 6 went off smoothly. However, police detained about 60 people at a solidarity protest site within Delhi. Some far unions reported detentions in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka states during the “Chakka jam.” With fears ofContinue Reading
By Avay Shukla New Delhi: The irony of this is lost on a government drowning in its testosterone: with every nail studded barricade installed at Tikri, Ghazipur or Singhu, Delhi is making itself progressively redundant to the ongoing course of events, and perhaps even to the future shape of thingsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A national body of Catholic and Protestant women leaders has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to heed the protesting farmers’ demand and repeal the three recently enacted farm laws. “Our farmers have never failed our nation through the last 71 years. Please doContinue Reading
New Delhi: the Delhi Police on February 2 stopped journalists and others from entering the Singhu border, one of the sites of the protesting farmers. Earlier, those wanting to visit the protest site and the main stage could cross the barricades erected to prevent farmers from entering the national capitalContinue Reading
New Delhi: Farmers protesting against the federal government’s three farm laws have called for a countrywide “chakka jam” protest on February 6. They plan to block transport on highways from noon to 3 pm. The announcement was made February 1, the day the aborted march to parliament was planned. TheContinue Reading
Pune: Veteran social activist Anna Hazare has cancelled his planned fast against the three central agricultural laws. He announced his decision Jan 29 in the presence of senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis. “I have been doing andolan (agitation) on various issues for a long time.Continue Reading