Fishermen from Rameswaram and Pudukottai who are on a strike demanding the release of Tamil fishermen and boats seized by the Lankan Navy took strong objection to Sri Lankan Minister Douglas Devananda’s comments that the captured boats would be sold off. 69 fishermen from Pudukottai and Ramanathapuram were arrested…
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait had declared that protesting farmers would vacate the Ghazipur border protest site by December 15. This marks the end of the year-long agitation that concluded with a truce between the central government and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM). At the Ghazipur border, Delhi…
There seems to be no end to the deadlock between protesting farmers and the Centre. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday, November 29, said that the protests would go on despite the passage of the Farm Laws Repeal Bill at the Winter Session of Parliament. He said their demand for the introduction of a law to ensure…
Lucknow: A murder case has been filed against Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son for allegedly running a car over protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. Several other people have also been named in the First Information Report (FIR). Four farmers were…
New Delhi: A day after Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s home was attacked by his own party men, protesting his criticism of the Gandhis, his colleague Anand Sharma said he is “shocked and disgusted”. The attack followed Mr Sibal’s “G-23, not Ji Huzoor-23” taunt at…
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Monday said that 85 per cent of those who are protesting as part of the farmers’ agitation are from Punjab, while Haryana’s farmers are “happily working in their fields”. He also issued a “warning” to those who had chosen Haryana as the land for disrupting law and…
Several opposition party leaders will on Friday go to Jantar Mantar here to express solidarity with farmers protesting against the contentious farm laws and participate in the ‘Kisan Sansad’. Leaders of 14 opposition parties met in Parliament house at 10 AM and decided to extend their support to the farmers’…