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TopicFarmer protests

Topic: Farmer protests

As UP farmers flock to Ghazipur border protest, SP & BSP change strategy, get more vocal

After farmers answered Rakesh Tikait’s call, BSP chief Mayawati got active on Twitter, while SP leaders from Muzaffarnagar joined the agitation at Ghazipur.

Delhi Police issue 50 fresh notices to farmer leaders, others over Republic Day violence

Delhi Police say investigation into the violence is being carried out at several locations outside the capital, including Punjab and Haryana, as they look to apprehend those involved.

Rakesh Tikait is ‘ready to go to jail’, insists he doesn’t have any political ambitions

BKU leader Tikait, who revived protest at Ghazipur border with emotional appeal, insists now politicians who come to attend won’t even be handed microphones.

Another UP FIR against journalist — The Wire’s Varadarajan under probe for farmer death tweet

FIR refers to Siddharth Varadarajan's tweet about a report in which the farmer’s family insisted he was shot by police during Republic Day tractor rally.

SAD to deploy workers at Singhu, Tikri, says NDA govt ‘stooping low’ to fail farmers’ protest

SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia demands filing of criminal cases against Delhi Police personnel and BJP ‘goons’, who attacked farmers in Singhu Friday.

Those who entered Red Fort & hoisted flag did wrong, they aren’t farmers — Haryana ex-CM Hooda

Bhupinder Hooda says Congress is not in a rush to form the government in Haryana, BJP-JJP govt will 'collapse under its own weight'.

Republic Day violence ‘unfortunate’ but won’t end farmers’ movement, says Delhi CM Kejriwal

Addressing the National Council meeting of the AAP, Kejriwal said the protest against the farm laws is a battle of existence for farmers.

Market linkage, value addition, research — what Modi govt can do for farm sector in Budget

Govt has taken many steps towards PM Modi’s stated goal of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, but the attempts haven’t made much of a difference.

‘Is it so easy to breach Red Fort security?’ Trinamool MP Trivedi wants ‘high-level’ probe

In an interview to ThePrint, Trinamool MP and former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi also said Modi government should start afresh on the issue of farm reforms.

‘We had intelligence, knew intention, but allowed rally in good faith’ — Delhi Police chief

Commissioner S.N. Srivastava says ‘all farmer leaders’ flouted agreement they signed with Delhi Police, and that ‘no culprit will be spared’.

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Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.