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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicFarmer protests

Topic: Farmer protests

Protesting farmers call Covid ‘govt conspiracy’ as Haryana blames them for surging deaths

Farmers take turns travelling to and from Tikri & Kundli borders, authorities say they carry Covid back to villages. But protesters claim Covid is 'imaginary'.

69-yr-old farmer on way to Hisar protest site gets breathless & dies, is declared a ‘martyr’

Over 7,000 farmers from across villages in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab, had gathered at the Krantiman Park in Hisar, for a march towards the commissioner’s office.

Farmers ‘constantly returning’ to Delhi borders as harvesting season is over: Kisan Morcha

In a statement, Samyukta Kisan Morcha said thousands of farmers from Karnal reached Singhu border Sunday.

Tikri ‘gang rape’: Activist’s dad presses charges but no autopsy, dying declaration a challenge

Woman’s father filed FIR 9 days after she died of Covid, and weeks after Kisan Social Army member & his associate allegedly harassed, assaulted, raped & even tried to abduct her.

SKM to probe allegation that leaders were aware of sexual assault of woman at Tikri border

Samyukta Kisan Morcha, on Sunday, had said that it had zero tolerance towards violence against women amid reports that an activist from Bengal was sexually assaulted at Tikri border.

Covid is Modi govt ‘conspiracy’ to end protests, farmers at Singhu, Ghazipur say

Crowds have dwindled at Ghazipur & Singhu borders near Delhi where farmers are protesting, but few are wearing masks and social distancing not followed all the time.

Why protests can’t fight state power: Just check out Myanmar, Belarus, Hong Kong, Russia

It certainly seems easier to start revolutions than to influence their course. The 12-year era of street protests resulting in regime changes looks to be over.

Farmers to march to Parliament in May, says Samyukt Kisan Morcha

Farmer leader Gurnaam Singh Chaduni said that the march would be carried out in a peaceful manner, and special care would be taken that what happened on 26 January is not repeated.

There’s a new Shudra-Dalit unity in north Indian villages thanks to the farm protests

The unity programme initiated by farm leaders can take the shape of a cultural revolution in rural north India.

BJP stages sit-in at Punjab CM’s house after farmers ‘rough up, rip clothes off MLA’

The BJP protesters, some of whom took their shirts off, raised slogans against state's Congress govt, alleging failure of law and order.

On Camera

Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

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.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?