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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
TopicFarmer protests

Topic: Farmer protests

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.

Farmers gather near national highways, key roads in Punjab, Haryana on Bharat Bandh call

According to the Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, Bharat Bandh is being observed from 6am-6pm to mark 4 months of the farmers' agitation at Delhi's three borders — Singhu, Ghazipur & Tikri.

Rakesh Tikait asks farmers to ‘turn Bengaluru into Delhi’, lay siege with tractors

Tikait was speaking at a mahapanchayat in Karnataka's Shivamogga. He said until the farm laws are repealed, farmers will have to continue their agitation.

Why alarm bells are ringing in Punjab over Deep Sidhu and Lakha Sidhana’s growing support base

The two have emerged from the farmers’ agitations and are known to harbour extremist views. With the protests prolonging, police fear the duo are gaining a following in Punjab.

On Camera

There’s too much Akshay Kumar on screen. Take a break and come back with a Hera Pheri

Every few months, a new release raises the question: Can this film save Akshay Kumar’s career? So far, the answer has been a resounding no.

Pilots, engineers, maintenance crew — skilled worker shortages add to crisis in aviation sector

India’s aviation space is grappling with more than just a pilot deficit problem as industry experts highlight the need for the government and the aviation regulator to step in.

Hardened shelters, radars, defence systems & more — IAF quietly upgrades bases focused on China

New infra projects involve not just repair work of runways and creation of additional taxi ways to enable better tempo of operations, but also storage of spare parts and munitions.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.