Former Haryana chief minister O.P. Chautala's ancestral village had been sending four-five people from every family to the farmers agitation, said villagers. Till Covid deaths started mounting.
Earlier, CM Khattar had urged farmers to suspend their protest against farm laws, claiming that their movements to and from dharna sites were spreading Covid infection in villages.
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.
Agitating farmer union leaders say those at the protest site are free to decide if they want to be tested for Covid or receive the vaccine, agree to 'passively' support govt efforts.
The day will mark four months of the farmers’ protest at Delhi borders. A farmer leader said they will also protest fuel price hike & railway privatisation on 15 March.
The other person was a Dutch national who was arrested at the Delhi airport while trying to flee from India on forged travel documents, the police said.
The Delhi HC was hearing a plea by deceased Navreet Singh's grandfather claiming the victim suffered gunshot injuries to his head. Navreet was a Melbourne University graduate.
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait stressed that the Centre will have to come forward with a proposal for talks to resume with farmers who 'will not step back till a solution is found'.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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