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Monday, May 6, 2024
TopicFarmers agitation

Topic: farmers agitation

Delhi Police’s Special Cell arrests wanted accused Iqbal Singh for 26 January violence

Singh, carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest, was arrested from Hoshiarpur in Punjab Tuesday night by northern range of Delhi Police's Special Cell.

‘Andolan jivi vs TRP jivi’, Manmohan Singh’s farm reforms dream & govt’s ‘Twitter scarecrows’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Twitter seeks formal dialogue with IT minister after govt orders suspension of 1,178 accounts

Govt on 4 February ordered Twitter to block 1,178 accounts with links to Pakistan, Sikh extremist groups that were spreading misinformation on the farmer protests.

AAP writes to Sachin Tendulkar, asks him to tweet in favour of protesting farmers

Several celebrities, including Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar, recently rallied around Indian govt on social media using hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda.

Kamala Harris’ niece Meena gives Twitter lessons on India’s democracy and ‘anti-blackness’

Meena Harris has been aggressively tweeting not only about the farmer protests but also how democracy is 'under threat' in India.

Sit-in on highways outside Delhi, no plan to enter capital — farmers on tomorrow’s chakka jam

Farmer unions have scheduled a pan-India road blockade Saturday, the first big protest after the Republic Day violence in Delhi.

Rakesh Tikait says he does not know Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, but welcomes their support

The BKU leader spoke to media Thursday and sought to know who these people were, and asked what was the problem if foreigners support the farmers' protests.

Prime time debates rage against Greta Thunberg, allege ‘toolkit’ conspiracy against India

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

‘Acche din’ for farmers, and the action plan against ‘Rihanna-data’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Atmanirbharta’ for woman & child development ministry, govt-farmers talks a prickly subject

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Azad, Antony, Geetha—6 candidates to watch in 2024. Their win can reshape politics in states

While Chandra Shekhar Azad is a streetfighter who has caught the fancy of Dalit youth, Anil Antony is the face of the BJP’s fresh social engineering attempt.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.