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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicTractor Rally

Topic: Tractor Rally

Delhi Police to issue look out circulars against farmer leaders named in FIRs

The farmer leaders will have to surrender their passports. Delhi Police has registered 25 FIRs, including against over 30 farm union leaders, who were involved in talks with Modi govt.

Annadata or anarchist? Belligerent TV channels pointed fingers, demanded justice

Reporters questioned men who rode into Delhi on tractors, like cowboys in the wild West, and learnt that some had come for protest tourism and tractor sightseeing.

‘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’.

‘Jai jawan vs Jai kisan’ during Republic Day violence, Budget to address ‘Opposition deficit’

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

Fresh talks offer ‘unlikely’ now — Modi govt could harden stand on farm laws after violence

Ministers say violence during tractor rally has almost ended the sanctity of peaceful farmers' protest, the 'unions have breached the government’s trust'.

Long before farmers’ tractor parade, Babri Masjid movement also waded into Republic Day row

The non-observance and/or boycott call of Republic Day by a coalition of Muslim organisations in 1987 can't be compared with the farmers’ tractor parade of 2021. But there is a link.

Republic needles Mamata on ‘Jai Shri Ram’, Aaj Tak freezes in Kashmir

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

Delhi Police clear 3 routes for farmers’ Republic Day tractor rally

According to Special CP Dependra Pathak, farmers and the police have agreed in principle on the timing of the rally and terms & conditions, which are binding on the participants.

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

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?