New Delhi: Social media platform X Thursday expressed disagreement with the Indian government's order to block accounts and posts related to the ongoing farmers' protests and called for extending freedom of expression to the affected posts. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has ordered social...
Chandigarh: Farmer leaders Wednesday put the 'Delhi Chalo' march on hold for two days after a protester was killed and about 12 police personnel injured in clashes at Khanauri, one of the two protest sites on the Punjab-Haryana border. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher told...
Chandigarh: A 21-year-old farmer was killed and a few others injured following a clash between security personnel and protesting farmers at Khanauri on the Punjab-Haryana border. Farmer leaders said this was the first death in clashes since the 'Delhi Chalo' march began February 13. The...
Chandigarh: Haryana Police Wednesday fired tear gas shells as protesting farmers on the Shambhu border, bordering Haryana, tried to breach the border. However, farmers' leaders have been appealing to the protesters to keep it peaceful. The farmers, who are staging their protest march towards the...
New Delhi: Security measures in the national capital were heightened and strict vigilance at key border points was being maintained following a planned march by protesting farmers towards Delhi on Wednesday. The areas surrounding the Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur borders have been placed on high...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday overturned the result of the Chandigarh mayoral poll in which the BJP candidate had emerged an unlikely winner, and declared defeated AAP-Congress alliance candidate Kuldeep Kumar as the new city mayor. It also ordered prosecution of the returning officer...
Chandigarh: Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher Tuesday sought that the Centre accept their demands, including a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP) for crops and farm loan waiver, and said they will head to Delhi Wednesday. His statement came a day after the...
Sultanpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached a special court in Sultanpur Tuesday to appear in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader for his remarks against Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018. The case was filed by Vijay Mishra August 4, 2018 against Gandhi...
Chandigarh: Hours after holding the fourth round of talks with the Centre, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher Monday said they would mull over the Centre's proposal to give guarantees on buying five crops at the minimum support price (MSP) and also the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march...
Chandigarh: The fourth round of meetings between three Central ministers and farmer leaders ended here in the early hours of Monday after over four hours of deliberations with Union Minister Piyush Goyal saying they proposed a five-year deal with the farmers to buy pulses and...
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