Topic: farmers protest
Farmer leader escapes unhurt as bike-borne assailants open fire
Bharatiya Kisan Union's Haryana unit General Secretary Jastej Singh Sandhu escaped unhurt Monday after two motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at him when he was...
India systematically discriminates against Muslims, vilifies Sikh protesters: Rights watchdog
Authorities in India have adopted laws and policies that systematically discriminate against Muslims and stigmatize critics of the government, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
If highlighting farmers’ protest is sedition, it’s better to be in jail: Disha Ravi
"If highlighting farmers’ protest globally is sedition, I am better in jail," the climate activist Disha Ravi told a Delhi court via her lawyer Saturday, stating that there is no evidence to link her with Sikhs For Justice, a banned organisation.
Farmers ready to sacrifice one crop but wont let movement weaken: Rakesh Tikait
Rakesh Tikait, Uttar Pradesh's peasant leader and one of the faces of ongoing farmers' protest against Narendra Modi government's new agri laws, asserted Friday that farmers were ready to sacrifice one crop but will not let the agitation weaken.
A Chennai school exam paper terms protesting farmers ‘violent maniacs’
A question paper of the revision exams of a popular CBSE school in Chennai has stirred sharp criticisms as it termed the farmer protesters as "miscreants" and "violent maniacs."
Toolkit case: Delhi court sends Disha Ravi to jail for 3 days
A Delhi court on Friday sent 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi to three-day judicial custody in connection with the Greta Thunberg toolkit case.
