Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: Farmers

Role of central agencies suspected in murder of Dalit Sikh at Singhu: Punjab Congress leaders

Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday alleged there could be a role of Central agencies in the murder of a 35-year-old Dalit Sikh from Punjab at the farmers’ protest site at Singhu border.

Lakhimpur killing: UP government is ‘dragging its feet’, says Supreme Court

The Uttar Pradesh government is “dragging its feet” in the probe into the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

Farmers block trains across India, demand union minister’s removal over farmers’ killing

Pressing for Union Minister Ajay Mishra's dismissal and arrest over farmers' killings in Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh, in which his son Ashish Mishra has been arrested, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmers' unions has called for a six-hour-long nationwide ''Rail roko'' agitation today.

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Maharashtra holds bandh today

A statewide bandh announced by state government, which is an alliance of the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress, will be observed in Maharashtra today to support the farmers protest against the farmers' killing on October 3 in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district.

Lakhimpur Kheri: Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra arrested

12 hours of questioning in Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident that left eight persons including four farmers and one journalist dead.

“Reaction to action”: Rakesh Tikait on 2 BJP workers’ deaths in Lakhimpur

The killing of two BJP workers in Lakhimpur Kheri - after four farmers were run over by a SUV owned by Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra is a "reaction to an action", and "would not call it wrong", Rakesh Tikait, one of the faces of farmers agitation said Saturday.