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NEW DELHI: With most of the opposition leaders including chief ministers from Uddhav Thackaray to Mamata Banerjee supporting the farmers’ protests and their call for a countrywide bandh, the demand for the repeal of farm bills has turned into the latest rallying point for the opposition parties against the Narendra…

| Published: Saturday, December 5, 2020, 22:29 New Delhi, Dec 05: Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh on Saturday joined the farmers protests at Delhi''s Singhu border and asked the demonstrators to be patient and peaceful in their agitation and requested the government to accept their demands. Diljit Dosanjh Days after engaging…

The Indian government and protesting farmers were unable to break their deadlock in talks on Saturday, with the farmers saying they will intensify their demonstrations against new agriculture laws and continue blocking key highways on the outskirts of the capital.Farmers shout slogans during a protest against the central government's recent…

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Friday once again reiterated his stance on farmer protests in India amid worsening ties with New Delhi. In response to a question, he said, "Canada will always stand up for the right of peaceful protest anywhere around the world. We are pleased to see moves…

Synopsis“It is simple. The government does not want to give legal assurance on MSP. They say no law has ever given that. But no law has also ever given private parties an open licence to procure crops at any price they want,” farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni, who is part…

Although farmers in Himachal Pradesh have not been proactively agitating in the state against the controversial farm bills, which has led to a standoff between the government and 250 farmers’ unions, protests have erupted in solidarity. It's the second time within the past three days that the protests and demonstrations…

Things have gotten ugly on Twitter between actors Diljit Dosanjh and Kangana Ranaut. A few days ago, the actress had allegedly shared a tweet claiming that Shaheen Bagh dadi (grandmother) was in attendance during Farmers’ Protests at the Punjab – Delhi border. That claim was false and proven wrong after…

December 2, 2020 | 10:10am | Updated December 2, 2020 | 10:10am Joshua Wong (right) and Ivan Lam AP Ivan Lam and Joshua Wong (right) AFP via Getty Images Up Next An Alabama woman is now a single mother raising a... Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two others…

The writer questions limitations on the right to protest. Government is not accountable to its citizens in that it uses apartheid tactics deterring people from taking part in protests, writes Nkanyiso Ngqulunga.Our right to protest is one of the most suppressed even though it is contained in the Constitution, which is…

India has strongly reacted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's remarks on ongoing farmer protests, calling it "ill-informed". Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, "Such comments are unwarranted, especially when pertaining to the internal affairs of a democratic country. It is also best that diplomatic conversations are not…