Protest Against Farm Laws
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Some people agitating just for sake of protest, says Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar on farmers' stir
•However, if through positive dialogue, any amendment in these laws is required, then the Union government will always be ready for it, the chief minister added
SC stays arrest of Shashi Tharoor, 6 journalists for 'misleading' tweets on Republic Day tractor violence
•'Nothing is going to happen. Where is the danger,' said the apex court bench headed by CJI SA Bobde. The matter has been adjourned for two weeks
52-year-old farmer from Haryana found dead near Tikri border protest site; suicide suspected
•As per the police, the purported handwritten suicide note left by the farmer reads, 'Dear farmer brethren, Modi government is giving date after date. No one knows when these black farm laws will be rolled back'
No 'chakka jam' programmes to be held in Delhi, UP and Uttarakhand; farmers' unions ask protesters to remain peaceful
•BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said that small groups of farmers will submit memorandum to district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
After US remarks on farmers' protest, India says 'Capitol Hill siege evoked similar sentiments'
Fp Staff •On the blockage of internet access in parts of the National Capital Region, which has resonated in the US, the government said it was 'understandably taken to prevent further violence'
Farm law protests: Freelance journalist Mandeep Punia granted bail by Delhi court
•The court directed Punia not to leave the country without prior permission from the court and said he should join the investigations as and when required by the investigating agency
Farmers' protests: Delhi court to pass order on freelance journalist Mandeep Punia's bail petition tomorrow
•Delhi Police has sought dismissal of the bail application, saying Punia may again indulge in instigating the protestors and create nuisance at the Singhu border protest site
Farmers tractor rally violence: 38 cases filed, 84 arrested; a look at action taken by police so far across India
Fp Staff •Cases have been filed in 5 states so far, the latest being in Delhi on Saturday, against Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists over their allegedly 'misleading' tweets on the violence
'Time to choose a side,' says Rahul Gandhi as Congress accuses Centre of trying to divide and intimidate farmers
•Congress leader P Chidambaram claimed there is a widespread belief that the incident at the Red Fort were instigated by sections close to the BJP and that any government with even rusty intelligence machinery should have known that something like this will happen
Rahul Gandhi calls Centre's farm laws 'criminal', claims legislations aimed at benefitting 5 to 6 people close to PM
•He alleged that Modi wanted the farmers to negotiate with 'huge corporates' rather than the ryots going to mandis or negotiating with small traders