Delhi traffic restrictions begin from today ahead of farmers’ protest

Various farmer groups have announced a march on February 13 to advocate for a law ensuring MSP for their agricultural produce, a condition they had insisted on when ending their protest in 2021. As per the advisory, traffic restrictions and diversions will be in place from today for commercial vehicles

Farmers protest in Delhi: Security beefed up at borders

Barricades and checkpoints have been put up along the border areas linking Delhi with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

Bastion of dissent

Jantar Mantar, which was originally built as an observatory, has hosted some landmark protests over the past three decades since it was named as the exclusive venue to hold dharnas

Thousands of farmers on their way to Ramlila Maidan for ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’

"The Kisan Mahapanchayat is being held to press for a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP)," the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmer unions, said in a statement on Sunday

Farmers reach Jantar Mantar to attend mahapanchayat

According to Sanmyukta Kisan Morcha, the farmers will discuss the laws, raise their demands and chalk out future strategy of the movement

Dilemmas and delights of Delhi’s photojournalists

After the Pulitzer win for Danish Siddiqui, Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo and Amit Dave, photojournalists in the capital talk about what this international recognition for Indian journalists means for them, while also sharing their thoughts about the work culture in the capital and the overall state of photojournalism

Men still at work: roads at Singhu yet to reopen for all vehicles  

After almost a year, roads blockaded by protesting farmers at Singhu border have been vacated; however, it will be some time before they become fully operational for all vehicles   On December 15, around 10:00 pm the porous border between Delhi and Haryana, near Singhu, was reopened. This came close on the heels of the protesting […]

‘Better late than never, protest over other demands to go on’, say farmers at Singhu

Celebrations broke out at the Singhu border protest site soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced repealing the farm laws, but some farmers said the agitation will continue till Parliament repeals the legislations and their other demands are met Distributing sweets and dancing to songs blaring out of music systems placed on tractors, farmers, who […]