Farmers protest

PTI -March 10, 2021

Two persons, including a 21-year-old man who assaulted a policeman on duty at Red Fort with a spear on January 26, has been arrested in connection with the violence at the historic monument, police said on Wednesday. With this, the total number of arrests made in connection with the case of violence at the Red […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 2, 2021

Back with a contemporary twist, after being performed over 500 times, in this post lockdown version of the play, Mirza Ghalib deals with issues plaguing 2021 Hugely popular, highly acclaimed and widely travelled in India as well as abroad – Pierrot’s Troupe’s ‘Ghalib In New Delhi’ is back. One of India’s longest-running comedies, it returns […]

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PTI -March 2, 2021

A court here on Tuesday granted a week’s time to the Delhi Police to their file reply to the anticipatory bail plea of Nikita Jacob, a co-accused along with Disha Ravi The two were earlier arrested in connection of their allegedly involvement in sharing a “toolkit” on social media related to the farmers’ protest. Additional […]

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PTI -February 17, 2021

A 30-year-old man who was allegedly swinging swords that “motivated” the protesters at the Red Fort during the violence in Delhi on Republic Day has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. Maninder Singh, who works as a car AC mechanic, was arrested around 7.45 pm on Tuesday near the C D block bus stop in […]

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PTI -February 15, 2021

Non-bailable warrants have been issued against two people for allegedly sharing the “toolkit” related to the farmers’ protest on social media, the Delhi Police said on Monday, two days after it arrested climate activist Disha Ravi in connection with the case The 21-year-old activist was arrested on Saturday from Bengaluru and sent to five days […]

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Sashikala VP and MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA -February 7, 2021

After the violence that marred the tractor rally of 26 January, the ‘chakka jam’ organised by SKM remained a peaceful affair   The day of chakka jam on February 6 called for by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) things remained calm at the Singhu border – perhaps unusually so for the security personnel who had been […]

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Sashikala VP -February 6, 2021

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha has called for a nationwide protest, will be joined by 40 farmer unions together If directions by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) are adhered to, there won’t be any attempt to block Delhi’s highways on February 6. The ‘Chakka jam’ planned for Saturday, is to block national and state highways from […]

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With security personnel sealing off the borders and the MHA ordering shutting down of internet services, local residents are the ones suffering  In a bid to stop the protesting farmers from entering the Capital, Delhi Police has sealed the borders for even the local residents. Those who have houses around the Ghazipur border now complain […]

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