Shop.what.You.Search

     New Delhi:  As clashes erupted in several parts of Delhi during the farmers' tractor march on Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several other political leaders deplored the mayhem, saying that "violence is not a solution to any problem". Thousands of protesting farmers stormed into Delhi with their tractor rally this morning and also entered the iconic Red Fort and ITO in the heart of the national capital, triggering violent face-offs with police. A section of protesting farmers also hoisted flags from some domes of the iconic monument. Security personnel resorted to lathicharge and tear gas as hundreds of protesters deviated from pre-designated routes way before the pre-decided time. Expressing ire over the chaos, Gandhi tweeted, “Violence is not a solution to any problem. Whoever gets hurt, the loss is of the country. Take back the anti-farmers law for the benefit of the country.” Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also criticised the violence, saying ...

     Concerns  that the tractor parade  could go off course  were expressed during a series of meetings held in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) over the past few days, sources told  The Indian Express . However, despite the Delhi Police’s reservations, a political call was taken to allow the rally rather than letting the farmers take a “more confrontationist” stand. On Tuesday, as a section of protesters stormed the Red Fort, Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with top officials of the MHA, Delhi Police and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) at his residence. At the meeting, which began around 4.30 pm and continued for one-and-a-half hours, Shah reviewed the security arrangements and discussed the next course of action to defuse the tension. A decision was taken to deploy additional forces from paramilitary units and suspend Internet in some areas of the National Capital Region, including  Singhu ,  Ghazipur ,  Tikri , Mukarba Chowk...

     Farmers Protest: In eight rounds of talks with farmers' unions over the past month, the government had firmly ruled out withdrawing the laws but had insisted that amendments were on the table. New Delhi:  The three new laws at the heart of massive farmer protests near Delhi will not come into force for now. The Supreme Court today pressed pause on the laws enacted in September in a huge blow to the government. The top court also said a committee of agricultural experts would take over negotiations with farmers to end the crisis, and called it a "victory of fair play". "We are staying three farm laws until further orders," Chief Justice SA Bobde said, announcing the order. "While we may not stifle a peaceful protest, we think that this extraordinary order of stay of implementation of the farm laws will be perceived as an achievement of the purpose of such protest at least for the present and will encourage the farmers bodies to convince their me...

Amid a deadlock in the government's negotiations with the protesting farmer unions, the Supreme Court will today deliver its judgment on petitions challenging the validity of the three farm laws enacted last September.  A bench, headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, which indicated during the hearing that it may pass orders in parts on the issues concerning farm laws and farmers'' protest, later uploaded the information on the website. "List these matters tomorrow i.e. 12.01.2021, for orders," said the bench which also comprised justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian.''  The  top court on Monday  demanded the repeal of the three new farm laws, saying it was "extremely disappointed" with the negotiation process, and also expressed its inclination to stay the implementation of the acts. It asked the central government whether it would pause the three controversial laws at the core of massive farmer protests near Delhi, and suggested a committee ...

       CHENNAI: A 65-year-old man killed himself in Chennai on Saturday in support of farmers protesting in Delhi against the Centre's farm laws. G Perumal of Ashok Nagar left behind a suicide note at his home. In the two-page suicide note, he stated that the new farm laws would help neither farmers nor corporates. Perumal had lost vision in one of his eyes in an accident. On Saturday, his wife Kumudha, 45, a housemaid, left for work. His son, Lokesh, 22, a delivery executive, also went for work. Lokesh, who came back home for lunch, found his father hanging from the ceiling. Perumal used his dhoti to end his life. Lokesh removed Perumal from the noose and rushed him to a nearby health centre where he had been declared brought dead. Save Farmers......................

     This is just ‘rehearsal’ for their proposed January 26 tractor parade, unions say Amid tight security, thousands of farmers on Thursday started their tractor-march from protest sites — Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders — against the three agriculture laws.      Bharati Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan said that farmers participated in the march with over 3,500 tractors and trolley.                                            'Thousands of tractors and farm vehicles joined us'      “There were about 300 tractors when we flagged off the march from the Sampla toll gate. But as we joined the KMP [the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal] expressway, there were thousands more, it is no exaggeration to say there were thousands of tractors and farm vehicles joining is on the road,” said AIKS joint secretary Vijoo...