Farmers Right Activists

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to investigate the case of alleged rape and death of a woman activist from West Bengal, at Tikri border where the farmers protest is going on against Centre's three farm laws.

The bail granted to labour rights campaigner Nodeep Kaur is far from a victory, her elder sister Rajvir Kaur said on Friday, noting that the fight is still on as the list of activists lodged in jails is "very long".

Nodeep Kaur, the 23-year-old labour rights activist who was released on bail on Friday following global outrage, told NDTV that she will visit the Singhu border near Delhi where farmers have been protesting against the centre's agricultural laws for three months and join the demonstration.

Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended support to 22-year-old Disha Ravi in India, who is in jail for alleged sedition and other charges for editing a "toolkit" that the police claim was used to conspire against the country over the protest by farmers against new agriculture laws.

Twitter, ordered by the government to block 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the farmer protests and provocative content, said today it had withheld a portion of the accounts and within India only. The US social media giant also said it had not taken any action on accounts of media, journalists, activists and politicians as ...

Two farmers' rightsactivists, who were among the dozen anti-farm law protesters from Assam to have attended the Delhi farmers' tractor rally on January 26, have been arrested by the Guwahati police.

IIT Guwahati professor Arupjyoti Saikia was questioned for the second day by the National Investigation Agency today in connection with a case against farmers' rights activist Akhilesh Gogoi and his aides, who have spent over a month in prison on charges of helping Maoists set up a base in Assam under the cover of protests against the Citizenship A...

Over 190 activists Wednesday requested the Union government to ask food and beverages giant PepsiCo India to withdraw its "false" cases against Gujarat farmers for allegedly illegally growing a variety of potatoes "registered" by the company.

For decades, Boat Club was the destination for dissent - a go-to spot for protesters of all ilk, from college kids and little-known politicians to disgruntled civil rights activists and even an army of nearly five lakh farmers who once brought the government down on its knees.

By Rina Chandran Mumbai: Farmers and activists are protesting legislative efforts in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana that would make acquiring land for infrastructure projects easier. With this move, the battle for scarce land in the country has become more contentious. Andhra Pradesh will introduce a law to accelerate land acquisitions for “public ...

Farmers' Rights activist Kishore Tiwari has alleged fraud in distribution of funds to farmers by nationalized and cooperative banks in Maharashtra and has written to the Prime Minister seeking a CBI investigation.

The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has summoned the Yavatmal collector over the spate of suicides reported among Kolam tribal farmers of this district in the past few months, an activist said here on Saturday.

A number of noted civil rights activists today came together on one platform to rally support against changes in the land acquisition law. Anti-corruption crusader and Gandhian activist Anna Hazare flagged off a march of 5000 farmers, landless labourers and tribals to Delhi from Palwal in Haryana.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to investigate the case of alleged rape and death of a woman activist from West Bengal, at Tikri border where the farmers protest is going on against Centre's three farm laws.

The bail granted to labour rights campaigner Nodeep Kaur is far from a victory, her elder sister Rajvir Kaur said on Friday, noting that the fight is still on as the list of activists lodged in jails is "very long".

Nodeep Kaur, the 23-year-old labour rights activist who was released on bail on Friday following global outrage, told NDTV that she will visit the Singhu border near Delhi where farmers have been protesting against the centre's agricultural laws for three months and join the demonstration.

Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended support to 22-year-old Disha Ravi in India, who is in jail for alleged sedition and other charges for editing a "toolkit" that the police claim was used to conspire against the country over the protest by farmers against new agriculture laws.

Twitter, ordered by the government to block 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the farmer protests and provocative content, said today it had withheld a portion of the accounts and within India only. The US social media giant also said it had not taken any action on accounts of media, journalists, activists and politicians as ...

Two farmers' rightsactivists, who were among the dozen anti-farm law protesters from Assam to have attended the Delhi farmers' tractor rally on January 26, have been arrested by the Guwahati police.

IIT Guwahati professor Arupjyoti Saikia was questioned for the second day by the National Investigation Agency today in connection with a case against farmers' rights activist Akhilesh Gogoi and his aides, who have spent over a month in prison on charges of helping Maoists set up a base in Assam under the cover of protests against the Citizenship A...

Over 190 activists Wednesday requested the Union government to ask food and beverages giant PepsiCo India to withdraw its "false" cases against Gujarat farmers for allegedly illegally growing a variety of potatoes "registered" by the company.

For decades, Boat Club was the destination for dissent - a go-to spot for protesters of all ilk, from college kids and little-known politicians to disgruntled civil rights activists and even an army of nearly five lakh farmers who once brought the government down on its knees.

By Rina Chandran Mumbai: Farmers and activists are protesting legislative efforts in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana that would make acquiring land for infrastructure projects easier. With this move, the battle for scarce land in the country has become more contentious. Andhra Pradesh will introduce a law to accelerate land acquisitions for “public ...

Farmers' Rights activist Kishore Tiwari has alleged fraud in distribution of funds to farmers by nationalized and cooperative banks in Maharashtra and has written to the Prime Minister seeking a CBI investigation.

The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has summoned the Yavatmal collector over the spate of suicides reported among Kolam tribal farmers of this district in the past few months, an activist said here on Saturday.

A number of noted civil rights activists today came together on one platform to rally support against changes in the land acquisition law. Anti-corruption crusader and Gandhian activist Anna Hazare flagged off a march of 5000 farmers, landless labourers and tribals to Delhi from Palwal in Haryana.