Mohammed Ghazali

Haryana Schools To Reopen For Classes 3 To 5 From Wednesday

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Ridhima Shukla | Monday February 22, 2021

Schools in Haryana will reopen for the students of Classes 3 to 5 from Wednesday, according to an order issued by the Department of School Education today.

Rakesh Tikait Clarifies As "Burn Crop" Warning Taken Literally In Haryana

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday February 21, 2021

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait's warning that farmers would burn their crops if there is a crackdown on their protest, backfired today. Mr Tikait was forced to issue a clarification after a group of farmers in Haryana's Jind jumped the gun and started pulling crops off their fields.

In Haryana, Farmers Target Caste Divide To Boost Traction For Protests

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Saturday February 20, 2021

Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws are teaming up with Dalits as part of their plan to take the protest across the country. The idea is to focus on eliminating the caste divide and give the protest a pan-Indian, broader base. A mahapanchayat with Dalits was held in Haryana's Hisar on Saturday, at the town of Barwala, which was atten...

Fresh Controversy Over Yuvraj Singh Remarks On Yuzvendra Chahal

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Monday February 15, 2021

Eight months after Yuvraj Singh, who retired from international cricket in 2019, apologised for the "unintentional remarks" made during an Instagram live video, a first information report (FIR) was filed against the former India all-rounder in Haryana's Hisar district on Sunday. He has been accused of making a "casteist" remark on cricketer Yuzvend...

Haryana Chief Minister Meets Amit Shah, Hardens Stand Against Protesters

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday February 13, 2021

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar met his party colleague and Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday to discuss the way ahead amid the protest by farmers against three new farm laws. The Chief Minister in a statement after the meeting said they will work to make a new law to make protesters who destroy property pay up.

"PM Called Farmers Parasites": Harsimrat Badal's Attack In Lok Sabha

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday February 9, 2021

Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal -- a former minister in Narendra Modi's cabinet -- today attacked the government over the farmers' issue, questioning how the Prim e Minister could call them "parasites". She also accused the government of targetting journalists over their coverage of the protest.

Kurukshetra University Exam Postponed "Till Further Notice" Over Internet Ban

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Tuesday February 2, 2021

The year-end exams of Kurukshetra University - the largest and most acclaimed in Haryana -- have been postponed amid continued suspension of internet services in parts of the state over "law and order" situation amid farmers' protest.

Internet Blackout Continues In 7 Haryana Districts, Restored In Others

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Monday February 1, 2021

Mobile internet services will remain suspended in seven of Haryana's 22 districts for another day. The order was issued by the state home department on Monday evening in view of the "critical law and order" situation amid the ongoing farmers' protest along Delhi's borders.

After Politicians Meet Rakesh Tikait, Farmers’ Group Read Out Rulebook

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday January 31, 2021

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a conglomerate of farmers' groups, on Sunday signalled its disapproval of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait's meeting with political leaders, saying politicians are only allowed to "sit with the protesters".

Tractor Rally Ripples In Haryana: Locals Want Protesting Farmers Gone

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday January 28, 2021

Upset over the violence in Delhi during Republic Day's tractor rally, a group of villages in Haryana have asked farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws to vacate the nearby highway. The police had to step in to stop another flare-up. The villagers have given the protesters an ultimatum -- asking them to vacate the highway within 24 hours....

Two Farmer Groups Pull Support From Protests Day After Rally Violence

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Wednesday January 27, 2021

Two farmers' unions have pulled out of the 60-day-old protest at Delhi's borders against the centre's three contentious farm laws after Tuesday's violence at Red Fort and other pockets as the Republic Day tractor rally went rogue.

Who Is Deep Sidhu? Actor Blamed By Farmers For Tractor Rally Violence

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday January 27, 2021

A Punjabi actor who gained prominence because of his role in film star-turned-BJP MP Sunny Deol's 2019 Lok Sabha campaign has become hugely controversial after clashes on Republic Day during a farmers' tractor rally in Delhi. Deep Sidhu has been blamed by several farmer leaders for tainting their protests against farm laws with the breach of Red Fo...

2 Farmer Groups Walk Out Of Protest Day After Tractor Rally: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday January 27, 2021

The rift within the farmers' groups surfaced as two groups pulled out of the protest against the Centre's three farm laws today -- a day after the unprecedented violence during the Republic Day tractor rally. "We can't carry forward a protest with someone whose direction is something else," said VM Singh of the Kisan Sangharsh Committee. A faction ...

Farmers' Group Plans To Veer From Agreed Upon Route For Tractor Rally

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday January 26, 2021

A day ahead of the farmers' big tractor rally on Republic Day, one of the key participants - the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee - declared that it would not stick to the route agreed upon by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and the police. Their parade, the group said, will approach Delhi's Outer Ring Road, raising a possibility of conflict with the pol...

"Fake News, Tracing Rumour-Mongers": Punjab On 'Closing' Petrol Stations

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Stela Dey | Monday January 25, 2021

Social media posts on shutting down petrol pumps in Punjab to disrupt the farmers' tractor rally on Republic Day are fake, the state police said today and warned that strict legal action will be taken against people spreading the rumours.