Protests By Farmers

Concerns about low rainfall, unemployment, losses incurred by farmers, tribal distress, MNREGA payments and government schools were among the matters raised by members in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour on Monday.

Trucking protests over fuel costs have hit Argentina while Ecuador is being roiled by protests in part linked to gas prices.

Twitter was asked by the government to block multiple accounts and some tweets from advocacy group Freedom House, journalists, politicians, and supporters of farmers' protest, according to a document filed by the platform on June 26.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday called the agitation by state farmers as unwarranted and undesirable but said he is ready for talks.

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday joined the ongoing protest by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) at the Telangana Bhavan against the alleged "discriminatory policy" of procurement of foodgrains.

Ashish Mishra, Union minister Ajay Mishra's son who is accused ofrunning over farmers in Lakhimpur Keri, is "not a flight risk", the Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court today.

Junior home minister Ajay Mishra, whose son is a murder accused in the running over of protesting farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, today said the BJP victory is an indication that law and order in the state is good.

A 66-year-old man died on Friday at a protest by farmers affected by the land acquisition for the new capital city of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The cause of the death of farmer Siyaram Patel, however, was not yet clear, they added.

A petition by families of farmers in Uttar Pradesh seeking to cancel the bail given to a Union Minister's son, who allegedly ran over farmers during an ant-farm law protest in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri, will be heard by the Supreme Court on March 11.

His comments come at a time when farmers in the state have been protesting against electricity bills. Mr Raut, however, has made his intentions clear that power supply will be cut off if bills are not paid on time.

Deep Sidhu died in a road accident on Tuesday night. The SUV which he was driving smashed into a trailer truck. Mr Sidhu was at the centre of the farmers protest against the three controversial farm laws last year, and out on bail in a related case.

Punjabi actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu died Tuesday evening in a road accident in Haryana's Sonipat district.

Lakhimpur Kheri farmers case: Ashish Mishra, Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son and the main accused in the killing of protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri last year, was released from jail on Tuesday evening.

Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the killing of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh last year, has been granted bail.

The first of the seven-phase polling in Uttar Pradesh -- said to be the semi-final before the general election of 2024 -- ended peacefully on Thursday. 60.17% people voted for the 58 seats in western UP, a shade lower than the 63.5% in 2017.

Concerns about low rainfall, unemployment, losses incurred by farmers, tribal distress, MNREGA payments and government schools were among the matters raised by members in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour on Monday.

Trucking protests over fuel costs have hit Argentina while Ecuador is being roiled by protests in part linked to gas prices.

Twitter was asked by the government to block multiple accounts and some tweets from advocacy group Freedom House, journalists, politicians, and supporters of farmers' protest, according to a document filed by the platform on June 26.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday called the agitation by state farmers as unwarranted and undesirable but said he is ready for talks.

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday joined the ongoing protest by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) at the Telangana Bhavan against the alleged "discriminatory policy" of procurement of foodgrains.

Ashish Mishra, Union minister Ajay Mishra's son who is accused ofrunning over farmers in Lakhimpur Keri, is "not a flight risk", the Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court today.

Junior home minister Ajay Mishra, whose son is a murder accused in the running over of protesting farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, today said the BJP victory is an indication that law and order in the state is good.

A 66-year-old man died on Friday at a protest by farmers affected by the land acquisition for the new capital city of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The cause of the death of farmer Siyaram Patel, however, was not yet clear, they added.

A petition by families of farmers in Uttar Pradesh seeking to cancel the bail given to a Union Minister's son, who allegedly ran over farmers during an ant-farm law protest in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri, will be heard by the Supreme Court on March 11.

His comments come at a time when farmers in the state have been protesting against electricity bills. Mr Raut, however, has made his intentions clear that power supply will be cut off if bills are not paid on time.

Deep Sidhu died in a road accident on Tuesday night. The SUV which he was driving smashed into a trailer truck. Mr Sidhu was at the centre of the farmers protest against the three controversial farm laws last year, and out on bail in a related case.

Punjabi actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu died Tuesday evening in a road accident in Haryana's Sonipat district.

Lakhimpur Kheri farmers case: Ashish Mishra, Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son and the main accused in the killing of protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri last year, was released from jail on Tuesday evening.

Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the killing of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh last year, has been granted bail.

The first of the seven-phase polling in Uttar Pradesh -- said to be the semi-final before the general election of 2024 -- ended peacefully on Thursday. 60.17% people voted for the 58 seats in western UP, a shade lower than the 63.5% in 2017.