UNITED NATIONS, Feb 07 (APP): The United Nations human rights office, OHCHR, has called on Indian authorities and protesting farmers to exercise “maximum restraint” hours before the protestors imposed a nationwide road blockade on Saturday seeking a repeal of new agricultural laws. In a Tweet, OHCHR also stressed the need for equitable solutions with due… Continue reading UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ as Indian farmers’ protests widen; int’l celebrities react
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UN upholds right to ‘opine freely’ after sedition cases filed against Indian personalties’ reports about farmers’ protest
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 02 (APP): The United Nations stands for the right of people to “speak their mind and opine freely”, UN Secretary-General’s Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday, while replying to a question on the tough measures taken by Indian authorities against prominent personalities over their observations about the ongoing Indian farmers’ protest. “I’m not… Continue reading UN upholds right to ‘opine freely’ after sedition cases filed against Indian personalties’ reports about farmers’ protest
Farmers’ protests overshadow India’s Republic Day
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Thousands of farmers in tractor convoys on Tuesday burst through police barricades to take their protest against new farm laws to the heart of India’s capital as the nation marked Republic Day with a military parade. Angry farmers frustrated with the policies of the Narendra Modi government policies unleashed unprecedented chaos… Continue reading Farmers’ protests overshadow India’s Republic Day
India’s protesting farmers bust ‘shootout plot’ to disrupt tractor parade on Republic day
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (APP): Indian farmers have busted a conspiracy to disrupt their announced tractor parade on upcoming Republic Day, after they nabbed a masked man tasked to assassinate their four farmer leaders. The farmers at the Singhu border protest site presented a person at a press conference late Friday, who claims to be a… Continue reading India’s protesting farmers bust ‘shootout plot’ to disrupt tractor parade on Republic day
India’s Republic day: Military march to coincide with ‘tractor parade’ by protesting farmers
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (APP): The upcoming Republic Day of India on January 26 is going to be different this time – a military march in the capital will coincide with a ‘tractor parade’ by the protesting farmers in New Delhi. As the country-wide protest continues against the Indian government’s agricultural reforms, the farmers in the… Continue reading India’s Republic day: Military march to coincide with ‘tractor parade’ by protesting farmers
India faces daily loss of Rs 3,500 crore as farmers intensify protest
India is facing a loss of around Rs 35,000 crore per day as economic activities come to a halt with the ongoing protests of farmers against arbitrary reform laws. The protests are giving a big blow to the inter-connected economies of the region including Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and… Continue reading India faces daily loss of Rs 3,500 crore as farmers intensify protest
Sikhs protest near Indian Consulate against new farm laws
NEW YORK, Dec 11 (APP): Braving cold weather, hundreds of Sikhs staged a demonstration on Thursday — the U.N. Human Rights Day — near the Indian Consulate General in New York to protest new agricultural laws in India that they fear will adversely affect Punjabi farmers. They raised vociferous anti-Modi and pro-Khalistan slogans as they… Continue reading Sikhs protest near Indian Consulate against new farm laws
Indian farmers on boil as widespread protest blocks roads, rails
India faced a massive blockade of its railway tracks and roads on Tuesday as farmers across the country led a massive protest against reforms deregulating the agriculture sector. With a top trend of #IndiaShutDown and BharatBandh, shops, markets, transport and other business came to a grinding halt across the country. The protest in India received… Continue reading Indian farmers on boil as widespread protest blocks roads, rails
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