Haryana

Agitating farmer unions demand release of activist Disha Ravi

9:49 pm February 15, 2021

New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is leading the agitation against new agri laws, on Monday again demanded the release of 21-year-old environmental activist Disha Ravi. Ravi was arrested on Saturday from Bengaluru by Delhi Police, which alleged that she, along with Mumbai lawyer Nikita Jacob and Pune-based engineer Shantanu, created the ”toolkit” related to the farmers‘ agitation and shared it with others to […]

Framers would have died even while staying back home: Haryana minister

11:52 pm February 13, 2021

Chandigarh: In a controversial remark over farmers’ death at various protest sites, Haryana Agriculture Minister J P Dalal on Saturday said they would have died even if they had stayed back home. Dalal made the remark in Bhiwani in response to a reporter’s query over the “death of 200 farmers”. “Had they been at their homes, they would have […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Bride-to-be tweets concerns over water-logging around house, problem vanishes

10:08 pm February 13, 2021

Chandigarh : Upset with the prospect of receiving her wedding guests at her residence in a water-logged area, a Faridabad woman took to Twitter to apprise Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar of her predicament and the problem disappeared in a jiffy. The Social Media Grievance Tracker (SMGT) team of the Haryana government immediately forwarded the would-be bride’s tweet to relevant authorities and the problem […]

3 killed in firing in gymnastics hall of college in Haryana’s Rohtak

11:55 pm February 12, 2021

Chandigarh: Three persons were killed and a few others injured in a firing incident in the gymnastics hall of a private college in Haryana’s Rohtak on Friday evening, police said. Among the injured, two were stated to be in a critical condition, they said. ”Three have died and some are under treatment. We have formed […]

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur

Protesters won’t return home till agreement is reached: Tikait

10:55 pm February 12, 2021

Bahadurgarh: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday revealed plans by farmer leaders to hold meetings in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat and said protesters in Delhi will not return home until the Centre reaches an “agreement” with them. It was not immediately clear if the remark made at a ”mahapanchayat” here was a climb down from Tikait’s earlier assertion […]