Farmers Protest
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Rakesh Tikait demands dismissal, arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra over Lakhimpur violence
India | Oct 18, 2021, 12:42 PM ISTRakesh Tikait has said that Union Minister Home Ajay Mishra should be arrested for his role in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
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Rail roko agitation: Section 144 imposed in Lucknow; police warn of NSA over disruption of normalcy
India | Oct 18, 2021, 10:46 AM ISTThe Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for a six-hour-long nationwide 'Rail roko' agitation on Monday demanding the removal of Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni from the Union Cabinet over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
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Govt can resolve farmers' agitation by MSP guarantee law: Satya Pal Malik
India | Oct 18, 2021, 10:26 AM ISTThousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have been agitating at three Delhi border points -- Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur -- since last November.
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'Rail Roko' agitation: 293 trains hit, SKM says protest was peaceful
India | Oct 18, 2021, 08:47 PM ISTThe SKM said during the 'rail roko' protest, all train traffic will be stopped for six hours from 10 am till 4 pm on Monday.
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Singhu border killing: Punjab BJP in-charge Dushyant Gautam meets JP Nadda over Dalit farmer murder
India | Oct 17, 2021, 08:53 AM ISTThe man has been identified as Lakhbir Singh, a resident of village Cheema Khurd in Tarn Taran district of Punjab.
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Singhu border case: Second Nihang Sikh confesses to killing Lakhbir Singh; arrested
India | Oct 17, 2021, 07:45 AM ISTThe second accused, Narayan Singh, was arrested from Rakh Devidass Pura at Amarkot village in the district.
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Pawar draws reference to Indira Gandhi's assassination; advises Centre to 'not upset Punjab farmers'
India | Oct 17, 2021, 06:54 AM IST"My advise to the Union government is, do not let farmers of Punjab get upset, it is a border state. If we upset the farmers and people from border regions, then there will be other ramifications," Pawar said.
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Singhu border killing: 4 Nihangs surrender before police; victim's family demands high-level probe
India | Oct 16, 2021, 11:34 PM ISTThe Haryana Police on Saturday detained two more persons from the Nihang community — Bhagwant Singh and Govind Singh — in connection with the brutal murder of Dalit Sikh Lakhbir Singh at the farmers' protest site at Singhu.
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Singhu border killing 'unfortunate', would not affect farmers' protest: Rakesh Tikait
India | Oct 16, 2021, 02:06 PM ISTOn Friday, a corpse of a man, with hands and legs chopped off, was found hanging on a police barricade at the farmers' protest site near the Singhu border, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hansraj.
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Plea in SC seeks early hearing of case to remove protesting farmers from Delhi borders
India | Oct 16, 2021, 10:42 AM ISTThe application filed through advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha sought an early hearing of the case saying despite multiple attempts, the matter has not been heard till now.
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Singhu Border: Four accused surrender
India | Oct 17, 2021, 12:27 AM ISTIn a video clip that surfaced on social media, some Nihangs were seen standing around the injured man with his severed left hand close to his head. The group is heard accusing him of desecrating a Sikh holy book.
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Who are Nihangs, the group behind Lakhbir Singh's chilling murder at Singhu border? Explained
India | Dec 17, 2021, 11:32 PM ISTThe lynching of a 35-year-old man at the Singhu border on Friday sent a chilling wave across the country, and the Nihangs have taken responsibility for the murder. Who are they? Here's what you need to know.
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SKM condemns gruesome murder at Singhu border, disassociates from Nihangs
India | Oct 15, 2021, 04:01 PM ISTSKM, an umbrella body of over 40 Indian farmers' unions against Centre's three farm laws, has identified the deceased as Lakhbir Singh from Cheema Kala village of Punjab.
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Man's body with hands, legs chopped found at Singhu border farmers' protest site
News | Oct 15, 2021, 01:46 PM ISTIn a shocking incident, a mutilated body of a man, with hands and legs chopped off, was found hanging on a police barricade at the farmers' protest site near the Singhu border. The man was brutally murdered and his body was found hanging from a barricade near farmers' protest site on Friday morning.
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Singhu border: Lakbhir Singh murder accused Nihang Sarabjit arrested
India | Oct 16, 2021, 01:34 AM ISTThe man was brutally murdered and his body was found hanging from a barricade near farmers' protest site at Singhu border on Friday morning.
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: 'Rail roko' protest by farmers on October 18
India | Oct 15, 2021, 09:14 AM ISTLakhimpur Kheri: SKM will hold up rail traffic for six hours on October 18, to protest against lack of action against Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni.
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Raise Lakhimpur Kheri like incidents each time, not just when BJP in power: Sitharaman blasts Oppn
India | Oct 13, 2021, 11:19 AM ISTThe finance minister was asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior ministers are silent on the issue and why is there a defensive reaction when somebody asks questions about such things.
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Maharashtra Bandh: Shiv Sena claims 100 per cent success, BJP slams MVA govt
India | Oct 11, 2021, 11:58 PM ISTBarring stray incidents of violence like stone pelting, the shutdown called by the MVA allies Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP was largely peaceful.
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Lakhimpur violence: MoS Ajay Mishra's son Ashish sent to 3-day police custody
India | Oct 11, 2021, 10:31 PM ISTAshish was arrested on Saturday night after around 12 hours of questioning in connection with the Lakhimpur violence. Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in the violence on October 3.
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Lakhimpur Kheri: MoS Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra sent to 3-day police remand
India | Oct 11, 2021, 10:25 PM ISTAshish Mishra, who was arrested late on Saturday, was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days and placed under COVID quarantine in the district jail in Lakhimpur Kheri.