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Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS

SKM leaders say the draft seed Bill surrendered the seed sovereignty of India and it is aimed at predatory pricing by corporate monopolies

SC appoints retired P&H HC judge Rakesh Jain to monitor Lakhimpur Kheri probe

The apex court also included three IPS officers in the SIT, including one woman, after expressing dissatisfaction with the probe

Why are right-wing bhakts so easily triggered by satire?

Comedian Vir Das is being hounded after he performed a set titled 'I come from two Indias' at Kennedy Center

NBDSA deems Times Now’s show on Teesta Setalvad ‘devoid of objectivity’

The channel has been issued a warning and ordered to take down the video from its website, Youtube, and any other links

With CJP’s help, Mojibor Sheikh finally walks out of Assam Detention Centre

After he was thrown behind bars, his wife had to take up employment as a domestic help, his son had dropped out of school

Lakhimpur Kheri killings: Sessions Court rejects bail plea of Ashish Mishra, two others

Citing Lakhimpur violence as a “serious matter” the sessions court rejects the bail plea of Mishra and two other accused

Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC directs UP gov’t to “upgrade” SIT with non-native higher-grade officers

The state government agreed to probe monitoring by a retired High Court judge

Nativist Drama

The chain of incidents in the firing case of December 12, also lays bare the hypocrisy and fraud of many who try to pass off as true-blue nationalists but exploit public sentiment to cozy up to those who wield power for personal gain

SKM appeals to protesters to keep morale high

Reacting to reports of a recent farmer suicide, farmer leaders appealed to protesters to not consider extreme steps

CTUs promise to join farmers on Nov 26

Farmers say state-level mobilisation has already begun to mark the first anniversary of the peasant movement

Punjab: Tensions rise, clashes break out between farmers and SAD leader

Farmers' leaders claim one protester suffered serious injuries after a SAD event

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