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Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS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

Was Disha Ravi put in jail for nothing?

Sources from Delhi Police have reportedly said that since they have failed to receive any information from Zoom and Google, they might soon file a final report; which most likely indicates a closure report. However, these claims have been denied by Delhi Police.

Delhi police remove barricades near farmer protest sites

Hours after three women farmers died in a road accident, authorities began removing barricades at Tikri and Ghazipur borders

Fire safety PIL: Guj admin blames staff shortages, logistical issues for lacunae

Affidavit before Guj High Court cites lack of competent vendors and Diwali related fire safety duties as reasons for delay in implementing fire safety norms

SC upholds bail of Kerala students charged under UAPA

Thwaha Fasal and Allan Shuhaib were charged under UAPA for allegedly having Maoist links in November 2019

Three women farmers die in road accident at Tikri border

Incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning

Maharashtra: Farmers Kalash Yatra begins

Farmers start journey from Pune, Maharashtra to honour the farmers who died while protesting the Centre’s anti-farmer-dubbed laws

Uttar Pradesh: State govt will withdraw 3 lakh Covid violation cases

UP had been in the limelight as one of the states worst hit by Covid-19 as its health system failed

State can’t get free pass every time spectre of “national security” is raised: SC in Pegasus case

SC orders formations of three-member technical committee comprising Computer Science, Engineering and Digital Forensic experts. They will probe allegations of illegal surveillance under a former SC judge

Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC directs UP gov’t to provide protection to witnesses

The court also seemed perplexed at only “23” eyewitnesses available, when there were several people protesting at the spot of the incident

Bhima Koregaon: Kin of jailed activists write to authorities to not discontinue telephone calls

Since prisons are all set to resume physical mulaqats, the authorities have informed the families that weekly calls will no longer be functional

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Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS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

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