Farmers Protest Tweets

Kulwinder Kaur, the security officer who allegedly slapped newly-elected BJP Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport said she had been triggered by an old remark by the actor.

Twitter was asked by the government to block multiple accounts and some tweets from advocacy group Freedom House, journalists, politicians, and supporters of farmers' protest, according to a document filed by the platform on June 26.

A Supreme Court lawyer had sought directions from the Supreme Court court to censor all future social media posts by actor Kangana Ranaut as one of them "justified the innocent killing of Sikhs".

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a rollback of three controversial farm laws that kept protesting farmers on the street for more than a year, a blizzard of "thank-you" tweets followed from BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh.

Punjab's former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today declared that he will form a new political party and provided the farmers' protest gets resolved, will consider a "seat arrangement" with the BJP and breakaway Akali groups ahead of next year's ass

Hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lucknow visit, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted a viral video of an SUV running over farmers at a protest in Lakhimpur Kheri district of the state. She then asked PM Modi a pointed question.

Farmers will protest outside the homes of MLAs in BJP-ruled Haryana and the headquarters of the district collectorate in Punjab to press for starting paddy procurement on time, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait tweeted this evening.

Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first bilateral talks with Joe Biden, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait sent out an appeal to the US President to "focus" on the controversial farm laws passed by the Centre when he met with the PM.

A day after thousands of farmers gathered at a mahapanchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday voiced support for the protesting farmers and said they are fearless and standing resolutely.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at "brutal" police action against farmers in Haryana's Karnal district earlier in the day, tweeting two lines in Hindi to underline the country's "shame" over a lathi charge that left several injured.

Twitter has "withheld" the accounts of Punjabi singer Jazzy B, hip-hop artist L-FRESH The LION and two others in response to a legal demand in India, even as it draws flak over delay in complying with the new IT rules in the country.

Twitter has blocked four accounts in India - including one belonging to Canadian-Punjabi singer Jazzy B, who has frequently tweeted in support of farmers protesting the government's agriculture laws

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she is contesting from Nandigram to work along with family members of those killed in the protests against land acquisition in 2007.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis traded sharp words Tuesday on the political row that has erupted over Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar's tweets in support of the centre and its handling of the farmers' protest

The BJP was set for a huge victory in the Gujarat urban civic polls today as votes were counted for hundreds of seats across six municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad and Vadodara. The poll results are crucial for the ruling party at a time it is facing massive farmer protests since November against three central laws and anger over rising fu...

Kulwinder Kaur, the security officer who allegedly slapped newly-elected BJP Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport said she had been triggered by an old remark by the actor.

Twitter was asked by the government to block multiple accounts and some tweets from advocacy group Freedom House, journalists, politicians, and supporters of farmers' protest, according to a document filed by the platform on June 26.

A Supreme Court lawyer had sought directions from the Supreme Court court to censor all future social media posts by actor Kangana Ranaut as one of them "justified the innocent killing of Sikhs".

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a rollback of three controversial farm laws that kept protesting farmers on the street for more than a year, a blizzard of "thank-you" tweets followed from BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh.

Punjab's former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today declared that he will form a new political party and provided the farmers' protest gets resolved, will consider a "seat arrangement" with the BJP and breakaway Akali groups ahead of next year's ass

Hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lucknow visit, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted a viral video of an SUV running over farmers at a protest in Lakhimpur Kheri district of the state. She then asked PM Modi a pointed question.

Farmers will protest outside the homes of MLAs in BJP-ruled Haryana and the headquarters of the district collectorate in Punjab to press for starting paddy procurement on time, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait tweeted this evening.

Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first bilateral talks with Joe Biden, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait sent out an appeal to the US President to "focus" on the controversial farm laws passed by the Centre when he met with the PM.

A day after thousands of farmers gathered at a mahapanchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday voiced support for the protesting farmers and said they are fearless and standing resolutely.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at "brutal" police action against farmers in Haryana's Karnal district earlier in the day, tweeting two lines in Hindi to underline the country's "shame" over a lathi charge that left several injured.

Twitter has "withheld" the accounts of Punjabi singer Jazzy B, hip-hop artist L-FRESH The LION and two others in response to a legal demand in India, even as it draws flak over delay in complying with the new IT rules in the country.

Twitter has blocked four accounts in India - including one belonging to Canadian-Punjabi singer Jazzy B, who has frequently tweeted in support of farmers protesting the government's agriculture laws

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she is contesting from Nandigram to work along with family members of those killed in the protests against land acquisition in 2007.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis traded sharp words Tuesday on the political row that has erupted over Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar's tweets in support of the centre and its handling of the farmers' protest

The BJP was set for a huge victory in the Gujarat urban civic polls today as votes were counted for hundreds of seats across six municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad and Vadodara. The poll results are crucial for the ruling party at a time it is facing massive farmer protests since November against three central laws and anger over rising fu...