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08 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Updates: Not satisfied with UP govt probe, says SC on status report

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The Supreme Court is hearing a suo motu case arising from the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in which eight persons, including farmers, were killed. Of these, four were farmers, who were allegedly knocked down by vehicle of Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni. Yesterday, the court had asked the UP government to file a status report by today specifying action taken and the eight who were killed on Sunday during a protest. The matter is being heard by a Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli. The Uttar Pradesh Police…

07 Oct

Sitting, Not Retired Judge Should Probe Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Priyanka Gandhi

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The Uttar Pradesh Government has constituted a one-member judicial commission to probe the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed on October 3. Retired Allahabad High Court judge Pradeep Kumar Srivastava has been named to enquire into the eruption of violence on Sunday on the Tikonia-Banbirpur road in Lakhimpur Kheri district. However, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the case should be probed by a sitting Supreme Court or High Court judge, and not a retired judge. The state government has already issued a notification on the constitution of the commission which will be headquartered…

06 Oct

Punjab, Chhattisgarh announce ₹50 lakh ex-gratia for families of those killed in Lakhimpur Kheri incident

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The governments of Punjab and Chhattisgarh will give ₹50 lakh each to families of farmers, journalist killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, news agency PTI reported on Wednesday. As many as eight people died in the Lakhimpur Kheri clash that happened after a vehicle ran over farmers who were gathered there to protest against the three farm laws. Four farmers were among eight killed in Lakhimpur. The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday announced an ex-gratia of ₹45 lakh and a government job for the kin of four farmers who died in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. Another Congress leader and chief minister…

06 Oct

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Shiv Sena lauds Priyanka for not ‘buckling under pressure’ during arrest

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In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for arresting Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh recently, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that Ms. Gandhi, who was as sharp as former Prime Minister and her grandmother Indira Gandhi, did not buckle under pressure of the State Government and continued her fight. Ms. Vadra was on her way to meet the family members of farmers who died after being mowed down by a car of a Union Minister’s son in Lakhimpur Kheri. Slamming the Union Government over the killing of farmers while its celebration of ‘Amrut…

05 Oct

Chhattisgarh CM sits on dharna inside Lucknow airport after cops refuse to let him leave

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Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel was stopped by Uttar Pradesh cops at Lucknow airport on Tuesday. The Congress-ruled state’s CM was also recently appointed as a senior poll observer for upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh. Baghel sat on a dharna inside the airport after officials stopped him from leaving the airport. Earlier, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was detained on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri as she wanted to visit the families of farmers who died in violence. Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in clashes following farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur on October 3. In a video tweeted by the…

05 Oct

Release Priyanka, arrest minister’s son, or we march to Lakhimpur Kheri, warns Navjot Singh Sidhu

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Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu warned on Tuesday that his party would march towards Lakhimpur Kheri unless Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is released and Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish is arrested over the killings of farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. “If, by tomorrow, the Union Minister’s son behind the brutal murder of Farmers is not arrested, and our leader @PriyankaGandhi being unlawfully arrested, fighting for farmers is not released, the Punjab Congress will march towards Lakhimpur Kheri,” he said in a tweet. Priyanka Gandhi was detained by Uttar Pradesh Police for alleged violation of section 144 on…

04 Oct

Priyanka Gandhi sweeps room as a token of protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen cleaning the PAC Guest House in Sitapur, where she has been detained while going to meet the victims of the violence that erupted during a farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri. In a video posted on Twitter by NSUI national president Neeraj Kundan on October 4, the Congress leader was sweeping the room with a broom in hand. She is observing fast, he said. At least nine people were killed as violence erupted during a farmers' protest, claiming the lives of farmers, BJP workers and a journalist ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur…

30 Sep

Amarinder Singh clears the air, says leaving Congress but not joining BJP

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Scotching speculation to the contrary, former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday made it clear he was not joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but had no intention of continuing in the Congress, which he said was going downhill with senior leaders completely ignored and not given a voice. Denying any move to join the BJP, Captain Amarinder said he would leave the Congress where he had been utterly humiliated and was not trusted. “I will resign…will not stay in the party,” he said, adding that he was still thinking through his options in the interest of Punjab,…

29 Sep

Kanhaiya Kumar joins Congress, Jignesh Mevani extends support

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Jignesh Mevani and Kanhaiya Kumar, both of whom shot into the limelight with their fierce and unrelenting opposition to the Narendra Modi government over the past few years, joined the Congress party on Tuesday. Mevani, currently an independent MLA from Gujarat’s Vadgam, had earlier announced that both he and Kanhaiya Kumar would join the Congress. On his part, Kumar, earlier a national executive council member of the Communist Party of India (CPI), had remained tight-lipped, even as his party comrades rebuffed the speculation over his imminent departure. On Tuesday afternoon, all doubts cleared. Kanhaiya was officially inducted into the Congress…

29 Sep

Ojas Diwas theme of ‘Global Vision of Prime Minister’

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On the occasion of the Honorable Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s Birthday a gala event was organized in New Delhi at IGNCA, Hotel Janpath by Pancham Dham Nyas under the mission of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. It is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of independence of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. The event was organized to underline the growing influence of India in the world and to appreciate the efforts of the Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi in bringing peace to the nation. And to…