-The Tribune Karnal: The commission formed to probe the August 28 Bastara toll plaza lathicharge incident, led by Justice Somnath Aggarwal (Retd) of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Monday reached the PWD Rest House here and recorded the statements of six farmers. The government had earlier announced that the panel would complete the inquiry in 30 days, but Justice Aggarwal on Monday said it would take around four months. The statements...

-Hindustan Times Thousands of farmers surrounded a key government building in Haryana chief minister’s bastion of Karnal on Tuesday evening, holding a massive show of strength and intensifying their protest over controversial police action on agitating cultivators last month Karnal/ Chandigarh: Farmers gathered at a mahapanchayat venue in Karnal, and later marched on foot to the mini secretariat building five kilometers away. They jumped over some barricades but didn’t face any serious...

-NDTV Anil Ghanwat, who was nominated to represent the farming community in the committee, wrote to Justice NV Ramana, "I feel that the report has not been given any attention by the Hon'ble Supreme Court" . New Delhi: A member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on farm laws has written to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, seeking that a report submitted on the issue be made public. The panel had submitted...

-The Hindu They demand dismissal of official responsible for ordering lathicharge Haryana farmer unions on Monday held a meeting in Karnal to demand registration of cases against the officials responsible for the lathicharge on the farmers this past weekend and ₹25 lakh compensation to the next of kin of the farmer who allegedly died due to the injuries sustained during the police action, among other things. Please click here to read more.  ...

The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...