Patiala: A farmer died during a protest against BJP candidate Preneet Kaur here on Saturday, following which Kaur cancelled his poll campaign programmes for the day and Sunday. Sixty-year-old farmer Surinder Pal Singh fell on the ground during the protest at the Sihra village. Protesting farmers alleged that Singh fell after security personnel pushed them. … Read more
Leading the country’s ideological assault is the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (commonly referred to as MCC), an Orbán-backed think tank. The government-affiliated organization opened a branch in Brussels in 2022, offering an unapologetically conservative take on EU affairs as it seeks to disrupt the Brussels think tank circuit. The Brussels branch, with a staff of about … Read more
BRUSSELS — Guess who’s back! Farmers arrived in Brussels’ European Quarter Tuesday morning, in a new demonstration against policies which they say are whacking their business. A ring of tractors circled Place du Luxembourg outside the European Parliament, where farmers milled around a blazing fire while “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees blared from loudspeakers. … Read more
Congress on Wednesday continued to rally in support of the agitating farmers while accusing the Narendra Modi government of letting down farmers on a promise of legally guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for their products. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also rang up and expressed his support to a farmer who was injured in alleged tear-gassing … Read more
