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  • Farmers Protest by parking their tractors and blocking the highway and roads linking Delhi.

    Farmers Protest by parking their tractors and blocking the highway and roads linking Delhi.

    On Monday, February 26, farmers protesting the exclusion of agriculture from the WTO agreement parked their tractors alongside highways in various locations in Punjab and Haryana under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation comprising several farm unions.

    Following the security forces’ breakup of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, which was led by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) to press the Centre for a number of demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops, thousands of farmers are remaining put at the Khanauri and Shambhu points on Punjab’s border with Haryana.

    A demonstration known as “Quit WTO Day” was scheduled for Monday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Farmers, organised by SKM, the organisation that led the 2020–21 farmers’ uprising, announced that they would park their tractors along state and federal highways without obstructing traffic.

    Tractors were parked by farmers in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, along the Jalandhar-Jammu National Highway, among other places. Farmers at Tanda’s Bijli Ghar Chowk also parked their tractors on a road, under the leadership of state president Jangveer Singh Chauhan of the Doaba Kisan Committee.

    Speaking to a group, Chauhan denounced World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulations, labelling them as “anti-farmers.” A number of other farm outfits, including Bharti Kisan Union (Rajewal), BKU (Qadian), and BKU (Ekta Ugrahan), also staged protests and parked their tractors on the following roads: Hoshiarpur-Phagwara, Nasrala-Taragarh, Dosarka-Fatehpur, Bullowal-Allowal, and Bhunga-Hariana.

    In addition, the demonstrators called for pensions for farmers, debt forgiveness, execution of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations, and legal guarantees for MSP.

    Amritsar

    Farmers in Amritsar parked their cars on the highways in Rayya, Jandiala Guru, Ajnala, and Beas. Farmers in Ludhiana who support the SKM parked their tractors next to the highway on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road as a sign of protest against the WTO.

    Haryana

    Farmers parked their tractors along state and federal highways in 50 different locations throughout the city of Hisar, Haryana, to protest. Shamsher Singh Nambardar, state vice president of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), said that the protests took place in various locations, such as Surewala Chowk, Mayyar Toll, Chaudhariwas, Bagla Mor, Badopatti, and Bas Toll. He asserted that WTO regulations prevented the government from providing MSP for all crops.

  • INDIA Alliance seats confirmed for contesting in Delhi; AAP for 4 while Congress for 3

    INDIA Alliance seats confirmed for contesting in Delhi; AAP for 4 while Congress for 3

    On a 4:3 ratio, the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) concluded their negotiations on Saturday regarding seat sharing for the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. In the nation’s capital, the AAP will run for four Lok Sabha seats and the Congress for the remaining three. Delhi Lok Sabha comprises seven seats. Congress will run on three ballots, at Chandni Chowk, North East, and North West, while the AAP will run on four, in New Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi, and East Delhi “Congress general secretary and MP Mukul Wasnik said.

    According to Wasnik, the Congress will run for 24 of Gujarat’s 26 Lok Sabha seats, while the AAP will put up candidates for Bharuch and Bhavnagar. The Congress party has attached emotional significance to the Bharuch seat, which is associated with the late Ahmed Patel. It has been widely assumed that Patel’s daughter is putting in her claim for the 2024 election because of her active involvement in the constituency.

    According to the Congress leader, AAP will run for one Lok Sabha seat in Haryana, while his party will contest nine seats. Ten Lok Sabha seats are held by Haryana. Congress will compete on September 9. Kurukshetra is the only seat for which the AAP will field candidates. He further states that “After a long discussion on Chandigarh, at the end, it was decided that Congress candidate will contest from there,” According to Wasnik.

  • ‘Remove EVM and Save the Country’ protest by Adivasi Group on 2nd March in Ranchi

    ‘Remove EVM and Save the Country’ protest by Adivasi Group on 2nd March in Ranchi

    At Karamtoli’s Dhumkudiya Bhawan, a press conference was arranged on behalf of the tribal community, wherein it was decided to hold a programme titled “Remove EVMs and Save the Country” on March 2 in Ranchi. The tribal community is reportedly against using electronic voting machines (EVMs) for elections. A protest march is scheduled to take place on March 2 from Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium to Albert Ekka Chowk. The EVM demo is going to be burned.

    Moodhar Mountain brainstorming to prevent encroachment

    There will be a campaign against the plot to demolish Madra Munda’s identity and free Ranchi’s Moodhar mountain from encroachment. Madra Munda is the Mundas’ ancestor. At Dhumkudiya Bhavan, Sutianbe Moodhar Pahad Bachao Abhiyan Samiti Ranchi convened, which covered a wide range of subjects.

    Following much deliberation, it was decided that everyone would meet at Moodhar Mountain on March 17. The leaders declared that in order to preserve the tribal civilization, culture, and traditions, the entire tribal community would cooperate. He made an appeal to the tribal community, telling them to join in big numbers to demonstrate their solidarity.

  • Massive Protest Against New Pension Scheme in Gujarat ahead of PM Modi’s Visit

    Massive Protest Against New Pension Scheme in Gujarat ahead of PM Modi’s Visit

    Protest advocating for the implementation of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) has been initiated by hundreds of government workers, mostly teachers, and is expected to cloud Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s forthcoming visit to Gujarat according to TFPJ. The demonstration, which took place at the Gandhinagar Satyagrah camp, brings attention to the long-standing resentment of the government’s New Pension Scheme (NPS).

    Why are employees protesting in Gandhinagar, Gujarat?

    Government employees are urging Central and State governments to revert back the Old Pension Scheme and scrap New Pension Scheme. According to the employees, the Old Pension Scheme offers a more secure and predictable post-retirement income compared to the NPS, which is market-linked and considered riskier.

    No Commitment from the Government

    Government officials have yet not given any commitment on the implementation of Old Pension Scheme. A government spokesperson Rishikesh Patel even stated that various issues, both significant and minor, tend to surface during election periods.

    The government response on the issue has fueled frustration among the protestors.

  • Bengal Police Arrested BJP Leader for Running Sex Racket

    Bengal Police Arrested BJP Leader for Running Sex Racket

    On Friday, the police in the Howrah district of West Bengal claimed to have arrested 10 people, including “a local BJP leader,” on suspicion of operating a sex racket in a hotel. The major opposition party in the state refuted any connection to the accused individuals.

    Police officials said that on Thursday night, they raided a hotel in the Sankrail area and arrested Sabyasachi Ghosh, who they identified as a local BJP leader, along with ten of his associates.

    The incident has caused a political storm, with the ruling Trinamool Congress claiming that leaders engaged in the sex trade are being protected by the BJP as per the input from TheIndianExpress

    BJP denies connection with arrested leader

    “Our West Bengal unit denies having any association with the accused as we wish to put on record that Sabyasachi Ghosh holds no position in the party.This is yet another desperate attempt by the WB police to distract from the issue of rape and torture in Sandeshkhali in order to protect Mamata Banerjee” the statement signed by Howrah district BJP unit Chief Ramaprasad Bhattacharya said. “People of West Bengal want to know where is Shahjahan Sheikh. This is the only question Mamata Banerjee and West Bengal Police need to answer,” the statement added.

  • Google’s Gemini AI response to PM Modi sparks controversy, user posts the results over X, minister criticizes Google

    Google’s Gemini AI response to PM Modi sparks controversy, user posts the results over X, minister criticizes Google

    Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar responded to a complaint on Friday from X users alleging that Google’s Gemini AI tool is biased against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by stating that the platform is against the I T regulations in addition to other laws.

    As per the tweeter, a suitable response was given to a question regarding fascism. When Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump were asked the same question, it declined to respond.

    According to the minister, this also contravenes a number of criminal laws in India. On the social media platform X, Chandrasekhar stated, “These are violations of several provisions of the Criminal code as well as direct violations of Rule 3(1)(b) of Intermediary Rules (IT rules) of the IT act.” The minister also flagged the X post for follow-up action with Google and the Ministry of Electronics and IT.

    The person on Twitter who reported the purported bias referred to Gemini AI as malicious and woke. “Google’s Gemini AI is not only intelligent—it is blatantly malevolent. The Indian government needs to pay attention,” the writer wrote. Gemini is an AI-powered chatbot that can respond to requests, produce content, and present data when necessary. DeepMind at Google is the developer of it. The announcement was made on December 6, 2023. It faces off against the GPT-4 from OpenAI.

    This occurs just hours after tech magnate Elon Musk called out Google’s AI image creation engine as racist. “I’m glad that Google overplayed their hand with their AI image generation, as it made their insane racist, anti-civilizational programming clear to all,” he posted to X.

    He was making reference to the backlash that Google Gemini has been receiving on the internet for depicting historical figures—who were originally white—as people of colour.

    Rajeev Chandrashekhar responded with “Concerning+1” to Elon Musk’s tweet.

  • Shri Shanidev Bhakta Mandali’s 36th blood donation camp on 25th February, prasad will be distributed to 2500 people.

    Shri Shanidev Bhakta Mandali’s 36th blood donation camp on 25th February, prasad will be distributed to 2500 people.

    The 36th blood donation camp of Shri Shanidev Bhakta Mandali will be held on Sunday 25th February at Subarnarekha Project Building Administrator Office, Adityapur. This time, people who bring blood donors to the blood donation camp will be given prizes. Donors who donate 5 to 50 blood will be rewarded with a trophy.

    There will be a blood donation camp from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. This camp will be jointly organised by the Jamshedpur Blood Bank and the Prateek Sangharsh Foundation. The goal for this endeavour is to gather 1520 units of blood. More than 600 active employees of Shani Dev Bhakta Mandali are working to make this Maha Blood Donation a success, with the addition of primarily 200 new blood donors. During the press conference, Devvrat Ghosh, a patron of the group, announced that NIT College NSS students and NSS volunteers would be taking part in the Maha Blood Donation Camp. Two and a half thousand people will also receive prasad on this occasion.

    Press conference participants included Patron Devvrat Ghosh, Ashish Banerjee, President Jaydev Banerjee, Vice President Pankaj Rama, Secretary Ujjwal Ghosh, Mantu Singh Modak, Gourango Dhar, Manik Gorai, Milan Kranti Santra, Rajendra Pal Singh, and others.

  • 3 day Bal Mela in Bagunhatu, medical camp, mental development and other activities organised for the development for children

    3 day Bal Mela in Bagunhatu, medical camp, mental development and other activities organised for the development for children

    At Bagunhatu in Birsanagar, Jamshedpur, a three-day children’s fair has been planned. Today, 23 February, was the official opening of the fair, and the inaugural session included prayers.

    Additionally, a medical camp was set up in order to examine the parents’ health in addition to the children’s. In addition, there are competitions for painting, songwriting, yoga, and other arts and crafts at this fair.

    Also, stalls have been put up in various locations to aid in the mental development of kids.
    But kids will also be able to see Patna ke Tara Ghar and Purani Haveli. Not only that, but the kids are also receiving information about stars.

  • BJP MP Locker Chatterjee and several female leaders were arrested on Friday, February 23, on the Sandeshkhali issue as they were protesting there everyday

    BJP MP Locker Chatterjee and several female leaders were arrested on Friday, February 23, on the Sandeshkhali issue as they were protesting there everyday

    On Friday, several female leaders, including BJP MP Locker Chatterjee, were arrested while travelling through Sandeshkhali, citing Section 144. This sparked a new controversy surrounding the area. The strongman Sheikh Shahjahan of the Trinamool Party and his supporters have been the target of protests by women in Sandeshkhali for the past few days, accusing them of sexual abuse and land grabbing.

    Kunal Ghosh, a leader of Trinamool, stated that since BJP leaders are lining up daily to visit Sandeshkhali, it is likely that Delhi has given the order to prolong the Sandeshkhali issue until Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in West Bengal in March. As part of his scheduled itinerary, PM Modi will visit West Bengal on March 1 and 2, and on March 6 he will speak at a women’s rally in North 24 Parganas. North 24 Parganas is home to Sandeshkhali.

    “Locker Chatterjee travels to Sandeshkhali for a photo shoot instead of her constituency. Thus, Kunal Ghosh stated, “They will go every day, provoke the people, and stage some drama.” Representative Locket Chatterjee, state secretary Sonali Murmu, advocate Priyanka Tibrewal, advocate Madhuchandra Kar, general secretary Agnimitra Paul, Falguni Patra, and Paromita Dutta were among the women’s team members travelling to Sandeshkhali on Friday.

    Fresh protests against Shahjahan began in some parts of the country on Friday, and West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar was in Sandeshkhali. A close aide to Shahjahan and two leaders of the TMC are among the eighteen persons that police have detained thus far in relation to the land grab and sexual assault. Since the ED’s initial raid on Shahjahan’s home in January, he has absconded.

    Sukanta Majumder, the president of the West Bengal BJP, was taken into custody on Thursday for organising a demonstration against the Sandeshkhali events. “They had to use force to get us up,” When I was released from jail, I had to sign a bail bond. Here, on a dharna, we were detained. Unless our employees are permitted to travel to Sandeshkhali, we will not stop protesting and raising our voices.”
    The FBI searched multiple locations throughout the state on Friday and filed a new case against Shahjahan Sheikh.

  • ASP Jharkhand demands Dalits and Minorities Lok Sabha tickets based on the population

    ASP Jharkhand demands Dalits and Minorities Lok Sabha tickets based on the population

    Chief Minister Champai Has Received A Letter From Kashif Raza, President of the Azad Samaj Party (K) in Jharkhand State. In it, he demanded that Muslims and Dalits receive tickets to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections based on population.

    He stated that Chief Minister Champai Soren recently decided to conduct a caste census in Jharkhand. It would be greatly appreciated. The percentage of Muslims in Jharkhand is fifteen percent, and the percentage of Dalits is approximately thirteen percent.

    In Jharkhand, there is only one Lok Sabha seat reserved for Dalits, even though Muslims and Dalits both have a right to two seats each, proportionate to their population. For the past 15 years, Jharkhand has produced no Muslim Members of Parliament. In those seats where Muslim MPs could have won, tickets have not been given to Muslim candidates.

    By winning seats held by Muslims and Dalits, members of castes with relatively low population numbers in Jharkhand are becoming MPs. Development for Dalits and Muslims is impossible unless they receive political participation proportionate to their population.

    For society to be represented in the modern era and for their representatives to serve as their voice in the house, you are kindly asked to make sure that the Alliance provides tickets to at least two Dalit and two Muslim candidates running for office in Jharkhand in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.