Backstory:Â 2020 Will End, but the Anxieties and Trepidations It Has Brought Won t
A fortnightly column from The Wire s public editor.
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Rights19/Dec/2020
Most years come with a clearly defined beginning, middle and end. As T.S. Eliot wrote in âLittle Giddingâ:
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
1. Uttar Pradesh: Six Farmer Leaders Asked To Submit ₹50 Lakh Bonds For Allegedly Spreading ‘Misinformation’ on Farm Laws. RSS plays hardball to scare farmers from states other than Punjab and Haryana.
2. BKU’s (Asli) state youth president Rishabh Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh said sending notices of such a huge amount is harassment by the government. “We all are peacefully holding protests against the new farm law. We all have rights to raise an objection against wrongdoing.”
3. Kept Under House Arrest, Gujarat Farmers’ Leaders Disguise Themselves to Join Delhi Protests. Huge embarrassment for Modi.
4. IBN24 journalist Akarshan Uppal who exposed the Adani group’s secretive forays to acquire hundreds of acres of land before the passing of the new farm bills is in critical condition after being severely beaten by unknown men in Karnal, Haryana. As outrage grows over the journalist’s attack, more fingers are pointing towards the Adani group’s involvement in the i
Online channel owner beaten up
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Accused had threatened him for reporting about drugs case
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Accused had threatened him for reporting about drugs case
A man running his own online news channel was beaten up with rods by around half-a-dozen men in Karnal, causing serious injuries in an attack a week ago. Five persons have been arrested in this connection, said the police.
One of the accused, Gurmeet alias Ghelu, had allegedly threatened the victim, Akarshan Uppal, six months ago for reporting about the arrest of his brother in a drug-peddling case.
Akarshan and his colleague Rinku were returning from a reporting assignment on December 7 when Gurmeet and his accomplices, accosted the duo near a canal on Kaithal Road and allegedly attacked them.
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