by the website on 15 February said, âWe respect the sanctity of the legal process and do not intend to indulge in a media trial. That said, we wish to confirm that the selective allegations being made against us in a section of the media are misleading, unfounded and without basis in fact or law. We will respond to the relevant allegations in the appropriate forum.â
Shahid Tantray, a multimedia reporter at The Caravan
spoke to Purkayastha the day after the raid. He talked about NewsClick
, its association with the Left and its core focus, the media, the Emergency and the raids. âWe are transparent in what we have done; everything has been done according to the law,â he told Tantray.
Earlier that day, he had
a video on Facebook about a group that attacked the Singhu protest on 29 January. Punia reported seeing fifty–sixty people arrive at the site. He said in the video that the group pelted stones at the protesters, lobbed a petrol bomb and tried to set fire to their belongings, in front of thousands of policemen. Punia reported in the video that two of the assailants were associated with the BJP. Later that evening, he was arrested. The police filed a first-information report alleging that Punia had tried to pull a constable, Rajkumar. It characterised him as a protester, and not a journalist.
Twitter withholds accounts of Caravan magazine, Kisan Ekta Morcha, many others; receives flak
Many journalists believe that this is part of a well-planned strategy to curb freedom of press.
By News Desk| Edited by Hadif Nisar | Updated: 1st February 2021 6:11 pm IST According to the microblogging site, when such a message is displayed, it means “Twitter was compelled to withhold the entire account specified (e.g., @username) in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order.”
Twitter has withheld multiple accounts, including the official twitter account of The Caravan magazine in India. Twitter says that these accounts have been withheld “in response to a legal demand.”
Like His Father, Rakesh Tikait Proves to Be Delhi s Achilles Heel
A video of Tikait in tears went viral at a crucial time in the farmers movement, turning the tide of the protests entirely.
Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait speaks to media representatives as RLD leader Jayant Choudhary (L) looks on during farmers ongoing protest against the new farm laws, at Ghazipur Border in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
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Jitu Singh, a farmer from western Uttar Pradeshâs Shamli, along with his brothers, was returning home from the Ghazipur border Thursday evening on their tractor. They had been a part of the farmers’ protest for more than a week and had also taken part in the tractor rally in Delhi on January 26 in which certain sections of farmers had resorted to violence.