Updated Feb 02, 2021 · 11:26 pm Singer Rihanna arrives for Rihanna s 5th Annual Diamond Ball Benefitting The Clara Lionel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street on September 12, 2019 in New York City. | Angela Weiss/ AFP
Singer and businesswoman Rihanna on Tuesday tweeted about the situation in Delhi, sharing a news article about the farmers’ protests against the recently passed agriculture reforms.
“Why aren’t we talking about this?!” she asked, using the hashtag #FarmersProtest.
The CNN article she shared is about the Centre’s decision to cut off internet services in border areas of Delhi, as well as the same being done by the Haryana government in its districts following violence on Republic Day.
Updated Feb 02, 2021 · 02:36 pm File photo of an altercation between protesting farmers and policemen on Republic Day in Delhi. | Danish Siddiqui/ Reuters
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to Aaj Tak, Press Council of India and the Centre on a plea alleging misreporting by the news channel on the farmers’ Republic Day tractor rally, reported
Live Law.
The petition has sought restraining fake news by taking accountability measures as well as framing guidelines, laws and bye-laws, including fixing appropriate punishment for the violation of the proposed rules. The plea has been filed by Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Manjit Singh GK, the former president of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee.
Farm laws: Centre extends ban on internet services at Delhi’s borders till Tuesday night
The Centre had first blocked mobile internet services at the three protest sites on January 30, saying it was necessary to ‘maintain public safety’. Feb 01, 2021 · 01:27 pm A file photo: Farmers attend a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near New Delhi on December 7. | Adnan Abidi/ Reuters
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday extended till February 2 the suspension of internet services near Delhi’s borders – Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri – where thousands of farmers are protesting against the new agricultural laws, reported ANI. The ban would remain in place till 11 pm on Tuesday.
Cases have been filed in 5 states so far, the latest being in Delhi on Saturday, against Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists over their allegedly misleading tweets on the violence