The Supreme Court on Friday said the plea seeking bail cancellation of Ashish Mishra, who is the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni and an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, will be heard on Tuesday. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana listed the […]
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Lakhimpur Kheri incident: SC to hear plea seeking Ashish Mishra’s bail cancellation on March 11
The Supreme Court on Friday set March 11 to hear plea challenging Allahabad High Court order, which granted bail to the prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident case, Ashish Mishra, who is the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni. Advocate Prashant Bhushan had sought an urgent hearing on […]
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UP polls phase 4: Voting resumes in Kadipur Sani area of Lakhimpur Kheri after brief interruption
Voting resumed after a brief interruption of two hours in the Kadipur Sani area of Lakhimpur Kheri after adhesive was thrown at the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) during the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Wednesday, according to police officials. The incident took place at booth number 109 of Kadipur […]
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Farmers in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri shifting to banana cultivation from sugarcane
Several sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh are shifting to the banana plantation. Farmers are taking to the banana plantation after facing payment delays and rising input costs in sugarcane cultivation. More than 35 lakh farmers roughly are stated to be engaged in sugarcane cultivation. However, the farmers after opting for […]
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UP Polls: Lakhimpur Kheri in eye of storm over farmers’ deaths goes to poll on Wednesday
Lakhimpur Kheri, which caught national attention in October last year for the alleged killing of the farmers, will go to the polls on February 23 in the ongoing Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yogesh Verma had won the Lakhimpur seat in the 2017 Assembly polls by defeating Samajwadi Party’s Utkarsh […]
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UP polls: Stopped by bad weather, Rajnath Singh addresses public meeting in Lakhimpur Kheri over phone
Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP leader and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday addressed a public meeting over the phone after bad weather prevented him from reaching the venue in Lakhimpur Kheri. As scheduled, Singh arrived at Bareilly at 11 am and travelled to Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit by […]
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UP polls: Rajnath Singh to campaign in Lakhimpur Kheri, Pilibhit constituencies today
Union Defence Minister and star campaigner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh in Uttar Pradesh, will campaign door-to-door in Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit on Wednesday, ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Singh tweeted that he will be visiting constituencies in Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit and will interact with prominent voters. “Tomorrow, on February 2, I will interact with voters […]
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MoS Ajay Mishra joins office today amid controversy over Lakhimpur Kheri incident
Facing increasing pressure from Opposition parties to quit over his jailed son, who is accused of running over farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni on Thursday joined office and held department related meeting with officials. The MoS reached the Ministry of Home Affairs around 10.15 am […]
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Rahul Gandhi seeks resignation of Ajay Mishra over Lakhimpur Kheri ‘murder’
Terming the Lakhimpur Kheri incident ‘a murder’, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reiterated his demand for removal of Ajay Kumar Mishra as Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs and alleged that the Minister who killed farmers should resign and be punished. MOS Home Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish […]
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Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders move adjournment motion in LS over Lakhimpur Kheri incident
Several Congress MPs in Lok Sabha, including Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday have moved an adjournment motion in the House over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident demanding the removal of Ajay Kumar Mishra as Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs. MOS Home Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is involved in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident which took the lives […]
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Kisan Mahapanchayat: Lakhimpur Kheri incident, non-payment of dues to sugarcane farmers on agenda
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers unions, will hold a mahapanchayat in Lucknow on Monday on the issues pertaining to the law on MSP guarantee, Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the non-payment of the dues to the sugarcane farmers. Speaking to […]
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC adjourns hearing for November 15 on UP’s request
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of the case relating to the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri for November 15, on the request of the Uttar Pradesh government. A Bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli adjourned the case on Monday after senior advocate Harish Salve appearing for the Uttar Pradesh government […]
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC slams UP govt, says police ‘dragging its feet’ in case investigation
The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government and said that it was getting an impression that the Uttar Pradesh Police was “dragging its feet” in its investigation into the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri where eight persons, including four farmers, were killed during a farmers’ protest. […]
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Akhilesh Yadav slams UP govt over Lakhimpur Kheri incident, says ‘fake Baba will be removed soon’
Slamming the Uttar Pradesh government over the Lakhimpur incident, former Chief Minister of state and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav alleged that “the BJP government was anti-farmer” and claimed that there will be a regime change in the state soon. “The BJP workers crushed and killed the farmers with their vehicles. […]
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Lakhimpur Kheri incident: Congress delegations meets President Kovind, seeks probe by SC judges
A Congress delegation, led by Rahul Gandhi, met President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital to put forward their demand for an independent enquiry by two sitting judges of the Supreme Court in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. The delegation also demanded the removal […]