Akshay Kumar Support Farmers

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders, including the Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, staged a joint protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Friday to extend support to farmers protesting the centre's controversial farm laws.

The crowd of farmers is thinning around Delhi borders at Ghazipur and Singhu as the protest against the Centre's new farm laws entered its 83rd day with no breakthrough in sight. Many of the farmers are on their way back to the villages. From the thousands camping at the protest site barely a month ago, only half the number remain.

The Central government should not have staked the reputations of such personalities as Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar by asking them to tweet in its support in the matter of the farmers' agitation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has said.

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Wednesday joined Indian personalities, including cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, actors Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn, in expressing support for the government's stand on the ongoing farmers' protests, saying that the country is capable of solving problems "amicably".

Sachin Tendulkar, joining in the "India Against Propaganda" pushback after pop star Rihanna's tweet in support of the farmers' protests, said today only "Indians should decide for India" and the country's sovereignty could not be compromised.

In a massive pushback after pop star Rihanna and other global celebrities tweeted in support of the farmer protests, top ministers and actor Akshay Kumar posted tweets today with the hashtags #IndiaAgainstPropaganda and #IndiaTogether, both used in an official government statement.

As the farmers' protest entered a 11th day today, support for Tuesday's "Bharat bandh" grew steadily, with opposition parties and trade and transport unions backing the shutdown call. On Saturday farmer leaders met union ministers for talks - third this week and fifth since September - but the five-hour discussion broke down on the core issue - rep...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders, including the Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, staged a joint protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Friday to extend support to farmers protesting the centre's controversial farm laws.

The crowd of farmers is thinning around Delhi borders at Ghazipur and Singhu as the protest against the Centre's new farm laws entered its 83rd day with no breakthrough in sight. Many of the farmers are on their way back to the villages. From the thousands camping at the protest site barely a month ago, only half the number remain.

The Central government should not have staked the reputations of such personalities as Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar by asking them to tweet in its support in the matter of the farmers' agitation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has said.

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Wednesday joined Indian personalities, including cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, actors Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn, in expressing support for the government's stand on the ongoing farmers' protests, saying that the country is capable of solving problems "amicably".

Sachin Tendulkar, joining in the "India Against Propaganda" pushback after pop star Rihanna's tweet in support of the farmers' protests, said today only "Indians should decide for India" and the country's sovereignty could not be compromised.

In a massive pushback after pop star Rihanna and other global celebrities tweeted in support of the farmer protests, top ministers and actor Akshay Kumar posted tweets today with the hashtags #IndiaAgainstPropaganda and #IndiaTogether, both used in an official government statement.

As the farmers' protest entered a 11th day today, support for Tuesday's "Bharat bandh" grew steadily, with opposition parties and trade and transport unions backing the shutdown call. On Saturday farmer leaders met union ministers for talks - third this week and fifth since September - but the five-hour discussion broke down on the core issue - rep...