India cuts internet to hunger-striking farmers

Thousands of farmers blocked a road in Ghazipur near Delhi on Saturday. Image Credit: Getty India has suspended mobile internet services in three areas around the capital, Delhi, where farmers are staging a hunger strike in protest at new agriculture laws. The government said the shutdown would continue until Sunday night to “maintain public safety”. […]

Internet Suspended at Delhi Protest Sites Till Sunday; Farmer Leader Warns of More Sit-ins

The Home Ministry on Saturday temporarily suspended internet services at Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri borders as well as their adjoining areas till 11 pm of January 31 to ‘maintain public safety and averting public emergency’, it said in an order. Earlier, following the violent tractor rally in the national capital on Republic Day, the MHA […]