Tag: Farmer Protest

New Delhi: Amid heavy security presence, thousands of farmers gathered at the Singhu border held a meeting on Saturday morning and decided to continue demonstrating there even after being offered a site in north Delhi to hold their protest. Those gathered at the Tikri border continued to hold ground as well. A decision on whether […]

New Delhi: Even as farmers of Punjab and Haryana continued to rally at Singhu and Tikari border entry points, scores of Uttar Pradesh farmers gathered at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Ghazipur border on Sunday morning in their bid to enter the national capital. Though the police officials were holding talks with them and were willing to […]

New Delhi: With protesting farmer unions calling for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on December 8 even as several rounds of their talks with the Centre remain inconclusive, the opposition Congress on Sunday said that the party supported the proposed nationwide shutdown to protest against the three central farm laws. The Congress also said that its leader […]

Kolkata: The ‘Bharat Bandh’ called on Tuesday by the farmer unions to press for the repeal of the Central government’s newly passed farm laws received partial response in West Bengal with protesters burning the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, business honchos Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani on Jessore Road here. The protesters staged a […]

Bengaluru: The ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by nearly a dozen farmer Associations on Tuesday in protest against the three farm laws enacted by the Centre recently failed to evoke much response across Karnataka. Except minor incidents like farmer’s leaders asking shopkeepers to shutdown their establishments were reported from districts like Mandya, Hassan, Mysuru and other […]

New Delhi: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi on Tuesday alleged that the Delhi Police has put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest, a day after he visited the agitating farmers at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border, a charge denied by the force. In a tweet, the AAP from its official Twitter handle […]

New Delhi: Two days after the farmers’ unions expressed that they are ready to hold talks with the government again over the three agricultural laws, the government, while accepting their proposal, has fixed December 30 for the fresh talks. In a letter signed by the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, the government said that the meeting […]

New Delhi: The crucial seventh round of talks between the government and 41 farmers representatives ended without any breakthrough and the next round of talks is expected on January 8, sources said. The meeting had started around 2.30 p.m. at Vigyan Bhavan in the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Consumer Affairs Minister […]

New Delhi: The eighth round of talks between the protesting farmers and the government on Friday failed to break the stalemate, and the next meeting will be held on January 15. Sticking to their key demand of the repeal of three farm laws to end their protest, farmer leaders told the government their “ghar wapsi” […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre that it is for the Delhi Police to decide whether to allow farmers to enter Delhi or not. The top court stressed that it is the Delhi Police who have the authority over the issue and not the Supreme Court. A bench headed by Chief […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday lashed out at the Odisha government while accusing the ruling-BJD of being insensitive to the problems of farmers in regards to the paddy procurement in the State. Addressing a presser, State BJP general secretary Lekhashree Samantsinghar said farmers are facing a lot of problems during the paddy […]

New Delhi: Yielding some ground to end the nearly two-month-long protest by thousands of farmers on the national capital borders, the government on Wednesday proposed to suspend the three contentious farm laws for 1-1.5 years and set up a joint committee to find an amicable solution in the interest of the farming community. During their […]

Mumbai: International pop sensation Rihanna on Tuesday extended her support to the ongoing farmers protest in India. Soon after Rihanna’s tweet, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut tweeted calling her a fool and a dummy. Kangana also said the protesting farmers were terrorists. On Tuesday, Rihanna reacted to a news piece talking about the protest on Twitter […]

New Delhi: The Indian government has sent a notice to Twitter, warning the social media platform of penal action over non-compliance of its order to remove accounts and tweets which alleged “farmer genocide” in the country, sources said. Content with the hashtag “#ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide” were posted on Twitter, which, according to the government, was designed to […]

New Delhi: In a strong message to those propagating anti-India moves, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Wednesday that no propaganda can deter the democratic country’s unity, nor can it stop India from attaining new heights. Shah’s remarks came in support of a tweet by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava, in which the […]