Farm laws
- India
Will continue to protest till farm laws are withdrawn: Rakesh Tikait
Shahjahanpur: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday said the farmers will continue to protest at Delhi’s borders till the three controversial agriculture laws are withdrawn. He alleged a nexus between…
- India
AAP to observe Sep 17 as ‘black day’ on completion of one year of farm laws
Chandigarh: Punjab’s main opposition party AAP will observe September 17 as black day” on the completion of one year of the enactment of the Centre’s three farm laws, it said on Thursday.…
- India
Owaisi is BJP’s ‘chacha jaan’, farmers need to understand their moves: Rakesh Tikait
Baghpat: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday alleged that All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi and BJP were a team and the farmers needed to understand their…
- India
NHRC issues notice to centre, 4 states; seeks reports on farmers stir
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the centre, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh governments and other authorities asking for reports of ongoing farmers agitation against the…
- India
Farm laws: SC-appointed panel member says report 100% in favour of farmers
New Delhi: Hopeful of an early resolution to the long-running farmers’ protests on the national capital borders, a key member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on contentious agri-laws on Wednesday said the…
- India
RSS-affiliate BKS to stage nationwide dharna against agri laws
Ballia: RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) has decided to hold a nationwide dharna on September 8 as the Centre has failed to act on its “ultimatum” on considering demands regarding three new farm…
- India
IAS officer tells police to ‘break heads’ of protesting farmers in Haryana
Karnal: A group of farmers who were marching to Karnal to protest against a state-level BJP meeting chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar were severely injured after the police in Haryana lathicharged them.…
- India
Punjab CM meets Amit Shah, urges to repeal farm laws
New Delhi: Citing social, economic, and security implications of the prolonged farmers’ agitation, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday pressed Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the immediate repeal of…
- India
UP to be the next stop for farmers’ agitation: Tikait
Lucknow: Rakesh Tikait, national spokesperson of the Bhartiya Kisan Union has said that Uttar Pradesh will be the next major destination for the ongoing farmers’ agitation. “We will turn Lucknow into Delhi…
- India
Farmers reach Jantar Mantar to protest against farm laws
New Delhi: The farmers who are protesting since November last year over the new farm laws passed by the Centre arrived at Jantar Mantar on Thursday amid tight security to further intensify their…
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BJP leaders taken hostage by protesting farmers rescued after 12-hour ordeal
Chandigarh: BJP leaders, who were taken hostage with family members by protesting farmers in a house in a Punjab town, were rescued early Monday by police after an over 12-hour ordeal and with…
- India
From July 22 onwards, 200 people will hold protests near Parliament: Rakesh Tikait
New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday informed that from July 22 onwards, 200 people will hold protests near Parliament, in view of the ongoing farmers’ protests. While speaking…
- Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Cops foil AIKSCC’s ‘Chalo Raj Bhavan’ protest
Hyderabad: The ‘Chalo`Raj Bhavan’ protest of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) today ended abruptly as over 100 protesters were taken into custody by the cops and then shifted to…
- India
Resolutions against CAA, farm laws will be passed in TN Assembly: Stalin
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, in his address to the Assembly said his government would pass resolutions against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the new Union farm laws during…
- Chennai
TN govt to pass resolutions against farm laws, CAA in Assembly: Stalin
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday announced that his government will pass resolutions against the Centre’s farm laws and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) during the Budget session in…
- India
Farmers to protest at Raj Bhavans on June 26 against farm laws
New Delhi: The protest by the farmers against the new farm laws introduced by the Central government has been nearing 200 days and in order to intensify their agitation, the farmers have announced…
- India
Only way to end farmers’ protest is govt withdrawing farm laws: Cong
New Delhi: The only way to end the ongoing farmers’ protest is to withdraw the three contentious farm laws, the Congress said on Wednesday and asked the government to shed stubbornness and accede…
- India
Rakesh Tikait to meet Mamata Banerjee today at 3 pm
Kolkata: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday at 3 pm in Kolkata and deliberate on issues involving agriculture, health, education and…
- India
Rakesh Tikait to meet Mamata Banerjee to discuss strategy for farmers’ protest
Fatehabad: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait is scheduled to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 9 in Kolkata, confirmed sources. According to sources, Tikait will discuss the…
- Politics
Shun your ego, withdraw farm laws: Congress to govt
New Delhi: The Congress said on Saturday that the Central government should shun its ego and withdraw the three ‘contentious farm laws. In a statement, Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “One…
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Farmers in Pb, Hry hoist black flag atop houses to mark 6 months of protest
Chandigarh: Farmers in Punjab and Haryana put up black flags atop their houses, burnt effigies of the central government and held protests on Wednesday, joining a ‘black day’ call given by farmer…
- Photos
Photos: Farmers protest across country as they observe Black Day
New Delhi: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait, with supporters and farmers, protests with black flags against farm laws, at Ghazipur border in New Delhi, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore) Patiala: Farmers…
- Chennai
TN Assembly will pass resolution against 3 farm laws: Stalin
Chennai:Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Wednesday said the government will bring a resolution in the state Assembly asking the Union government to withdraw the three farm laws. The three farm laws…
- Politics
AAP extends support to farmers’ protest on May 26
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday extended its support to the call given the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) to observe a country-wide protest on May 26 to mark the…
- India
Farmers ‘struggle’ against farm laws to ‘intensify’, say unions
New Delhi: Even as the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic continues to crumble the country’s health care system, Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) have said that they will…
- India
Farmers ready to talk if govt invites, no change in demands: Rakesh Tikait
Ghaziabad: Farmers protesting the contentious new farm laws are ready to talk if the Centre invites them, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday, maintaining that the dialogue would resume where it had…
- India
Won’t end farmers stir even if there is nationwide lockdown: Rakesh Tikait
Ghazipur: With the surge in coronavirus cases all over the country, the threat of the pandemic looms large over the hundreds of farmers sitting on protest at various borders of the national capital…
- India
Millions of farmers in India will benefit from new agri laws, says Oz scholar
Canberra: Millions of farmers in India will benefit from the country’s new farm laws, according to an Australian-based scholar who advised against listening to activists who gave contrary advice. In an article…
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Farmers to march to Parliament on foot in May: SKM
New Delhi: Announcing their plans for the upcoming two months, farmers, who have been protesting against the new farm laws at the Delhi borders, said they will march to the Parliament on foot…
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Farmers to intensify agitation with Bharat bandh, burning farm laws on Holi
New Delhi: Intensifying their agitation against the three farm laws, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Wednesday met with different mass organisations to strategise for their ‘Sampurna Bharat Bandh’ on March 26. Addressing…
