Farmers' protest: Facebook , Instagram pages of Kisan Ekta Morcha blocked, resume after 3 hrs
Dec 21, 2020, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS:The Facebook and Instagram pages of farmers agitating against the farm laws were blocked on Sunday for nearly three hours after a live broadcast giving rise to fresh debate on online censorship.
As protest enters 25th day, farmers threaten to block UP-Delhi border
Dec 20, 2020, at 04:52 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As the protest against the Centre's contentious farms laws entered the 25th day, farmers have threatened to block Ghazipur border between Uttar Pradesh and the national capital.
Opposition using farmers' protest to win back lost political ground: PM Modi
Dec 18, 2020, at 08:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the opposition parties are using the farmers' protest to win back the lost political ground.
DMK, allies observe fast in support of farmers' protests
Dec 18, 2020, at 06:25 pm
Chennai/UNI: The Tamil Nadu Opposition DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance on Friday staged a day long fast in support of the agitating farmers in Delhi demanding revoking of the three farm laws enacted by the Centre.
PM Modi reaches out to farmers with 8-page letter by Agriculture Minister
Dec 18, 2020, at 05:27 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a big attempt to reach out to the protesting farmers, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has released an 8-page letter on Thursday urging for dialogue to solve the stalemate over the Centre's contentious farm laws. The letter was shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an urge to countrymen to read it.
Opposition siding with middlemen and misleading farmers: Yogi Adityanath
Dec 18, 2020, at 01:34 am
Bareilly/UNI: Launching a scathing attack on the oppositions, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that they are fighting the battle of the middlemen and brokers and misleading the farmers.
Harsimrat Badal flays Arvind Kejriwal for insulting farmers' struggle with 'cheap theatrics'
Dec 18, 2020, at 01:27 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday condemned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for insulting the farmer struggle with 'cheap theatrics' by tearing copies of the farm laws which he was among the first to notify in the country.
Arvind Kejriwal tears copy of farm laws in Delhi assembly protesting against agricultural reforms
Dec 18, 2020, at 12:41 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday tore a copy of farm laws in the assembly, symbolically protesting against the Narendra Modi government's agricultural reforms that have triggered massive farmers' agitation in and around the national capital.
Farmers have right to protest but cannot block roads : Supreme Court
Dec 17, 2020, at 09:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court today heard a number of petitions on the farmers' protest against the newly-formed farm laws and said the agitation on the borders of Delhi can continue but the roads to the national capital cannot be blocked, and also directed the Centre not to implement the laws until it has taken a final decision on the matter, media reports said.
Dec 17, 2020, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As farmers' movement entered day 22, All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) on Thursday said the committee advised by the Supreme Court will only be successful once the three laws are repealed and that the court's suggestion is a moral victory for the protestors.
'Tolerating injustice is sin': Sikh priest dies by suicide, leaves note on farmers' protest
Dec 17, 2020, at 03:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The priest of a Gurdwara in Haryana, Baba Ram Singh, who joined the farmers' protest last evening, has died by committing suicide. The 65-year-old has shot himself, said reports.
Opposition leaders are trying to mislead farmers: Narendra Modi
Dec 15, 2020, at 10:03 pm
Kutch: Backing his government's farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the opposition leaders are trying to mislead farmers.
Anna Hazare threatens to go on hunger strike if farmers' demands are not met
Dec 15, 2020, at 08:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the ongoing farmers' protest against the three farm laws in the country, renowned social activist Anna Hazare has threatened to go on a hunger strike if the farmers' demands are not met.
Diljit Dosanjh takes dig at those who slammed 'pizza langar' at farmers' protest site
Dec 15, 2020, at 03:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh who has been backing the farmers' protest against the Centre's contentious laws, on Monday, slammed those who criticised the distribution of pizzas among the demonstrators camped at Singhu on Delhi-Haryana border.
Farmers' protest: Delhi Jaipur Highway partially reopens after farmers take out tractor rally
Dec 14, 2020, at 12:48 am
Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi Jaipur Highway was partially closed on Sunday in view of the farmers' tractor rally to block the arterial road as part of intensified farm law protest continuing since the last 18 days.
Massive deployment of police force as farmers threaten to block Delhi-Jaipur Highway on Sunday
Dec 13, 2020, at 02:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The farmers unions protesting the Centre's farm laws will take out a tractor rally on Sunday to block the Delhi-Jaipur Highway, vowing to intensify their protest even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the laws are aimed at doubling their income by facilitating access to alternate markets.
Dec 12, 2020, at 08:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the new farm laws will help break the age-old barriers between the agriculture and the associated sectors, opening new markets for the farmers, enabling access to technological advancements and investments.
Yuvraj Singh isolates himself from father Yograj Singh's comment on farmers' protests
Dec 12, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has isolated himself from a statement made by his father Yograj Singh who had backed the sportspersons returning their awards in support of the ongoing farmers' protests.
Claims about Arvind Kejriwal put under house arrest false and baseless: Delhi Police
Dec 10, 2020, at 02:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi Police have denied allegations that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was put under house arrest.
Govt must give in to demands of farmers, withdraw laws unconditionally: SAD
Dec 10, 2020, at 01:27 am
Chandigarh/UNI: The Shiromani Akali Dal Wednesday urged the Centre to stop playing games with the innocent farmers of the country and immediately and unconditionally withdraw the three controversial Acts and accept all the other demands of the farmers.
Nothing short of total repeal of farm laws, say protesting farmers
Dec 09, 2020, at 07:50 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The government on Wednesday proposed some amendments to the three farm laws but the agitating farmers rejected the proposal and demanded their total repeal.
Support of political parties towards 'Bharat Bandh' is hypocrisy: Prakash Javadekar
Dec 09, 2020, at 07:12 am
New Delhi, Dec 8 (UNI) Information and Broadcasting (IB) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday described the support of political parties towards the 'Bharat Bandh' by farmers as hypocrisy.
Farmers' meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah inconclusive
Dec 09, 2020, at 06:38 am
New Delhi, Dec 8 (UNI) The meeting between the representatives of the agitating farmers and Union Home Minister Amit Shah that took place late on Tuesday evening remained inconclusive. However, the Government will give a fresh proposal on Wednesday to the farmers’ union representatives.
Amit Shah meets protesting farmers in a bid to negotiate ahead of tomorrow's talks
Dec 09, 2020, at 02:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah met with representatives of the protesting farmers on Tuesday in a bid to negotiate on their demands over the Centre's farm laws.
Amit Shah calls meeting with protesting farmers at 7 pm
Dec 08, 2020, at 09:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah called a meeting with the farmers protesting against the Centre's contentious farm laws at 7 pm on Tuesday, media reports said.
Need reforms for developments, old laws are a burden now: PM Modi
Dec 08, 2020, at 04:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid protest and call for Bharat Bandh by farmers over the Centre's contentious farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said reforms are needed for development and some of the old laws are a burden now.
Do not clash with farmers during Bharat Bandh tomorrow: UP govt tells police
Dec 08, 2020, at 02:14 am
Lucknow/UNI: With Uttar Pradesh government's directions to the police to go soft and avoid direct confrontation with the Farmers’ Union leaders supporting the Bharat-Bandh on Tuesday, the cops all over the state, especially in Western Uttar Pradesh have been put on alert to avert any untoward incident.
'Withdraw farm laws or quit': Mamata Banerjee to Centre ahead of Bharat Bandh
Dec 08, 2020, at 01:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the central government should withdraw the contentious farm laws or quit, amid the intensification of the farmers' protest at the Delhi-Haryana border.
Dec 07, 2020, at 02:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau voices his stance against the new farm laws of India and supports the agitating farmers (many of them Sikhs, his vote bank in Canada), the north American country has always vehemently criticised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and subsidies given by the Indian government to the farmers, media reports said.
After no breakthrough, farmers agree for 6th round of talks with Centre on Dec 9
Dec 06, 2020, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The agitating farmers have agreed to the government's proposal for a sixth round of talks on Dec 9 after no headway could be made during the four hours of talks on Saturday as farmers refused to budge from their core issue--repeal of the three farm laws.