Compensation to kin of farmers who died during agitation a state matter: Agriculture Minister
Dec 11, 2021, at 01:09 am
New Delhi/UNI: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that the matter of compensation to farmers who died during the year-long farmers' protests was with the state governments, and said no one was killed in police action during the protests.
Farmers call off year-long protests against agricultural reforms after govt accepts demands
Dec 09, 2021, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After the Modi government accepted all demands made by the protesters, farmers ended their 15-month long agitation against the agricultural reforms, which were brought by the current dispensation, on Thursday.
Farmers to formally call off protest tomorrow after Centre agrees to demands
Dec 09, 2021, at 04:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Farmers, who have spent the last 15 months protesting against the farm laws and demanding for a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP), have decided to call off their agitation after accepting a second draft proposal from the government, media reports said.
Farmer groups reach consensus on Centre's revised proposal
Dec 09, 2021, at 01:28 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday said that it has received a revised draft proposal from the Centre and a consensus has been reached on the same.
Firm in our commitment to stand by farmers on MSP: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
Dec 08, 2021, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said her party was firm in its commitment to stand by farmers on multiple issues including the legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Farmers likely to end protests as Centre decides to offer written assurance for meeting demands
Dec 08, 2021, at 03:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Farmers protesting for more than 15 months on issues ranging from the now-scrapped farm laws to a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP), have decided to withdraw the same.
Centre should compensate farmers who died in agitation: Rahul Gandhi in Parliament
Dec 07, 2021, at 07:58 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reiterated his demand to compensate the farmers, who had lost their lives during the farm agitation.
Article 370 had no connection with peace, will not be restored in J&K: Amit Shah
Dec 05, 2021, at 03:10 am
New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday said there is no connection between Article 370 and peace in Jammu and Kashmir, and hence, it will not be restored.
PM’s apology still incomplete: Rahul Gandhi
Dec 03, 2021, at 11:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to complete his apology by fulfilling all demands of protesting farmers.
Kangana Ranaut summoned by Delhi Assembly Committee over actress' Khalistani remark
Nov 25, 2021, at 07:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A Delhi Assembly committee has summoned Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut for calling the farmers' protest a Khalistani movement, media reports said.
SKM core committee to carry on with protests; demands govt talks to farmers
Nov 21, 2021, at 01:29 am
New Delhi/UNI: A meeting of the core committee of farmer unions under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha was held on Saturday, and farmer leaders reiterated that their protest plans for the coming day remain unchanged.
Early repeal of farm laws would have saved innocent lives: BJP MP Varun Gandhi writes to Modi
Nov 20, 2021, at 08:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a stern message to his party's top leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday said 700 innocent lives would have been saved had the government withdrawn the controversial farm laws earlier.
'This is a jihadi nation if...': Kangana Ranaut strongly reacts to repeal of farm laws
Nov 19, 2021, at 08:14 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Expressing her disappointment over the repeal of farm laws, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Friday said India is a jihadi nation if people on the street start to make laws instead of the elected government.
#disappointed trends on Twitter after PM Modi repeals farm laws
Nov 19, 2021, at 06:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A section of Twitter users are disappointed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he repealed three controversial farm laws that had triggered massive protests in and around Delhi for close to a year.
Rahul Gandhi takes jibe at Centre over farmers’ protest
Nov 16, 2021, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Days ahead of the one-year anniversary of farm agitation at Delhi borders against the three farm laws, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a jibe at the Modi government pointing out its alleged insensitivity towards the farmers’ plight.
Punjab govt announces Rs. 2 lakh compensation for every protester arrested in Delhi tractor rally
Nov 13, 2021, at 05:34 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: The Punjab government has announced financial aid for 83 people who were arrested in Delhi after violence broke out during a farmers' tractor rally on Republic Day this January.
PM Modi to address BJP workers at key party meeting ahead of upcoming state polls
Nov 07, 2021, at 04:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address a key meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, held to discuss the upcoming assembly elections
Punjab: Farmers stop screening of Akshay Kumar's film Sooryavanshi
Nov 07, 2021, at 05:14 am
Hoshiyarpur/IBNS: A group of farmers protesting against Centre's farm laws forced five cinema halls here to stop the screening of Akshay Kumar-starrer "Sooryavanshi', media reports said.
'If govt can run for 5 years, so can our protest': Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait
Nov 05, 2021, at 04:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait celebrated Diwali at the Ghazipur protest site alongside other farm members and leaders.
Rakesh Tikait threatens to lay siege on Delhi if Centre doesn't take call on farm laws by Nov 26
Nov 01, 2021, at 09:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait Monday warned the central government and said farmers will reach Delhi border in their tractors to lay siege if the government does not take any decision on the three farms laws by Nov 26.
Rakesh Tikait warns of consequences if protesting farmers 'forcibly' removed from Delhi borders
Oct 31, 2021, at 06:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday warned the Centre of consequences if protesters are forcibly removed from Delhi borders.
Farmers have right to protest, but cannot block roads indefinitely: SC
Oct 21, 2021, at 10:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said farmers have the right to protest, but they cannot block roads indefinitely.
Farmer groups call for renewed protest at Delhi borders before Supreme Court order
Oct 20, 2021, at 06:01 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Farmer groups protesting against the three central farm laws have called in for a renewal of agitation ahead of a key Supreme Court hearing this week.
Arrested Nihang claims 'no regret' in the brutal killing at farmers' protest
Oct 17, 2021, at 04:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Saravjit Singh - a Sikh 'warrior' or Nihang, who has confessed involvement in the killing of a Dalit labourer Lakhbir Singh at farmers' protest site in Haryana's Singhu yesterday, has said he has no regrets, according to media reports.
Oct 16, 2021, at 01:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A member of the warrior Sikh order Nihang surrendered on Friday after the horrific killing at a farmers' protest site at Singhu on the Haryana-Delhi border, according to media reports.
An arrest soon for body with severed wrist and foot at farmers' protest site: Haryana Police
Oct 15, 2021, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Haryana Police said on Friday that an arrest is expected soon in the horrendous incident where the body of a man with a hand and a foot severed was found at a farmers' protest site in Haryana's Sonipat, around 30 km from Delhi, media reports said.
SKM blames Nihangs for Singhu border killing
Oct 15, 2021, at 08:51 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The body of a man with a hand chopped off, and found tied to a barricade in Kundli, close to the main stage at the farmers' protest site along the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border on Friday, is the works of Nihang Sikhs, alleged the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM).
Body with wrist severed found tied to barricade at farmers' protest in Singhu border
Oct 15, 2021, at 06:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: A body with wrist severed was found tied to a barricade at the ongoing farmers' protest on the Singhu border, media reports said.
UP: Cops take minister's son to Lakhimpur Kheri to reconstruct crime scene
Oct 14, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Lakhimpur Kheri/IBNS: The UP Police is attempting to "recreate" the Lakhimpur Kheri incident earlier this month when four protesting farmers and a journalist were mowed down by a convoy of vehicles, one of which belonged to Union minister Ajay Mishra.
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: After SC's rebuke, 2 arrested, minister Ajay Mishra's son untraceable
Oct 08, 2021, at 12:21 am
Lakhimpur Kheri/IBNS: Four days after UP's Lakhimpur Kheri incident where a minister's car allegedly rammed into a group of protesters, the UP police arrested two persons identified as Luvkush Rana and Ashish Pandey, according to media reports.