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.
BJP MP Gautam Gambhir rejects Arvind Kejriwal's house arrest claim, AAP replies wittily
Dec 08, 2020, at 07:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of using the farmers' protest to wrest power in Punjab, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday rejected the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s claim that its party head has been house arrested.
Farmers' Protest: 'Bharat Bandh' observed today
Dec 08, 2020, at 02:39 pm
New Delhi: Farmer unions are observing Bharat Bandh on Tuesday as an attempt to exert pressure on the Centre to repeal the three farm laws.
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.
Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, who was on way to join farmers' protest, detained in Lucknow
Dec 07, 2020, at 08:50 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav was on Monday detained along with hundreds of his supporters when he was on his way to join the farmers' protest in the state capital.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal visits farmers' protest site ahead of Bharat Bandh
Dec 07, 2020, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Sharing solidarity with the peasants, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday visited the site where thousands of farmers are protesting against the Centre's three new farm laws for the 12th straight days.
AAP in support of farmers Bharat Bandh: Arvind Kejriwal
Dec 07, 2020, at 06:29 am
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that the Aam Aadmi Party supports the call for Bharat Bandh by the farmers on December 8.
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.
Delhi farmers and Khap leaders support Bharat Bandh
Dec 07, 2020, at 12:43 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi farmers and Khap Panchayat chiefs have in one voice extended their support to the agitating farmers and will symbolically also support the December 8 Bharat Bandh.
'Arrest me if you can': Tejashwi Yadav dares Nitish Kumar govt
Dec 06, 2020, at 06:27 pm
Patna/IBNS: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the Nitish Kumar government and dared it to arrest him for protesting in support of farmers' demands to repeal the Centre's three contentious laws.
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.
Farmers' Protest: Singer Mika Singh calls Kangana Ranaut 'crazy', asks followers to ignore her
Dec 06, 2020, at 05:25 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Singer and performer Mika Singh has asked his fans and social media followers to ignore actor Kangana Ranawat, who has sparked a fresh controversy after suggesting in a tweet that an elderly Sikh woman participating in the ongoing farm protests was paid for her appearance.
Dec 05, 2020, at 08:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday said it won't participate in the nationwide strike called by the farmers in protest against the Centre's three new farm laws despite lending moral support to the issue.
Govt has put entire nation's farmers in trouble: Rahul Gandhi
Dec 05, 2020, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the farmers in Bihar are in distress without the MSP and APMC and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of allegedly pushing the entire country's farmers into trouble.
Dec 05, 2020, at 07:11 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the third round of talks with the farmers who are protesting against the Centre's new farm laws, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar visited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence here on Saturday, media reports said.
Farmers' Protest: Kangana Ranaut served legal notice by Sikh body for derogatory tweet
Dec 05, 2020, at 08:18 am
Delhi/IBNS: Actor Kangana Ranaut has been asked by a Sikh body to apologise for her tweet on an elerly woman protester at Farmers' agitation who she said was available for Rs 100, suggesting that she can be a paid protester, said media reports.
Mamata Banerjee speaks with protesting farmers lending support to farmers' protest
Dec 04, 2020, at 08:28 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday spoke with the farmers who are protesting against the Centre's new farm bills for the ninth consecutive days in the Delhi-Haryana border.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announces 5 lakh each to families of 2 farmers
Dec 03, 2020, at 11:16 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday expressed grief at the death of two farmers who were participating in the ongoing protests against the 'Black Farm Laws'.
Parkash Singh Badal returns Padma Award protesting against Modi govt's 'betrayal of farmers'
Dec 03, 2020, at 07:27 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday returned the Padma Vibhushan Award protesting against the central government's ill-treatment of the farmers who are agitating against the new farm laws for the eighth consecutive day.
Protest against farm laws: Centre-farmers meeting today amid deadlock
Dec 03, 2020, at 05:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The representatives of the central government will on Thursday meet the farmers, who are protesting against the Centre's new farm laws, for the second time in three days searching for an end to one of the biggest agitation it faced in its six-year old rule.
Ahead of talks, farmers warn of more protests until repeal of Centre's farm laws
Dec 03, 2020, at 05:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the Centre's talk with farmers on Thursday over the three contentious farm laws, the protesters warned that they will not stop their agitation unless the laws are repealed.
Congress instigating farmers for agitation: BJP
Dec 03, 2020, at 01:52 am
Patna/UNI: Blaming Congress for instigating farmers for the ongoing agitation against agricultural reforms, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday alleged that those who never worked for the benefit of farmers were now misleading them.
Dec 02, 2020, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In solidarity with the agitating farmers of Punjab and Haryana against the Centre's farm bills, peasants from Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday are moving towards the protest sites at Delhi borders and the designated place in Burari.