Farmer Protest
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Stop 'inciting' farmers: ML Khattar slams Amarinder Singh
India | Nov 26, 2020, 05:09 PM ISTAddressing Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in his tweet, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that he will leave politics if there will be any trouble on MSP.
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Farmers' protest: Police uses water cannons, tear gas to disperse protestors at Shambhu border
News | Nov 26, 2020, 12:23 PM ISTSecurity personnel use fire tear gas shells to disperse a crowd of farmers gathered at the Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab, to protest the farm laws.
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Farmers' Protest: Police use water cannons on protesting farmers at Punjab - Haryana Borders
News | Nov 26, 2020, 11:09 AM ISTThousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana are marching towards the national capital to protest against the Centre’s contentious farm laws.
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Farmers' protest: Police teams deployed at all Delhi entry points
News | Nov 26, 2020, 10:47 AM ISTFaridabad Police say, "We've clear instructions to not let any members of Bharatiya Kisan Union enter Delhi today and tomorrow. Police teams deployed at all important entry points."
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Farmers' union blocks Amritsar-Delhi highway to protest farm laws
News | Nov 05, 2020, 04:56 PM ISTThe members of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee continued their protest against new farm laws in Punjab. Protesters blocked Amritsar-Delhi highway to demonstrate on November 05.
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Agri reform bills: SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia joins nation-wide protest
News | Sep 25, 2020, 08:21 PM ISTShiromani Akali Dal (SAD), General Secretary, Bikram Singh Majithia participated in the nation-wide 'Bharat Bandh' protest in Amritsar against new farm bills.
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Eight trains cancelled, 24 diverted as farmers continue protest on Amritsar-Delhi line
India | Mar 05, 2019, 10:40 PM ISTEight trains were cancelled and 24 were diverted on Tuesday as farmers continued their protest on the Amritsar-Delhi rail track in Jandiala here.
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Farmers Protest: 50000 farmers reach Nashik, march to Mumbai from today
News | Feb 21, 2019, 11:26 AM ISTFarmers Protest: 50000 farmers reach Nashik, march to Mumbai from today
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Traffic affected at DND highway due to farmers' agitation
News | Feb 02, 2019, 10:31 AM ISTTraffic affected at DND highway due to farmers' agitation
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Farmers take protests to national capital; opposition parties join in show of unity
India | Dec 01, 2018, 01:50 AM ISTPromises made by political leaders at a farmers' protest in New Delhi Friday were met with scepticism from several participants, who said they will believe them once they see a change on the ground.
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Kisan Kranti Padyatra: Farmers end protest after Delhi Police opens barricades
India | Oct 03, 2018, 07:08 AM IST"The 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra' that started on Sept 23 had to end at Delhi's Kisan Ghat. Since Delhi police didn't allow us to enter we protested. Our aim was to finish the yatra which has been done. Now we'll go back to our villages," Naresh Tikait, President, Bharatiya Kisan Union said.
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Kisan Kranti Yatra: Farmers should be allowed to enter Delhi, says Arvind Kejriwal
India | Oct 02, 2018, 03:35 PM ISTFarmers marching from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in support of their demands should be allowed to enter Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.
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Delhi: 'Will announce second phase of rally', says farmer leaders ahead of anti-govt protest
India | Sep 05, 2018, 12:00 AM ISTThe rally, Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh March is being organised jointly by CITU, AIKS and AIAWU, organisations and unions affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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Maharashtra dairy farmers spilling milk on roads as a part of protest
News | Jul 18, 2018, 07:38 AM ISTMilk farmers in Maharashtra are on an indefinite strike. Since July 16, they have been stopping tankers carrying milk from moving towards Mumbai and Pune, and emptying their contents as a way of raising their demands.
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Farmer Protest: Nationwide stir enters day 3, price of vegetabeles and fruits shoots up
News | Jun 03, 2018, 04:44 PM ISTThe nationwide farmers protest entered its third day on Sunday. The supply of milk and vegetables affected in some parts of the country due to the agitation.
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Farmers in Punjab and Maharashtra begin protest, spill milk on road
News | Jun 01, 2018, 12:16 PM ISTFarmers in Punjab and Maharashtra begin protest, spill milk on road
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Over 130 farmer organisations begin 10-day stir today, supply of fruits and vegetables to be hit
News | Jun 01, 2018, 10:42 AM ISTThousands of farmers in Madhya Pradesh today begin a ten-day stir against the government to press for their demands of full loan waiver and adequate price for the produce.
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Kisan Long March: Mumbaikars welcome farmers after 180 km march with flowers and food
India | Mar 12, 2018, 02:47 PM ISTSubhash Talekar, the spokesperson of Mumbai Dabbawala Association, said, “We thought about helping the farmers with food as they are our food-providers and have come from remote parts of the state.”
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Maharashtra farmers' protest: Agitation likely to be called off as CM Fadnavis says ‘most demands accepted’
India | Mar 12, 2018, 08:54 PM ISTThe farmers, led by Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), are demanding, among other things, proper implementation of the Maharashtra government’s loan waiver scheme.
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UP: Farmer protesting in Mandola village dies, JD(U) leader demands probe
India | Feb 11, 2018, 12:01 AM ISTThe farmers have been demanding higher compensation for land that was acquired from them by the Avas Vikas Parishad for its residential scheme since December 2, 2016.