The Delhi Police on Monday informed that Chilla and Ghazipur borders are closed for traffic coming from Noida and Ghaziabad to the national capital due to ongoing farmer protests.
Rajasthan Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Madan Dilawar on Saturday lashed out at protesting farmers and said they are 'conspiring to spread bird flu by consuming chicken at the protest sites.'
The tractor rally is being seen as a show of force a day before farmer leaders and ministers are to meet yet again - for the eighth time - for talks on the farm laws, which the farmers say put them in shaky ground on MSP.
There will be diversions on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway during the afternoon on Thursday in view of a 'tractor rally' called by farmers protesting against the new central farm laws, police here said on Wednesday.
This is the first meeting this year to break the deadlock over the repeal of three agriculture legislations and a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP).
After so many rounds of talks between farmer unions and Central government over new farm laws, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Kailash Chaudharyon January 2 said that he is confident that in next meeting a solution will
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday moved a resolution in the state Assembly and attacked the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre over the three contentious central farm laws against which farmers are agitating in Delhi.
The Centre and farmer leaders had talks at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi over the three farm laws. The sixth round of talks between the two sides are being held after a considerable gap. The fifth round of talks was held on December 5.
The Centre and farmer leaders are currently holding talks at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi over the three farm laws. The sixth round of talks between the two sides are being held after a considerable gap. The fifth round of talks was held on December 5.
The Centre and farmer leaders are currently holding talks at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi over the three farm laws. The sixth round of talks between the two sides are being held after a considerable gap. The fifth round of talks was held on December 5.
Social activist Anna Hazare has threatened to go on a hunger strike if his demands on issues concerning farmers are not met by the Union government by the end of January next year, and said it would be his "last protest".
Former Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the agitating farmers to consider Union Minister Rajnath Singh's appeal to try the three new farm laws as an "experiment" for a year or two.
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Earlier on Friday, the farm unions had discussed the government's latest letter inviting them for talks, with some of them indicating that they may decide to resume their dialogue with the Centre to find a solution to the ongoing deadlock over the three contentious agri laws.
Protesting farmer unions on Saturday will hold another meeting, where a formal decision on the Centre's invite for the resumption of stalled talks is likely to be taken. Earlier on Friday, the farm unions had discussed the government's latest letter inviting them for talks, with some of them indicating that they may decide to resume their dialogue with the Centre to find a solution to the ongoing deadlock over the three contentious agri laws. An official in the Union ministry of agriculture and farmers' welfare also said the government was expecting the next round of meeting to take place in the next two-three days.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said "farm-grabbers" may lose land that has been illegitimately taken away from farmers and not that of the agriculturists.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday urged Punjab farmers to end their protest and come forward to hold discussions with the government to resolve the deadlock over the three new farm laws.
Rajnath Singh said that the government will amend the farm laws if they are not found beneficial. He said that Modi government will never do anything which is not in the interest of the farmers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government and said that her ideology has destroyed West Bengal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released over Rs 18,000 crore to more than nine crore farmer families under the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi' (PM-KISAN).
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