Farmers Agitation
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11 trains resume services as farmers withdraw stir in Punjab. Check full list
India | Nov 24, 2020, 07:25 AM ISTThe Railways had said on Saturday it would soon resume goods and passenger trains in Punjab after the farmers decided to allow the services and the state government communicated that the tracks were clear.
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17 mail, express trains for Punjab region likely to restore services from Nov 24: Indian Railways
India | Nov 23, 2020, 07:03 AM ISTProviding a list of trains that will be restored, the Railways said, "As per information received, the rail agitation is likely to be lifted in the evening of November 23. Accordingly, a tentative plan for restoration of train services in Punjab area shall be as below."
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Agitating Punjab farmers agree to allow passenger train movement from Nov 23
India | Nov 21, 2020, 05:37 PM ISTDifferent farmers' organisations in Punjab, protesting the three Central farm laws, on Saturday announced to lift their rail blockade for passenger trains from November 23.
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Farm laws row: Centre offers to hold more discussions with Punjab farmers
India | Nov 14, 2020, 07:01 AM ISTThe government has offered to hold discussions with the representatives of farmers' bodies from Punjab, to resolve the matter on the new farm laws enacted by the Centre.
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Trains continue to be suspended in Punjab amid ongoing agitation by farmers: Railways
India | Oct 29, 2020, 09:45 AM ISTTrain operations in Punjab have yet not been resumed, the railways said on Thursday, adding the railway operations will continue to be suspended due to the ongoing agitation by farmers. Commenting further, spokesperson for Northern Railways today said no train services have been resumed.
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Indian Railways cancels these trains due to farmers' agitation. Check list
India | Oct 20, 2020, 09:10 AM ISTThe Northern Railway has cancelled, short-terminated and diverted some trains in view of the farmers' agitation in Punjab against farm bills.
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Farm Bills row: Several trains suspended as Punjab farmers begin 'rail roko' campaign
India | Sep 24, 2020, 01:52 PM ISTSeveral trains were suspended on Thursday as farmers began a three-day 'rail roko' campaign against the Farm Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament.
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Farm bills: Farmers protest in Haryana; Tractor Rally from Punjab to Delhi
India | Sep 20, 2020, 01:44 PM ISTFarmers in Haryana began their protest against the agriculture-related farm bills on Sunday amid elaborate security arrangements which have been made to ensure that the event passes off smoothly.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan arrested at farmers' agitation in Shivpuri
India | Aug 27, 2019, 07:08 PM ISTFormer Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was arrested in Shivpuri on Tuesday.
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Punjab farmers' protest affects train traffic on Delhi-Amritsar route: Know what are their demands
India | Mar 06, 2019, 04:08 PM ISTThirty-eight trains remained cancelled on Wednesday as the farmers' protest continued by blocking the railway tracks in Punjab.
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'Kisan March' in Delhi from November 28-30 to press for farmers' demand, says AIKS gen secy
India | Nov 04, 2018, 04:57 PM ISTAIKSCC has sought President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention to resolve the "agricultural crisis" that renders 70 per cent of people in the country vulnerable, by addressing a joint session of parliament, the AIKS leader said.
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Farmers’ agitation will end once govt announces support prices for crops: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
India | Jun 02, 2018, 06:46 PM ISTJavdekar said that the Narendra Modi government's plan was to provide a "long-lasting" solution to the issues being faced by the farmers.
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Farmers can uproot governments, warns Sitaram Yechury
India | Mar 12, 2018, 08:36 PM ISTReaching Mumbai to address a rally of farmers' after their six-day Long March, he said the farmers were the "new soldiers of India" and like the jawans who protect the country's borders the peasantry produces food for the people.
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Mandsaur violence: Farmers’ protests enter 8th day, Rahul Gandhi heads to meet protesters
India | Jun 08, 2017, 10:15 AM ISTThe agitation turned violent in Mandsaur on Wednesday and spread to other districts of the state.
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Farmers' stir continues in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra; violent protests in many places
India | Jun 06, 2017, 09:57 AM ISTFarmers' protest continued unabated in many parts of Madhya Pradesh on Monday
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Maharashtra stir: Shiv Sena slams state govt for breaking farmers’ unity
National | Jun 05, 2017, 01:52 PM ISTThe Sena accused the state government of creating a fissure among the farmers in an attempt to break their unity, saying it had used similar tactics to crush the Maratha stir in the past
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Unfortunate that Modi meets Priyanka Chopra, but has no time for farmers: Congress
National | Jun 02, 2017, 05:36 PM ISTPoonawalla said that farmers' strike will affect the whole nation along with the people of Maharashtra and hence Modi and Fadnavis should show seriousness towards their demands
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Noida Farmers Mahapanchyat Issues Aug 5 Ultimatum
India | Jul 24, 2011, 03:18 PM ISTNoida, July 24: The mahapanchayat of farmers from Noida and Greater Noida on Sunday upped the ante by issuing an ultimatum to the authorities to fulfil their demands by August 5, failing which the farmers
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Don't Spread Canards, Mayawati's BSP Tells Rahul
India | May 17, 2011, 03:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 17: Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for politicising the Bhatta Parsaul incidents, the Bahujan Samaj Party on Mondaynight said that instead of wasting his energy in unproductive work, the `Yuvraj'