Farmers Protest
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RSS farmer body holds protests at Ramleela ground, traffic likely to be affected in parts of Delhi
India | Dec 19, 2022, 11:46 AM ISTMembers of RSS' farmer body came in large numbers at Ramleela ground, New Delhi to stage protest pressing their demands.
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Delhi: Farmers stage protest at Jantar Mantar, demand legal guarantee for MSP
India | Dec 09, 2022, 02:41 PM ISTFarmers protest: The Congress' unit for farmers accused the BJP-led central government of not cooperating with farmers and reneging on its promises made to them following which, the year-long stir at Delhi borders was suspended.
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Punjab: Massive farmers' protests outside CM's residence in Sangrur; police lathi-charge | Video
India | Nov 30, 2022, 07:32 PM ISTPunjab: This is not the first time such a big protest took place outside CM's home in Sangrur. Farmer unions held a 20-day-long protest for their slew of demands and called off it following an assurance from the state government.
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Punjab: Farmers’ protest outside CM residence in Sangrur, demanding compensation for damaged crops
India | Oct 20, 2022, 05:43 PM ISTFarmers Protest in Sangrur: The agitation entered its 11th day as protesting farmers are still waiting for their demands to be accepted by the Punjab government.
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Gujarat: Bharatiya Kisan Sangh calls for bandh in Gandhinagar over pending farmer issues
India | Sep 05, 2022, 07:14 AM ISTGujarat: Reminding the history of farmers' protest of 1987, state BKS President Jagmal Arya has threatened that in 1987, BJP stood with the BKS while the Congress was in power in the state.
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Farmers hold 'mahapanchayat' at Delhi's Jantar Mantar; security arrangements in place
India | Aug 22, 2022, 11:22 AM ISTFarmers' protest: Farmers' union have been protesting against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and have been pressing for the arrest of Ashish Mishra, an accused named in the case.
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Farmer's protest: SKM stir ends in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri; meeting in Delhi on Sep 6 for next strategy
India | Aug 20, 2022, 08:58 PM ISTFarmers' protest: Lakhimpur Kheri is represented in Lok Sabha by Mishra, the Union Minister of State for Home. His son Ashish Mishra is an accused in the violence that took place on October 3 last year in which four farmers and a journalist were among the eight people killed.
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Farmers' protest: SKM stir enters second day, Tikait asks farmers to be ready for agitation
India | Aug 20, 2022, 08:54 PM ISTFarmers' protest: At the dharna venue, women activists from the Kisan Sangarsh Samiti from neighboring Sitapur recited poems highlighting farmers' struggles.
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Farmers' protest: SKM to begin 72-hour stir from today, to seek justice in Lakhimpur Kheri case
India | Aug 18, 2022, 09:33 AM ISTFarmers' protest: Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during the violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area on October 3 last year.
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Farmers from Punjab leave for UP's Lakhimpur Kheri for protest
India | Aug 17, 2022, 05:23 PM ISTEight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during the violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area on October 3 last year.
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Farmers protest against land acquisition in Haryana; Delhi-Jaipur highway blocked for two hours
India | Aug 14, 2022, 08:11 AM ISTFarmers' protest: The protesters carrying national flags blocked the busy highway at Pachgaon Chowk around 10 am.
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Farmer unions call off proposed protest against Punjab govt after 'most of the demands' accepted
India | Aug 03, 2022, 10:03 AM ISTPunjab farmers protest: Several farmer organisations including Bharti Kisan Union (Sidhupur) had announced to protest against the Mann government on many issues.
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha to chair meet today; legal guarantee for MSP, Lakhimpur case on agenda
India | Jul 12, 2022, 10:04 AM ISTEight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted on October 3 last year when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area.
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'Surrender within a week': Supreme Court cancels accused Ashish Mishra's bail in Lakhimpur case
India | Apr 18, 2022, 01:28 PM ISTThe SC bench said that it was not necessary to observe that the bail application of the accused should not be heard by the same judge, saying this aspect was better left to the chief justice of the high court.
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Rakesh Tikait stands against Centre's paddy procurement policy, calls for 'another farmers protest'
India | Apr 11, 2022, 03:57 PM ISTTikait also added that the farmer umbrella body Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) will back every Chief Minister who fights for the farmers' issues.
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Samyukt Kisan Morcha to observe 'MSP Legal Guarantee Week' from April 11 to 17
India | Mar 15, 2022, 10:24 AM ISTConstituent organisations associated with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha will organise dharnas, demonstrations, seminars during the 'MSP Legal Guarantee Week'.
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R-Day violence, 16 other cases approved by Delhi govt for withdrawal
India | Mar 01, 2022, 05:04 PM ISTThe Centre had also agreed to the demand of the agitating farmers' umbrella organisation Samyukta Kisan Morcha for the withdrawal of the cases registered against the protesters, between November 2020 to December 2021.
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Granting bail, Allahabad HC questions charges against Ashish Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri case
India | Feb 10, 2022, 05:15 PM ISTSince October, Ashish Mishra had been lodged in jail, while a local court in Lakhimpur Kheri refused to grant him bail.
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Punjab election 2022: Akali Dal will win 80 seats, claims Sukhbir Singh Badal | Exclusive
Elections | Feb 04, 2022, 06:45 PM ISTPunjab assembly election will be held in one single phase on February 20 and results will be declared on March 10. It's going to be a multi-polar fight in the forthcoming elections between SAD-BSP, Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh's new-founded Punjab Lok Congress (PLC)-BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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BKU to observe 'Virodh Diwas' today as farmers allege 'betrayal' by Centre over farm issues
India | Jan 31, 2022, 07:25 AM ISTEarlier in December last year, the SKM had announced the suspension of their year-long agitation after they received a letter from the Central government, with promises of forming a committee on MSP.