Farmers Protest
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Rakesh Tikait leaves for Lakhimpur Kheri where farmers protest turned violent
India | Oct 03, 2021, 09:57 PM ISTWhile leaving Ghazipur on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border for Lakhimpur Kheri, Tikait, the BKU’s national spokesperson, claimed that “several farmers” are feared dead during the violence in which two vehicles were also allegedly set on fire.
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Congress slams BJP, demands judicial probe after protesting farmers allegedly run over by cars in UP
India | Oct 03, 2021, 08:47 PM ISTRahul Gandhi said those who remain silent even after Sunday's incident in Lakhimpur Kheri are already dead and underlined that the sacrifice of farmers will not go in vain.
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Lakhimpur-Kheri: 8 killed including farmers in violence during protest in Uttar Pradesh
India | Oct 03, 2021, 10:51 PM ISTInfuriated farmers set three jeeps on fire after some of the protestors were run over by the vehicles. One of the vehicles belongs to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Mishra Teni.
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Ground Report: Paddy procurement delay triggers farmers to start another protest against Centre
News | Oct 02, 2021, 04:49 PM ISTFarmers are set to protest outside the houses of MPs, MLAs and other leaders in Haryana today. Earlier on Thursday, Haryana BKU (Chaduni) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni had said farmers would protest if the state government fails to begin paddy procurement on October 1. Chaduni said that the Centre has postponed the paddy procurement from October 1 to October 11.
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Punjab CM Channi seeks withdrawal of cases against protesting farmers on railway tracks
India | Oct 02, 2021, 04:39 PM ISTPunjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has directed the RPF chairman to immediately comply with the order and withdraw the police cases against protesting farmers.
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Watch Farmers protest from Karnal over paddy procurement delay
News | Oct 02, 2021, 01:40 PM ISTFarmers are protesting outside the houses of MPs, MLAs and other leaders in karnal, Kurukshetra and several other cities of Haryana .
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Farmers protest started in Punjab and Haryana over paddy procurement delay
News | Oct 02, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTFarmers protest started outside the houses of MPs, MLAs and other leaders in Haryana today. Earlier on Thursday, Haryana BKU (Chaduni) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni had said farmers would protest if the state government fails to begin paddy procurement on October 1
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Procurement of paddy crop to start in all mandis in state from Sunday, announces Haryana CM
India | Oct 02, 2021, 06:26 PM ISTThe Samyukt Kisan Morcha has also decided to withdraw demonstrations after Centre announced to begin the procurement from tomorrow in Haryana and Punjab.
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Exclusive | Rakesh Tikait talks with India TV, says - Police should allow us to enter Delhi
News | Oct 01, 2021, 04:28 PM ISTBKU leader Rakesh Tikait recently talked to India TV, where he said that the Centre should hold talks with the farmers. He also said that police to remove barricade to allow them to enter Delhi.
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'You've strangulated city and now want to protest inside it': SC hits out at protesting farmers
India | Oct 01, 2021, 02:40 PM IST"You have blocked highways and roads. You have strangulated the city and now you want to come inside the city and protest," a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar said.
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Can't be blocked perpetually: SC asks Centre for steps taken to clear roads blocked by farmers
India | Sep 30, 2021, 01:51 PM ISTThe bench asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj: What was the government doing in the matter?
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Give appointment letters to kin of farmers who died during protests: Punjab CM Channi to ministers
India | Sep 28, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTTerming the farm laws as anti-farmers and anti-food security, Channi said that they are a potent threat to their livelihood and future generations.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Watch how farmer leaders stopped army convoy going to border for war exercise
Aaj Ki Baat | Sep 27, 2021, 11:24 PM ISTSeveral trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre’s three farm laws disrupted lives across parts of India, particularly in the north.
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Hundreds of farmers protest in Noida over land compensation
India | Sep 27, 2021, 05:05 PM ISTThe protestors, mostly supporters of the Bharatiya Kisan Parishad, have been staging a sit-in outside the Noida Authority's office for the past several days over a host of demands including hiked compensation for their land acquired by the government.
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Bharat Bandh: Protesting Farmer dies of cardiac arrest at Singhu border
India | Sep 27, 2021, 04:49 PM ISTThe deceased farmer, identified as Baghel Ram, 55, was a resident of Khela village in Punjab and was a member of Kirti Kisan Union (KKU).
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Watch Ground Report of Bharat Bandh by Samyukt Kisan Morcha
News | Sep 27, 2021, 05:00 PM ISTThe Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a coalition of farmers' unions, has called for a Bharat Bandh today to mark the first anniversary of the enactment of the three farm laws. Watch Ground report on India Tv for latest update.
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Congress leader Deepender Singh hoodda attacked government on farmers protest
News | Sep 27, 2021, 04:00 PM ISTCongress leader from Haryana, Deepender Singh hooda said that government is rigid on farms laws and farmers are suffering from last year as government is not listening to them.
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Farmers' demands legitimate, Centre should consider them: Kejriwal
India | Sep 27, 2021, 03:13 PM ISTArvind Kejriwal has requested the Centre to consider the demands of farmers protesting against the three farm laws, saying it will not be "bowing down" before anyone if it does so.
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Bharat Bandh: Centre asks states to ensure law and order, safety of public property
India | Sep 27, 2021, 01:58 PM ISTThe Bharat Bandh call has been given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of many farm unions, against the three farm laws passed by Parliament in last September.
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Bharat Bandh: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait speaks EXCLUSIVELY to India TV
News | Sep 27, 2021, 01:32 PM ISTBharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait speaks EXCLUSIVELY to India TV on farmers' unions, has called for a Bharat Bandh today to mark the first anniversary of the enactment of the three farm laws.