Farmers Protests
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Nadda calls for BJP national office-bearers to meet on Monday; polls, farmers' protests on agenda
India | Oct 17, 2021, 07:46 PM ISTOfficial sources said the party's campaign for the assembly elections will come up for extensive discussion in the meeting.
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Another notice issued to Ashish Mishra by UP Police after he skips summon
India | Oct 08, 2021, 03:55 PM ISTThe latest notice warns Ashish Mishra that if he fails to appear on Saturday, legal action would be initiated against him.
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Violent movement in country of Mahatma Gandhi won't be allowed: Anil Vij on farmers protests
India | Oct 02, 2021, 10:43 AM ISTPunjab and Haryana witnessed widespread protest and anger over the delay in the procurement.
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Bharat Bandh against farm laws disrupts lives in pockets; trains, highways blocked
India | Sep 27, 2021, 07:46 PM ISTThe impact of the 6 am to 4 pm Bharat Bandh, which saw demonstrations in many places, passed off relatively peacefully with no reports of injuries or serious clashes.
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Bharat Bandh from 6 am to 4 pm today. Here's list of services allowed/restricted
India | Sep 27, 2021, 07:18 AM ISTDelhi and Haryana police have issued advisory in view of the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by various farmer organisations.
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Bharat Bandh: 'In war of right and wrong, can not afford to be neutral', says Navjot Singh Sidhu
India | Sep 26, 2021, 09:18 PM ISTFollowing a two-day national convention at the Singhu border last month, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) had called for a 'Bharat Bandh' on September 27.
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Delhi Police intensifies patrolling, deploys extra personnel ahead of Bharat Bandh
India | Sep 26, 2021, 08:30 PM ISTA senior police officer said in view of bandh, adequate security arrangements will be made to maintain the law an order situation in the national capital on Monday.
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Bharat Bandh on Sept 27: Bank union, political parties join farmers' strike | All you need to know
India | Sep 25, 2021, 08:20 PM ISTBharat Bandh on September 27: SKM has appealed to all organisations of workers, traders, transporters, businessmen, students, youth and women and all social movements to extend solidarity with the farmers that day.
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Singhu, Tikri borders closed, Anil Vij directs officials to open alternative routes to Delhi
India | Sep 22, 2021, 10:30 PM ISTThousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere have been sitting at Delhi's borders for nearly 10 months demanding the repeal of the laws.
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Protest by Akali Dal causes heavy traffic jam in many areas of Delhi
News | Sep 17, 2021, 02:00 PM ISTShiromani Akali Dal is protesting against the three farm laws in Delhi. However, this has led to heavy traffic jam across several localities of Delhi, where commuters are facing a lot of problems.
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Kisan Sansad passes 'no-confidence' motion against govt for not repealing farm laws
India | Aug 06, 2021, 11:54 PM ISTThe umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions said the government's "failure" to support farmers during natural calamities, hike in fuel prices and the recent Pegasus snooping row were among the issues that were discussed during the Kisan Sansad on Friday.
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Youth Congress protests against BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi's remark on farmers
India | Jul 23, 2021, 05:54 PM ISTLeading the protest against Lekhi, Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas B V said "the comments towards the food givers of the country are highly condemnable".
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Word 'Kisaan' tarnished: Haryana CM Khattar's veiled attack on farmers' protest
India | Jun 30, 2021, 02:48 PM ISTEarlier too, Haryana CM had hinted at a crackdown on elements indulging in “inappropriate incidents, especially against women” during the ongoing farmers’ agitation.
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They make new programme everyday to keep: Haryana Minister Anil Vij takes dig at farmers
India | Jun 26, 2021, 03:01 PM ISTVij further slammed Congress for supporting farmers and said Congress supports all those who want to destroy the unity and integrity of the nation.
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Farmers Protests: Intel warns Delhi Police of possible ‘sabotage attempt’ by Pak-based ISI proxies
India | Jun 26, 2021, 08:24 AM ISTAs per the official sources, intelligence agencies have alerted Delhi police and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) that Pakistan-based Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) proxies may wreck the proposed farmers' protest on June 26 (today) by instigating the deployed security forces.
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Farmers to protest against three farm laws at Raj Bhavans across country on June 26: SKM
India | Jun 12, 2021, 08:43 AM ISTFarmers have announced a sit-in at Raj Bhavans across the country on June 26.
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Delhi: Security tightened at Singhu border ahead of 'black day' protest
India | May 26, 2021, 10:31 AM ISTThe protest comes even as Punjab, Haryana and Delhi are observing a lockdown due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation.
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Tharoor justifies British Parliament's right to discuss farm reforms in India
India | Mar 11, 2021, 11:30 AM IST"Just as we, in India, can discuss say the Palestine-Israel issue as we've done in the past or we can discuss if we so choose any other domestic issue of a foreign country, British Parliament has the same right," said Tharoor, who was also MoS External Affairs during the UPA regime.
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Haryana farmer commits suicide at Delhi border
India | Mar 07, 2021, 11:47 AM ISTHundreds of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the three farm laws for over 100 days on the borders of Delhi.
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Farmers' protest to continue till rollback of three agri laws: Tikait
India | Mar 07, 2021, 02:22 PM ISTOn the occasion, he flagged off a tractors' rally, which, he said, will travel across districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and will reach farmers'' protest site in Ghazipur on March 27.