The 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.
The 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.
Central Trade Unions will organise a protest rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi at 11 am today. Several bar associations and local units of the All India Lawyers' Union have extended their support.
During the event to be held at the Defence Expo Ground, the Chief Minister will interact with the farmers and an exhibition will be also organised.
"The police or the political goons in Haryana smashed farmers' heads going by the orders of DM, who must have acted on the orders of the state govt," Raut stated.
Nuakhai Juhar is celebrated in western Odisha and southern Chattisgarh.
Farmers' protest is expected to continue even on its third day in Karnal. Farmers are demanding the suspension of IAS officer Ayush Sinha who gave the order of lathi-charge on them on August 28.
For the second consecutive day, farmers continue sit-in protest at Mini Secretariat in Karnal, Haryana on September 08.
Much-like Delhi borders, farmers have now even taken up Haryana's Karnal by storm where they have started their indefinite protests. They have asked the Khattar government to fulfil their demands.
While farmers continue their sit-in protest at the mini-secretariat gate, DC Nishant Kumar Yadav, IG Mamta Singh and SP Gangaram Punia, other senior officers are still holding talks with them so that some positive solutions can be found, the Haryana government said in a statement.
Security arrangements have been beefed up in Karnal as farmers will be holding a mahapanchayat today and also plan to gherao the mini-secretariat.
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Farmers have called upon a massive mahapanchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar today. The farmers have claimed that it will be attended by more than 300 farm unions.
Taking to a unique mushroom cultivation method, Rajesh Singh from Gaya has ensured a steady income for his family.
Earlier in the day, farmers said that if the government doesn't hold talks with us by Saturday evening, then they will a Punjab Bandh call.
The Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh said his government had decided to waive off loans amounting to Rs 520 crore of farm labor and landless farmers, with respect to the principal amount against their cooperative loans as of July 31, 2017, and simple interest at the rate of seven percent per annum on the above amount till March 6, 2019.
Bharat Singh Bais, an Ujjain-based farmers' leader, said at times, farmers prepare themselves for sowing as per the IMD's weather forecast.
In his meeting, Tikait held discussions on the BKU's press conferences scheduled for August 11 in Uttarakhand's Dehradun and Himachal Pradesh's Nahan, the farmer union's media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said.
Even after seven decades of development in India, agriculture remains the critical sector as a source of raw material and key inputs to several other sectors.
The government will transfer the 9th installment of Rs 2,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in the bank accounts of 10 crore farmers on Monday via video conferencing.
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