Farmers protest

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking directions to Centre and others to clear blockades on highways in Punjab where farmers are staging protests. A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant heard the plea. A petition was filed in…
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday reprimanded actor-MP Kangana Ranaut over her remarks linking farmers’ protest to Bangladesh unrest. “BJP MP Ms Kangana Ranaut’s statement on farmers’ protest is not the party’s stand. The…
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The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmers’ groups, will hold a ‘Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat’ at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi where a resolution is likely to be passed to “intensify the fight” against the policies of the central…
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The protesting farmers will resume their agitation with a nationwide ‘Rail Roko’ on March 10 from 12 pm to 4 pm, farm leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal announced on Sunday. The protesting farmers, who are camping at…
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Two more groups of farmers under the banner of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Tikait and BKU LokShakti will hit the road in Noida towards Delhi this week to demand a law guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP). This comes after two…
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Farmer leaders put on hold the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march for two days after a 21-year-old protester was killed and 12 police personnel were injured in clashes at Khanauri, one of the two Punjab-Haryana interstate border points which have become…
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Thousands of farmers from Punjab will resume their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march today, to press for their demand of MSP support for all crops. The protesting farmers, who are currently camping at the Haryana-Punjab Shambhu border, announced…
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The fourth round of talks between the protesting farmers’ leaders and the Union government concluded on late Sunday night. During the meeting, the Centre proposed some ideas, including a five-year plan, following which the farmers have put…
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The central government will hold the fourth round of talks with leaders of farmers’ unions on Sunday, February 18, to end the ongoing ‘Delhi chalo’ protests at Punjab-Haryana borders. The previous round of talks largely remained…
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Day after farmers began their ‘Chalo Delhi’ protest, Delhi Police issued a fresh traffic advisory on Wednesday. The farmers’ march towards Delhi on Tuesday encountered turmoil at the Punjab-Haryana border, with protesters confronting tear…
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