Tag Archives: Agricultural laws

Farmers’ agitation on the outskirts of Delhi against the three controversial farm laws entered on the 34th on Tuesday, on a day when the sixth round of talks between the government and farm unions was expected to take place. However, on Monday, the government wrote to farmers inviting them to …

New Delhi: Amid furious protests against the controversial land laws passed by the Center, a much more widespread and profound controversy has arisen over the taxes levied on state agricultural markets. Members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have been criticizing the Agricultural Products Market Committee tax in an effort …

Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Paradesh continued to be closed at various points on Monday due to protests from farmers. The borders of the national capital with Uttar Pradesh in Chilla and Ghazipur remained closed on Monday for those coming from Noida and Ghaziabad. The traffic police advised travelers …

NEW DELHI: The government on Monday invited protesting farmers’ unions to dialogue on December 30 to end the stalemate on the three new farm laws. The previous five rounds of talks between the government and farmers have failed to break the stalemate on contentious legislation, and the turmoil is now …

There is no need for the state government to buy agricultural products, as new agricultural laws were being implemented across the country, allowing farmers to sell their harvest anywhere, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said , giving a radical turn to his previous opposition to the same laws. KCR …

WHAT DO THE POLICE SAY? According to PTI, police said they are verifying the authenticity of the suicide note, which is dated December 18. A police officer from the Jhajjar district of Haryana told PTI: AT LEAST TWO OTHER SUICIDES At least two other suicides have been linked to the …

Some groups of farmers in Punjab continued interrupting the power supply to Reliance Jio mobile towers on Sunday, despite the Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s appeals against them. Sources said power to more than 150 mobile towers was cut in the past 24 hours. To date, power supplies have been cut …

Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday attacked the central government over the three controversial farm laws, saying only businesses, and not farmers, would benefit from them. Addressing farmers at ‘Safar-e-Shahadat’ Kirtan Darbar, commemorating the martyrdom of Mata Gujri and the chaar sahibzaadas At the Singhu border, Kejriwal said: “The …

NEW DELHI: The War of Words Between BJP and opposition The festivities escalated on Sunday as the uproar of thousands of farmers who are camping on the borders of Delhi braving harsh winters to push for the repeal of three new central farm laws entered the second month. A day …

BJP President JP Nadda shared an old video of Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Lok Sabha on Sunday showing the leader of Congress defending the need for farmers to get rid of middlemen and sell their produce directly to the industry. “What is this magic that is happening Rahul ji? You …