In a video that is widely shared on social media, Haryana Agriculture Minister JP Dalal is allegedly heard responding to a media inquiry regarding the deaths of more than 200 farmers during the ongoing upheaval and commenting that they have died. even if they had stayed home. . Hours after …
Read More »Haryana Farmers’ Protest: Support for Storm Surge, Thousands at Toll Plazas, Roads Blocked
Support is growing rapidly for the ongoing farmer agitation in Haryana with large numbers of farmers showing up at dharna sites at toll plazas on national roads on Tuesday. At the Landhri toll plaza on the Hisar-Sirsa national road near Hisar, thousands of farmers pledged to wage a long battle …
Read More »Sharad Pawar: The government demolished three agricultural laws; farming can’t be run sitting in delhi
The supreme and former PNC Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday accused the Center of demolishing three new agricultural laws without consulting the states and stated that agriculture cannot be managed “sitting in Delhi” as it involves farmers working in distant villages. As farmers protest on the borders of Delhi …
Read More »Tax notices to nearly 14 great arhtiyas in Punjab, say they try to intimidate
Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Jalandhar | December 19, 2020 6:38:24 am Protesting farmers listen to a speaker at the Delhi-Haryana border on Thursday. (AP) More than a dozen arhtiyas (commission agents) have received income tax (IT) notices / citations, and some of them have also faced IT raids …
Read More »Supreme Court says farmers have the right to protest, suggests Center suspend farm laws
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 17, 2020 5:14:44 pm Women, including widows and family members of farmers believed to have committed suicide out of debt, attend a protest against agricultural laws on the Tikri border near Delhi. (Reuters) Recognizing the right of farmers to non-violent …
Read More »Farmers’ protest: SC says government talks have not worked, proposes formation of panel to resolve issues
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 16, 2020 4:43:54 pm Farmers protest against central farm laws on the Singhu, New Delhi border on December 14, 2020 (Express photo: Abhinav Saha) Noting that the Center’s negotiations with farmers protesting against the agrarian reform laws have yielded no …
Read More »The Supreme Court may hear the petition to remove farmers from Delhi’s borders on December 16
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | December 14, 2020 5:45:18 am The petition said that protesters are “blocking the roads for all medical / emergency services” that are required in the national capital for those affected by the virus. THE SUPREME COURT is likely to hear on December …
Read More »Farmer protests: government alleges ‘tukde tukde’ gang hand, keeps door open for talks
Written by Santosh Singh, Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi, Patna | Updated: December 14, 2020 5:44:43 am On December 11, Tomar asked protesting farmers to be vigilant about the misuse of his platform by what he called “anti-social elements” as well as “leftist and Maoist elements.” With talks stalled and …
Read More »Explained: Lay of their land
Written by Harish Damodaran, edited by Explained Desk | Updated: December 13, 2020 11:03:33 pm Farmers shout slogans as they block a road during a protest against new agricultural laws on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border (Photo: AP) Many countries experiencing rapid growth and increasing prosperity, which may even last a …
Read More »Farmers will occupy toll plazas and block more roads in Delhi as part of Bharat Bandh on December 8.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 5, 2020 5:50:32 pm Farmers block a road near Ghazipur on December 4, 2020 (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey) The protesting farmers have called Bharat Bandh on December 8 one day after the fourth round of talks between them and …
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