While welcoming the Supreme Court’s outburst against the Center, unions representing protesting farmers rejected the idea of a committee to solve the problem and reiterated their demand to repeal the farm laws, not simply suspend them. On Monday, the supreme court indicated that it could suspend the implementation of the …
Read More »
Image credits: PTI / Twitter screenshot. Several people took to Twitter calling Facebook’s measure a cheap coup and suppressing the voice of protesting farmers. As of this writing, the page has been restored. News18.com Last update: December 21, 2020 8:54 AM IST FOLLOW US: Buzz Staff Facebook on Sunday night …
Read More »
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 8:32:20 am Farmers have been camping at various border points in Delhi for more than three weeks. (Express photo by Amit Mehra) A Facebook page, which was created by the “IT cell” of farmers’ organizations to “counter misinformation,” …
Read More »
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 14, 2020 1:02:32 pm Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement of a fast day in support of the hunger strike by farmers union leaders was nothing more than “hypocrisy”. (GDP / Archive) Attacking Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind …
Read More »
Written by Kamaldeep Singh Brar | Amritsar | Updated: December 10, 2020 10:28:29 am The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) plans to demand the release of several “intellectuals and human rights activists” on Thursday Human Rights Day. (Express file photo of Amit Mehra) Despite the farmers ‘unions’ decision to maintain their …
Read More »
Written by Harikishan Sharma, Manraj Grewal Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 10, 2020 7:47:14 am The leaders of the farmers’ unions arrive at Vigyan Bhavan for the fifth round of talks with the government, in New Delhi, on December 5, 2020 (Express photo: Amit Mehra). On October 13, …
Read More »
By: Express News Service | Chandigarh, New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 7:52:56 am During Bharat bandh at Ghumar Mandi in Ludhiana on Tuesday. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) THE BHARAT bandh called by groups of farmers in protest saw the greatest response in Punjab and Haryana, where roads …
Read More »
Written by Sourav Roy Barman | New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 7:50:48 am At the Singhu border, Tuesday. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav) “We’re trapped”. In three words, Sarabjit Singh captures the crisis that has gripped farmers in Punjab, an otherwise leading state in terms of agricultural productivity …
Read More »
Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 2:55:33 am Farmers on the Singhu border in New Delhi. (Express file photo of Gajendra Yadav) ON One day when Bharat Bandh summoned by farmers unions saw a mixed response across the country, Interior Minister Amit Shah stepped …
Read More »
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: December 8, 2020 4:12:15 am Farmers at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Monday. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) A day after a united opposition extended its support to the December 8 Bharat Bandh called by farmer groups in protest, …
Read More »