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Chandigarh: A Punjab farmer on Tuesday objected to the BJP’s alleged use of his photograph to express that the minimum support price (MSP) will continue, saying that he himself was part of the farmers’ protest against the three farm laws. A poster with a photo of Harpreet Singh appeared on …

Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | December 16, 2020 11:34:04 am Farmers protest against central farm laws on the Singhu, New Delhi border on December 14, 2020 (Express photo: Abhinav Saha) Farmers’ unions, who are protesting at the Delhi borders against recently enacted farm laws, sent a written …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 3:58:28 pm A group of farmers standing on trucks raise slogans during the ongoing protest against the Center’s new agricultural laws, on the Singhu border in New Delhi. (Express photo by Amit Mehra) At least two farmers died …

United Nations: “People have the right to demonstrate peacefully and the authorities should allow them to do so,” said Antonio Guterres, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General on the farmers’ protests in India. India has called the statements by foreign leaders about the farmers’ protests “misinformed” and “unjustified” as the matter …

Representatives of Punjab farmers protesting a set of laws enacted to liberalize the agricultural sector held talks with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railways, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal, but the seven-hour negotiations duration did not work. in any advance before a planned march to the national …

Written by Kanchan Vasdev | Chandigarh | Updated: September 25, 2020 7:43:58 am Farmers in Punjab have been protesting against the agricultural laws. (Proceedings) WITH THE SAD Opposition raising the stakes with the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Union Cabinet on Center Farm Laws Amid Farmer Protests, Congress-run …

Written by Udit Misra, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | September 20, 2020 8:42:58 am Farmers protest in Patiala (Express photo by Harmeet Sodhi) Dear readers, There was no shortage of trigger news for the economy last week. Exports contracted during 6th consecutive month, retail inflation continued To …

CHANDIGARH: Amid protests by farmers over three agriculture-related bills proposed by the government, Punjab MLA and former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday he said “Punjab, Punjabiyat and all Punjabi” are with the peasants. Breaking his silence after his resignation as minister last year, the cricketer-turned-politician described agriculture as the …

Dushyant Chautala’s JJP heads a coalition government with the BJP in Haryana. (Proceedings) Chandigarh: The resignation of Akali Dal’s only Union minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet over agricultural ordinances, has put opposition pressure on Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janata party, which is heading a coalition government …