Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a coalition of farmers’ unions, which called for Bharat Bandh or a nationwide strike on March 26, has called on the people to make it a success. The strike, in protest against the three controversial agrarian laws recently enacted, will be observed throughout the day tomorrow, from …
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Farmers protesting Wednesday announced a four-hour blockade of trains across the country on February 18 as part of a new strategy to intensify their agitation against the new farm laws. Revealing its plans for the month, Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the umbrella organization for agricultural unions, said it will make all …
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Farmers protesting on Saturday February 6 called for a nationwide roadblock or “chakka jam” in support of their demand to repeal three new farm laws they describe as “anti-farmers.” Dozens of people in tractors have continued to arrive in Ghazipur from the Uttar Pradesh side of the road and many …
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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 …
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Having failed to convince farmers to stay outside Delhi’s borders despite talks last week, the On Saturday the Delhi police granted them permission to hold a tractor parade on Republic Day within the Capital, but with modifications to their planned route and on the condition that they begin only after …
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Having failed to convince farmers to stay outside Delhi’s borders despite talks last week, the On Saturday the Delhi police granted them permission to hold a tractor parade on Republic Day within the Capital, but with modifications to their planned route and on the condition that they begin only after …
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Farmers have threatened to intensify their agitation on January 4. (Archive) New Delhi: More than 850 faculty members from various educational institutions across the country have come forward with a signature campaign in support of three controversial farm laws, against which thousands of farmers have protested on the borders of …
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Farmers unions protesting at various points along the Delhi border said on Friday that they will hold a tractor march on January 6 if the repeal of the three farm laws is not decided in the next round of meetings on January 4. “It seems the government is taking the …
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Union ministers who held the sixth round of talks with the 40 protesting farmers’ unions on Wednesday told farmers that the process to repeal a law is a lengthy one and proposed setting up a committee to examine the three new agricultural reforms. The next meeting with farmers will be …
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Three union ministers joined farm leaders on Wednesday to share food at ‘langar’ organized by farmers protesting during their sixth round of talks to resolve the deadlock on new farm laws. Food from the ‘langar’ (community kitchen) arrived in a van at the meeting place, Vigyan Bhawan, after about two …
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