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The protesting farmers’ unions agreed Monday on a government proposal to hold the next round of discussion on the new farm laws on December 30. However, they insisted that the meeting’s agenda should include the discussion of the modalities to repeal the three laws. Hours earlier, the Center had invited …

The inhabitants of Ekta Nagar, near Moga, in Punjab, destroyed a mobile tower. Chandigarh: More than 1,500 of Reliance Jio’s 9,000 telecommunications towers in Punjab have been taken out of service, allegedly by farmers protesting against farm laws, disrupting service in parts of the state. A representative of the telecommunications …

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 …

New Delhi: The Center has invited farmers to a new round of talks, which will take place at 2 pm on Wednesday. This will be the sixth time an attempt has been made to break out of the deadlock, days after the Supreme Court ordered the formation of a committee …

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 …

NEW DELHI: A day after submitting a proposed talks to the government, farmers ‘unions on Sunday agitated a call for a nationwide protest on New Years Day urging the public to commit to supporting the farmers’ struggle and demanding the repeal of the three central agricultural laws. The umbrella body …

Meanwhile, when the government of the Center announced the release of 18 billion rupees as part of the latest installment of 2,000 rupees each into the farm household accounts of 9 million rupees under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, several farmers said That amount may be huge, but one …

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 …