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Sukhbir Singh Badal lashed out at his former ally, the BJP, for farm laws (archive) Amritsar: Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal lashed out at the ruling BJP over the farmers’ protest on Tuesday afternoon, accusing his former ally of being “the real tukde-tukde gang “and destroy national unity by” …

Mohali: Peasant leaders in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, say they have had to disguise themselves to evade heavy police surveillance and join protests against agricultural laws. Palbhai Ambaliya, Yakub Guraji and Jayesh Patel, together with other leaders and representatives of Gujarat farmers unions, had formed an umbrella …

The Jaipur-Delhi National Highway in the Alwar district of Rajasthan remained partially blocked on Tuesday as farmers’ protest against the Center’s new agricultural laws entered on the third day. The farmers were led by Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, CPIM legislator Balwan Poonia and former legislator Amra Ram. “We don’t …

A four-year-old boy was seen helping farmers on the Singhu border, where they are protesting against the new agricultural laws. The boy named Rehaan, with his father Mehtab Alam, went to the Singhu border to distribute packets of cookies and bananas to protesting farmers on Saturday, ANI reported. Several people …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that opposition parties who are now against farm laws and who “cheat farmers” were in favor of reforms when their party was in power. “The people who are sitting in the opposition and deceiving farmers today were in favor of these agricultural reforms …

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 …

Farmers protest against the new Farm Bill on the Singhu, New Delhi border on Monday, December 14, 2020. Express photo by Abhinav Saha On the 19th day of the protests, the leaders of 32 agricultural unions intensified their agitation by observing a day of hunger strike starting at 8 am …

CHANDIGARH: Bending the AAP leader a “coward who had run scared and apologized” when he was cornered in a defamation case for SADBikram Majithia, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on monday he said Arvind kejriwalThe “desperate attempts” to conceal the “total failure” of his government to protect the interests of …

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Monday that during the farmers’ protest photographs of people “giving anti-national speeches in Delhi” were seen. Some elements are trying to deceive farmers by taking advantage of their protest, the Minister of Road Transport and Roads told the ANI news agency, adding that the government …

Winter session of parliament: All parties are in favor of canceling the session, the government said. (Archive) Highlight The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, confirmed this in a letter. He was responding to Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary Chaudhary demanded a session to discuss farm laws amid protests This …