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Rashtrapati Bhavan Would Allow Representatives From Only Five Parties Citing Covid-Related Restrictions New Delhi: A team of opposition leaders, mostly Congress and left-wing parties, will meet with President Ram Nath Kovind tonight to present a memorandum on the farmers issue. The meeting comes amid talks about a rift within the …

Written by Nitin Sharma | Chandigarh | Updated: December 9, 2020 2:55:42 pm Kings XI Punjab cricketer and Punjab captain Mandeep Singh (seated third from left) with farmers protesting against agricultural laws at the Singhu border near New Delhi on Tuesday. (Express photo) For the first time for any national …

Protest of various organizations in Chandigarh during the Bharat bandh on Tuesday. (Express photo by Kamleshwar Singh) The Bharat bandh called by groups of protesting farmers saw the greatest response in Punjab and Haryana, where roads were blocked and markets were closed on Tuesday. The shutdown, backed by most opposition …

Amid a global pandemic, it is not surprising that Indian farmers are concerned about the impact of recent agricultural reforms, said a top US lawmaker, speaking in support of agitated farmers who have been protesting the new laws. agricultural. Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and several other states have …

New Delhi: Agricultural scientist Dr. Varinderpal Singh refused to accept an award from a Union minister on Monday, in solidarity with farmers protesting against the new laws. Singh is the Chief Soil Chemist at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana. At an event in New Delhi on Monday, the Fertilizer …

NEW DELHI: Encouraged by what they saw as a poor response to ‘Bharat bandh‘called by groups of farmers protesting against the agricultural laws, BJP launched a strong defense of the trio of decrees and called them favorable to the farmers as it sharpened its attack on the opposition. “The agricultural …

Ajay More is survived by his parents, wife and three children. New Delhi: A 32-year-old farmer was found dead Tuesday morning near the Delhi-Haryana border, where protesters have been camping for about two weeks against the center’s controversial farm laws. Braving the winter cold, Ajay More from Sonipat de Haryana …

Farmer protests: Farmers are gathering on the Singhu border. (Archive) New Delhi: Farmer groups are gathering on one of the Delhi-Haryana borders after their meeting last night with Union Interior Minister Amit Shah failed to resolve the impasse, and both sides stood firm on their positions. Today’s big meeting with …

LIVE updates from farmers’ protest: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah reiterated the government’s position against repealing new farm laws in a meeting with farmers on Tuesday, after which the sixth was canceled round of negotiations scheduled for today. Leaving the meeting, peasant leaders said that the government would instead submit …

Farmers’ protest: There will be no meeting between the farmers and the government today. New Delhi: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah’s late-night talks with farmers ended in failure when farmer leaders rejected the government’s offer to amend new farm laws, saying they would settle for nothing less than the removal …