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Azad claimed that the Center wants to “destroy farmers with these three laws.” New Delhi: Bhim’s Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad joined agitated farmers who have been camping outside Delhi on Tuesday in pressing for their demand to repeal the Center’s agricultural laws. In an interview with NDTV, he said the …

Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 7:27:54 am Protesters mark Guru Purab at the Singhu border in Delhi. (PTI) At the forefront of the protests against three farm laws are farmers who have used the minimum support price (MSP) during the current marketing season …

New Delhi: Farmers’ representatives have rejected the Center’s second launch for a committee to discuss controversial farm laws, the protests of which are intensifying by the day. “Now is not the time for a committee,” the sources told farmers’ representatives at the meeting with three central ministers tonight. A second …

The meeting between the leaders of farmers agitating against farm laws and the government on Tuesday was inconclusive and another round of talks will take place on Thursday. The Union’s agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, said the meeting with representatives of the protesting farmers was “good” and that the next …

We are farmers’ daughters, said Bilkis Bano before leaving for the protest. New Delhi: Bilkis Bano, the octogenarian who became the face of the months-long protest against the anti-citizenship law in the capital’s town of Shaheen Bagh, was prevented from joining the Delhi police on Tuesday. Ongoing farmer agitation against …

New Delhi: The meeting between peasant leaders and the union government concluded on Tuesday, with another round of talks scheduled for December 3. “The meeting was good and we have decided that the talks will take place on December 3. We wanted a small group to be formed but the …

Several Canadian leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeu, have expressed concern over the farmers’ protest. Comments from the Canadian leadership on the ongoing agitation by farmers are “ill-formed,” a foreign ministry official said Tuesday. India’s response came hours after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his country had contacted …

Farmers’ protest march: Athletes have said that they will even join farmers in their protest in Delhi. Jallandhar: A group of Punjab’s top athletes and coaches said today that they will return all their medals and awards and lay siege to Delhi in solidarity with the state’s farmers protesting against …

Dadri’s assembly constituency independent MLA Sombir Sangwan on Tuesday withdrew its support for the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, calling it anti-farmer. I have withdrawn my support for this anti-farmer government. This government, instead of sympathizing with the cause of the farmers, used all measures, such as water cannons and tear …

Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Piyush Goyal attended a meeting on the farmers’ protest at the residence of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) head JP Nadda on Tuesday. The meeting was the last in a series of meetings of BJP leaders on the subject and lasted more than two …