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Written by Sukrita Baruah | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 9:02:12 am Farmers like Mewa Singh, who prepare their own food with their tractors, receive fresh supplies that arrive in trucks from the villages of Haryana. More than two kilometers from the start of the farmers’ blockade on …

Written by Sukrita Baruah | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 8:43:56 am Farmers like Mewa Singh, who prepare their own food with their tractors, receive fresh supplies that arrive in trucks from the villages of Haryana. More than two kilometers from the start of the farmers’ blockade on …

When he came to India from Sydney in Australia in October for personal work, and took a break from his job in the information technology industry there, Bhavjit Singh had no plans to stay longer. But the Ludhiana IT professional from Punjab is here in December, running a Twitter campaign …

Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: December 14, 2020 1:00:13 pm With the trade union ministers attributing ideological opposition to the agricultural protests and equating some of them with “Left and naxal elements, ”Up to 32 farmers unions passed a resolution on Saturday making it clear that their …

At least 10 organizations representing farmers in various states met with Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday to support the three farm laws, on a day when 40 United Front farmer leaders of Farmers began their one-day hunger strike at various border points near Delhi against the legislation …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 14, 2020 1:02:32 pm Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement of a fast day in support of the hunger strike by farmers union leaders was nothing more than “hypocrisy”. (GDP / Archive) Attacking Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind …

Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged people to observe a one-day fast in solidarity with farmers protesting against agricultural laws. He himself does so in response to a call from farmers protesting on the Singhu border, near Delhi. “Fasting is sacred. Wherever you are, fast for our fellow …

A senior Punjab police official quit his job to support farmers protesting the three new agricultural laws, saying the laws were “detrimental to the interests of farmers and their future generations.” Punjab Deputy Inspector General of Police (Prisons) Lakhminder Singh Jakhar said he had submitted his resignation from the state …

P Chidambaram criticized the Center on Sunday for the protests of the farmers (FILE) New Delhi: Congressional leader P Chidambaram criticized the central government on Sunday, claiming that some of his ministers had alluded to the presence of “separatist” elements in the ongoing farmers’ protest against agricultural reforms. “The ministers …

NEW DELHI: A day after the proposed blockade of the Delhi-Jaipur Highway (NH-48) failed, farmers in Delhi’s neighboring states are ready to march again on Sunday to attempt a second blockade of the crucial interstate highway. Farmers have been protesting for 18 days to demand that the Center repeal the …