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CHANDIGARH: Haryana prime minister ML Khattar on Thursday he sought to downplay the performance of the BJP-led ruling dispensation in civic polls, saying it was satisfactory “despite strange circumstances.” When asked if the BJP failed to meet expectations in these polls, Khattar said the party has performed satisfactorily “despite strange …

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar. (AND ME) Khattar’s comments follow the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in elections to three of the five municipal corporations in the state. Haryana farmers are up in arms against the three controversial farm laws passed by the Center. News18.com Last update: December …

Three Union ministers who held their sixth round of talks with protesting farm leaders on Wednesday rejected the demand to repeal the three farm laws that farmers say will damage their livelihoods. The Center, however, proposed to establish a committee to examine the new agricultural laws. Union ministers Narendra Singh …

Referring to farmers as the backbone of the nation’s economy, Union Minister Rajnath Singh said he is hurt by farmers holding demonstrations and the government is striving to increase farmers’ income. Speaking on a variety of issues, including the confrontation between India and China and religious conversion, Rajnath Singh, during …

The supreme and former PNC Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday accused the Center of demolishing three new agricultural laws without consulting the states and stated that agriculture cannot be managed “sitting in Delhi” as it involves farmers working in distant villages. As farmers protest on the borders of Delhi …

NEW DELHI: The protesting farmers’ unions wrote a letter to the Center on Tuesday, saying that talks between the two sides on December 30 should be strictly limited to the agenda items they had previously specified. Meanwhile, Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal met with Interior Minister Amit …

NEW DELHI: Responding to turmoil agricultural unions” proposed talks on a four-point agenda, the Center on Monday he invited them to a debate on all the issues on December 30, saying he was committed to finding “logical solutions” to the relevant issues that could be acceptable to all. Although the …

New Delhi: The Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations are once again in the spotlight amid the agitation by farmers across the country against the three controversial farm laws passed by the Narendra Modi government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar recently claimed once again that the Congress-led …

BJP President JP Nadda shared an old video of Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Lok Sabha on Sunday showing the leader of Congress defending the need for farmers to get rid of middlemen and sell their produce directly to the industry. “What is this magic that is happening Rahul ji? You …

NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: Agricultural unions opposed to the new laws on Saturday agreed to resume talks with the Center and proposed December 29 as a probable date, provided that the agenda includes four specific points, including modalities to repeal the laws and a legal guarantee of a higher minimum …