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Pooja Morey, a 30-year-old woman from Maharashtra, cheers and applauds as a farmer leader delivers a speech in Punjabi from the Singhu border stage on a warm Sunday afternoon. Morey, who does not speak Hindi very well, understands little of Punjabi, but says it doesn’t matter. “My father is a …

A number of political parties, from Congress to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), have backed on Tuesday the call for a Bharat bandh (closure strike) in support of farmers who have gathered on Delhi’s borders to protest against three agricultural laws introduced. through the Center, as the city’s traffic police braced …

At least 18 leaders from RJD, Congress and left-wing parties, including Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, have been booked for demonstrating in a no-go area without permission. Tejashwi Yadav and allies in Congress and the CPI held a rally in front of Gandhi Maidan’s gate number four during the day in protest …

As thousands of farmers continue to agitate against laws enacted by the government earlier this year, agricultural union leaders and the government will meet for the fifth round of talks on Saturday to bring a solution to the deadlock in new legislation. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Food Minister …

Farmers protesting three farm laws announced on Friday a nationwide strike, or Bharat Bandh, on December 8, where they said they will block all toll plazas and roads leading to Delhi while hardening their position ahead of the fifth round of talks with the central government. scheduled for Saturday. Four …

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday that the state government will only buy the yield of Madhya Pradesh crops, and if someone from other states tries to sell their crops in the state, then their trucks will be confiscated and will be imprisoned. Addressing the crowd …

A medical camp has been established on the Singhu border (on the Haryana side of Delhi) to help farmers protesting there against the Center’s agricultural laws and trying to enter the national capital. The camp was installed in light of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic that has already infected more …

Ongoing protests by thousands of farmers against the Center’s new farm laws entered the fifth day on Monday, and protesters threatened to block all five points of entry into the national capital. By rejecting the Center’s offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari farm, the farmers said …

More than four days have passed since farmers in Haryana and Punjab started a protest march against the three agricultural laws introduced by the central government in September. Delhi and the surrounding areas have witnessed violent clashes between farmers and the police, as they were initially denied entry to the …

The video of a young Ambala farmer jumping over the water cannon from his tractor car and turning it off during the agitation of farmers on National Highway 44 went viral on social media. The incident took place on November 25 when farmers marched into the capital defying the water …