Tag Archives: Punjab Farmers Protest

Thousands of farmers protesting near Delhi against the Center’s three farm laws have decided to postpone their tractor march for one day as sporadic rain hampered their plans to organize a protest. The tractor march, scheduled for January 7, is a glimpse of how farmers plan to intensify their protest …

After the seventh round of talks, peasant leaders said the government said it needs to hold internal consultations and would then go back to the unions. The seventh round of talks between union ministers and the agricultural unions protesting Monday failed to resolve the deadlock in three new agricultural reform …

The seventh round of talks between protesting farmers’ unions and three central ministers kicked off here Monday afternoon to break the more than a month-long stalemate on recent farm laws. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Railways, Trade and Food Minister Piyush Goyal, and State Minister for Trade Som Parkash, …

In their seventh attempt to end the jam on the three agricultural laws, ministers representing the central government and 40 agricultural union leaders are set for talks in Delhi on Monday. Two key demands from farmers are expected to be on the table for the government to consider. Samyukt Kisan …

After more than a month and five rounds of cold talk, there was some conciliation and progress in resolving the standoff, and much more cordiality between the farmers’ unions and the government on Wednesday. For the first time, there were some conclusions: a perceptible change in gesture on the part …

Moving forward in talks for the first time since farmers who oppose the new farm laws showed up on the doorstep of Delhi more than a month ago, the Center said on Wednesday that there had been “mutual consensus” on two of the four demands made by the farmer. unions. …

In the first signs towards a resolution to the concerns of protesting farmers, the Center and farmer representatives reached consensus Wednesday on two issues: increasing electricity rates and penalties for stubble burning. However, the meeting, which lasted more than five hours, did not manage to get out of the deadlock …

The Union government will hold the sixth round of talks with protesting farmers’ unions on Wednesday, a fresh attempt to resolve a politically defiant strike by farmers who have surrounded the capital and want three recent farm laws in favor of reform. Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal had sent a letter …

Amid growing concern over incidents of vandalism of around 2,000 Reliance Jio Infocomm cell phone towers, allegedly by groups of protesting farmers, state police have spread out into affected districts to restore power to these towers. On Tuesday, the day after he issued a stern warning to those vandalizing mobile …

The traffic situation on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border and on the Delhi-Noida border remained the same on Tuesday, with normal vehicular movement for motorists leaving Delhi, but blocked for those heading towards the capital. The Singhu and Tikri borders, however, remain completely blocked due to ongoing farmer agitation. Deputy Police Commissioner …