Tag Archives: Punjab Farmers Protest

Delhi Police have tightened security at various border points by deploying more personnel and putting up multi-layered barricades as farmers block the Delhi-Jaipur highway today. The protests against the new agricultural reforms of the central government entered on the 18th. The protesting farmers said that the main roads linking Delhi …

The farmers’ ongoing protest enters its 17th day on Saturday with a massive plan to block roads put in place. As the impasse persists with the government saying that it is open to talks and farmers also agree to further discussions, only if the Center wants to discuss the withdrawal …

With farmers preparing to block the road and picket toll plazas on the border with Delhi on Saturday in response to a call from protesting farmers’ unions to intensify their agitation against the three agricultural sector laws, it has unfolded police personnel to protect toll booths. and ensure smooth traffic, …

The head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar, said on Friday that the ongoing farmers’ protest is likely to be prolonged and intensified if the Center does not make a decision as soon as possible. He said the protest that is currently on the Delhi borders could spread …

A 20-page proposal offered by the Center was rejected by farmers’ unions on Wednesday as “vague.” The farmers, who are firm in their demand for the three farm laws to be repealed, said that any further discussion with the government would be based on the proposals they receive. In its …

Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 11, 2020 6:00:45 pm A child shouts slogans at the Singhu border during a farmers’ protest against the new agricultural laws in New Delhi on Thursday, December 10, 2020 (PTI Photo / Arun Sharma). ONE DAY after the farmers’ representatives …

Farmers ‘agitation against the central government’s agricultural reforms has entered the 16th. Farmers’ unions located on the borders of the national capital have threatened to block the railroad tracks across the country if the reforms are not removed. The unions also said they would occupy the toll plaza and block …

Written by Jignasa Sinha | New Delhi | Updated: December 11, 2020 8:20:17 am (left) The two washers clean more than 500 items a day; a mini gurdwara on the Singhu border. (Photo: Amit Mehra) A dental camp, medicine stalls, libraries, laundry services and a small temple: Farmers have made …

As the 1990s began, India found it difficult to repay the interest on the $ 90 billion in foreign loans that had underpinned a socialist system, causing a balance of payments emergency. Then the country resorted to a series of economic reforms to get out of the crisis. The 1991 …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | December 10, 2020 12:37:59 pm Shiv Sena’s MP and the party’s main spokesperson, Sanjay Raut On Thursday, Shiv Sena criticized his former ally BJP after Union Minister Raosaheb Danve claimed that China and Pakistan were behind the ongoing protests by farmers. Shiv …