Written by Harish Damodaran, Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 4, 2020 4:15:09 am Farmers protest on the Singhu border during their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march against the Center’s agricultural reform laws in New Delhi. (PTI Photo: Atul Yadav / File) IF the statements of the Union Agriculture Minister …
Read More »To support the farmers’ protest, more than 30 Punjab athletes decide to return the prizes
Written by Nitin Sharma | Chandigarh | Updated: December 2, 2020 11:25:57 am Sajjan Singh Cheema has been in touch with other Arjuna and Padma award-winning athletes in Punjab, including former wrestler Kartar Singh (right). For the past two days, former Indian basketball player and Arjuna award winner Sajjan Singh …
Read More »Farmers Protest: 30 medalists stand behind farmers, ready to return their prizes
Written by Nitin Sharma | Chandigarh | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:54:03 am The group now plans to write to President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday to request an appointment. For the past two days, former Indian basketball player and Arjuna award winner Sajja Singh Cheema has reached out to …
Read More »At the protest site, farmers want the government to provide an MSP guarantee ‘in writing’
Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 7:27:54 am Protesters mark Guru Purab at the Singhu border in Delhi. (PTI) At the forefront of the protests against three farm laws are farmers who have used the minimum support price (MSP) during the current marketing season …
Read More »Explained: Farmers’ Big Concern and What the Government Could Negotiate
Written by Harish Damodaran | New Delhi | Updated: November 30, 2020 7:09:43 am Farmers protest on the Singhu border during their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march against the Center’s agricultural reform laws, in New Delhi on Sunday, November 29, 2020. (PTI Photo: Atul Yadav) Even when the farmer protests against the …
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