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Farmers Locked In Stand-Off With Police Near Delhi

Hundreds of farmers protesting against agricultural reforms and refusing to disperse were locked in a stand-off with riot police on…

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Farmers Call Off March To Parliament After Deadly Violence

Farmers on Wednesday postponed a march to Parliament on Feb. 1, the day of the government’s budget announcement, following violent…

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Farm Protesters Battle Police To Plant Flags At Red Fort

Thousands of farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the…

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Farmers Ride Flag-Bedecked Tractors In Republic Day Protest

Tens of thousands of farmers drove a convoy of tractors festooned with brightly-coloured flags through the outskirts of New Delhi…

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Police To Let Protesting Farmers Into New Delhi On Republic Day

Police in New Delhi will allow thousands of protesting farmers to drive through the city after tomorrow's Republic Day military…

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Farmers To Step Up Protests After Rejecting Govt Offer

Farmers on Friday rejected an offer by the government to defer three farm reform laws for one-and-half years, warning they…

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Govt Offers To Suspend Implementation Of Farm Laws

The Union government on Wednesday offered to suspend implementation of three new farm laws that have triggered the biggest farmers’…

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No Headway In Talks Between Govt And Protesting Farmers

A ninth round of talks between the Indian government and protesting farmers over three new contentious farm laws made no…

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Protesting Farmers, Govt To Hold New Round Of Talks

The Union government will hold new talks with the leaders of tens of thousands of farmers camped on the outskirts…

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Farmers Burn Legislation In Show Of Defiance

Farmers burnt copies of the government’s new agricultural laws on Wednesday, pressing on with their protest against the reforms despite…

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SC Orders Stay On New Farm Laws That Have Riled Farmers

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered an indefinite stay on the implementation of new agricultural laws that have triggered widespread…

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Top Court Chides Govt Over Impasse With Protesting Farmers

The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the government for failing to break a deadlock with farmers protesting against reforms of…

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Farm Laws: Govt, Farmers Fail To Break Deadlock

The Union government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday…

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Farmers Block E-Way Near Delhi To Protest Modi’s New Laws

Tens of thousands of farmers on tractors occupied a stretch of an expressway on the periphery of New Delhi on…

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Women Cultivate A New Voice In Farmers’ Protest

India's agriculture sector is notoriously male-dominated, but thousands of women have become a pillar of the farmer protests blocking roads…

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Govt, Farmers Fail To Break Impasse On Farm Laws

The government on Monday refused to roll back farm reform laws, prompting farmers to threaten to step up their weeks-long…

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Tractors To Twitter: Farmers Battle On Highway And Online

In a standoff between farmers from India’s northern breadbasket and the government that has convulsed the country, the farmers have…

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Farmers Plan ‘Kisan Parade’ On R-Day If Demands Not Met

Hardening their position ahead of the next round of talks with the government, protesting farmer unions on Saturday said they…

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Over 850 Academics Sign Open Letter In Support Of Farm Laws

More than 850 faculty members of various educational institutions across the country have come forward with a signature campaign in…

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Talks Deadlocked, Yet Farmers Stay Put In Severe Cold

Thousands of farmers dug in their heels at protest venues outside several Delhi gateways, undeterred by the biting cold and…

3 years ago
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Ahead Of Talks With Govt, Farmers Defer Tractor March

Protesting farmer unions have deferred to Thursday, December 31, their proposed tractor march against the contentious agriculture laws, so that…

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Did Protesting Farmers Sabotage Punjab’s Telecom Infrastructure?

Authorities in Punjab are investigating whether protesting farmers were disrupting power supply to hundreds of telecom towers, a state official…

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Farmers Agree To Meet Govt Over Contentious Farm Laws

Leaders of farmers’ unions have agreed to meet ministers on Tuesday, possibly paving the way for a seventh round of…

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Fabled Farmers Fear What New Farm Laws May Reap

Ram Singh Patel’s day starts at 6 in the morning, when he walks into his farmland tucked next to a…

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Modi Calls Farmer Protests Politically Motivated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically…

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