Ahead Of Talks With Govt, Farmers Defer Tractor March
Protesting farmer unions have deferred to Thursday, December 31, their proposed tractor march against the…
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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…
Farmers Agree To Meet Govt Over Contentious Farm Laws
Leaders of farmers’ unions have agreed to meet ministers on Tuesday, possibly paving the way…
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…
Modi Calls Farmer Protests Politically Motivated
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought…
Opposition Demands Repeal Of Farm Laws After Protests
Congress, the country’s main opposition party, pressed the government on Thursday to call a special…
BJP Says ‘No Question’ Of Repealing Farm Laws
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – said on Tuesday…
Govt Appeals To Farmers For Talks As Protests Go On
The government on Tuesday appealed to farmers to hold further talks to break a nearly…
Farmers Vow To Carry On Protests Despite Cold, Deaths
Tens of thousands of farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods,…
Farmers Start Hunger Strike To Pressure Modi On Agri Reforms
Farmers’ leaders sought to step up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three…
Farmers’ Protest: Sikh Diaspora Drums Up Global Support
Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against deregulation of agriculture markets are drawing strength from Sikhs…
PM Modi Offers Talks To End Protests Against Farm Laws
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday defended India’s biggest farm ‘reforms’ in decades but offered…
SC Declines Calls To Ban Farmers’ Protest
The Supreme Court on Friday declined calls to ban a weeks-long farmers’ protest and asked…
Farmers’ Widows Join Protests Against Agri Reforms
Hundreds of Indian women, including many widows of farmers who were believed to have killed…
Opposition Parties Are Misleading Farmers: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the opposition parties that are against the farm…
Farmers Go On Hunger Strike Against Agri Reforms
Leaders of protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Monday against agricultural reforms they…
Farmers Intensify Protests As Deadlock Over New Laws Continues
Tens of thousands of farmers on Sunday intensified their protests against three new agricultural laws…
Govt Committed To Farmers’ Welfare: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured farmers on Saturday that reforms in the agrarian sector were…
Govt Offers Concessions As Farmers Intensify Protests
The Central government is open to amending some provisions in new farm laws, the agriculture…
Farmers To Step Up Protests, Reject Tweaks On New Farm Laws
Protesting farmers have rejected the government’s proposal to amend three controversial laws and said they…
Govt Seeks Ways To Tweak New Agri Laws To Mollify Farmers
Government officials looked for ways to tweak new laws liberalising the agricultural sector on Wednesday,…
Nationwide Strike Held Against Modi’s Policies Of Liberalisation
Farmers’ protests against new laws liberalising agricultural markets spread across India on Tuesday, as farm…
Deadlock With Farmers Continues, Talks To Resume Soon
Last week, the Union government failed to break a deadlock with farmers protesting over agricultural…
People Have A Right To Demonstrate Peacefully: UN
People have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should let them do so, a…
Mammoth Food Programme At Heart Of Farmers’ Protests
Thousands of Indian farmers angered by farm laws that they say threaten their livelihoods have…