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...
Farm Laws 2020
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...
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...
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...
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...
Opposition Demands Repeal Of Farm Laws After Protests
Congress, the country's main opposition party, pressed the government on Thursday to call a special Parliamentary session to withdraw new...
BJP Says ‘No Question’ Of Repealing Farm Laws
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - said on Tuesday there was no question of...
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 month-long deadlock over their demand...
Farmers Vow To Carry On Protests Despite Cold, Deaths
Tens of thousands of farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to carry on...
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 agricultural reform laws on Monday...
Modi Surprises With Gurudwara Visit Amid Farmer Protests
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to a Sikh temple in New Delhi on Sunday, kneeling down in...
Farmers’ Protest: Sikh Diaspora Drums Up Global Support
Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against deregulation of agriculture markets are drawing strength from Sikhs around the world who are...
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 to “very humbly” hold further...
SC Declines Calls To Ban Farmers’ Protest
The Supreme Court on Friday declined calls to ban a weeks-long farmers’ protest and asked the government and unions to...
Sikh Priest Dies By Suicide At Singhu Border
As the farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws entered its 21st day, a 65-year-old Sikh priest committed suicide at...
Farmers’ Widows Join Protests Against Agri Reforms
Hundreds of Indian women, including many widows of farmers who were believed to have killed themselves over debt, joined a...
Opposition Parties Are Misleading Farmers: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the opposition parties that are against the farm laws now and 'misleading the...
Farmers Go On Hunger Strike Against Agri Reforms
Leaders of protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Monday against agricultural reforms they say threaten their livelihoods, stepping...
Farmers Intensify Protests As Deadlock Over New Laws Continues
Tens of thousands of farmers on Sunday intensified their protests against three new agricultural laws aimed at overhauling food grain...
Govt Committed To Farmers’ Welfare: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured farmers on Saturday that reforms in the agrarian sector were aimed at helping them, as...
Govt Offers Concessions As Farmers Intensify Protests
The Central government is open to amending some provisions in new farm laws, the agriculture minister said on Thursday, after...
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 would step up protests seeking...
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, as they put off a...
Nationwide Strike Held Against Modi’s Policies Of Liberalisation
Farmers’ protests against new laws liberalising agricultural markets spread across India on Tuesday, as farm organisations called for a nationwide...
Thousands Protest In London Against India’s Agri Reforms
Thousands of people protested and blocked traffic in central London on Sunday over Indian agricultural reforms that have triggered mass...
