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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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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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Farmers Postpone Tractor March To January 7

Farmers on Tuesday announced that the tractor march would now take place on January 7, instead of today, as planned…

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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…

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Rajnath Objects To Trudeau’s Comments On Farmers

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday took strong objection to remarks made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month…

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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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