Page 16 - Farmers Protest

Stir against Centre's 3 farm laws will be remembered in history: Gehlot

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot congratulated the farmers for successful completion of their agitation against Centre's three farm laws, saying the movement that lasted for over a year will be remembered

Happiness and joy as farmers return home after over a year of protest

Bhupender Singh was all smiles as he rode a tractor back home in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district after over a year of protest at Delhi's border and said it would bring an end to his ordeal

Farmers leave from Delhi borders in convoys; traffic slows down on highways

The farmers are heading back to their respective states in large convoys of tractors and trucks, in the same way, they arrived at the sites at Singhu, Ghazipur, Tikri on outskirts of national capital

Farmers vacate Delhi borders after ending year-long anti-farm laws protests

After farmers suspended their agitation against the three farm laws, they have started vacating Delhi borders where they have been stationed for more than a year

Farmers at Singhu border prepare to return to homes after year-long protest

After the farmers received a formal letter from the Centre agreeing to their pending demands on Thursday, farmers at the Singhu border calledoff their protest against the farm laws.

Govt says no farmer died due to police action during farmers' protests

The Union government on Friday said that no farmer died due to police action during the year-long protests by farmers. Various farmer groups were protesting against three new farm laws, which have now been scrapped. The year-long protest at the Delhi borders was suspended by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday after the Union government accepted their key pending demands, including withdrawal of police cases against the protesters and on Minimum Support Price (MSP). In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said, "the subject of compensation, etc. to the families of the deceased farmers in the farmers movement is with the concerned state governments". "No farmer died as a result of police action during the farmers' agitation," he said. Tomar was responding to a joint question by Congress leader Dhiraj Prasad Sahu and AAP leader Sanjay Singh. The members had asked whether the government is planning to provide or made any ...

Pack up: Long day for farmers at Singhu as they dismantle a makeshift town

Ladders, tarpaulin, poles and ropes lay scattered at the Singhu border protest site on Friday as farmers dismantled tents, bundled up their belongings and loaded them onto trucks

Year-long farmers' stir against three acts finally comes to an end

The SKM leaders said in a press conference that protest sites across the country will start winding up on Dec 11 after holding a victory rally to mark the occasion

LIVE: PM Modi pays tribute to Gen Bipin Rawat at special ceremony in Delhi

The bodies of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and Brig LS Lidder and 10 others killed in the tragic helicopter crash near Coonoor were brought to the national capital

Farmer agitation: Centre issues 'formal letter' agreeing farmers' demands

Farmer leaders said they will again meet on January 15 to see if the government has fulfilled their demands

Farmers' protest suspension: Commuters to get relief from traffic woes

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, on Thursday decided to suspend the movement against the farm laws

Top headlines: Farmers call off protest; WHO advisory on booster shots

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Farmers suspend agitation, to start vacating Delhi border from Dec 11

Farmer leaders said that they will again meet on January 15 to see if the government has fulfilled their demands

Farmer to defer protests for now, SKM will make 'major announcement'

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has agreed to the draft proposal prepared by the Central government, and is expected make a "major announcement" on Thursday.

LIVE: Cremation of CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife to be held on Friday

CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have died in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday

Farmers' agitation has reached decisive moment: Yogendra Yadav

The meeting, which was being held on Wednesday evening, will decide the future course of the movement

Delhi police spent Rs 7.3 cr for security at farmers' protest sites

Member of Parliament M. Mohamed Abdulla has asked questions regarding the amount spent by Delhi Police from August 2020 till date to provide security at the farmer's protests

We are progressing towards resolution: Farmer leaders after SKM meeting

A five-member committee constituted by the SKM for dialogue with the government on the protesting farmers' remaining demands on Wednesday said farm unions are hopeful

SKM meeting underway over govt's fresh proposal on farmers' pending demands

A five-member committee constituted by SKM is deliberating upon government's fresh proposal on farmers' remaining demands in its meeting being held at in central Delhi on Wednesday.

Farm stir likely headed for final act as leaders meet on Wednesday

A final call on the agitation and with it the blockade of roads will be taken at another round of meeting of the SKM on Wednesday at 2 pm, said some leaders.