Page 29 - Farmers' Protest

Farmers call for gherao of Raj Bhawans across country on June 26

Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) will stage demonstrations outside Raj Bhawans across the country on June 26 and observe the day as "Kheti Bachao, Loktantra Bachao Diwas"

Mamata Banerjee meets farmer leaders, assures support to protests

At a meeting with the farmer leaders here during the day, the TMC chief said that there should be a platform where states could converse on policy issues

Tikait leads sit-in at Haryana police station for release of farmers

A large number of farmers led by Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait continued their sit-in at Sadar police station in Fatehabad here on Sunday demanding the release of two farmers.

Farmers will not leave Delhi border at any cost, says Rakesh Tikait

Farmers protesting against the Central farm laws at the borders of the national capital will not leave Delhi at any cost, said Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait

Govt using Covid to turn farmers' stir narrative in its favour: Chidambaram

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram again called for scrapping of the contentious farm laws

Farmers protest at Jewar toll plaza on Yamuna Expressway, disrupt traffic

A group of farmers protesting against the central farm laws staged a demonstration at the Jewar toll plaza, partially disrupting traffic movement on the Yamuna Expressway

Farm stir lesson: Reforms sans key stakeholders bound to fail, say experts

The fury of the protest and the momentum it gathered has put a question mark not only on the three farm acts, but also the fate of agricultural sector reforms in general

Slogans and marches as farmers observe 'black day' to mark 6 months of stir

Farmers agitating at three Delhi border points raised black flags, shouted anti-government slogans, burnt effigies and took out protest marches

Farmers protest 'Black Day' at Ghaziabad; will adhere to Covid protocols

As farmers in Ghaziabad on began 'Black Day' protests on Wednesday to mark completion of six months of their agitation against Centre's agricultural laws

BSP chief Mayawati extends support to farmers' protest call on May 26

BSP president Mayawati on Tuesday extended support to the countrywide protest call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on May 26

Results of reforms

Direct payment for crops will benefit farmers

Endgame for relationship between farmers and commission agents in Punjab?

Commission agents say directly transferring money into farmers' accounts could put their loans in jeopardy

Farmers ready to talk if govt invites, no change in demands: Rakesh Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said the dialogue would resume where it had ended on January 22 and the demands remain unchanged

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Resume talks with protesting farmers: Haryana minister Vij to Tomar

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has written to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar,

Best of BS Opinion: Mosques in the rear-view mirror, Covid-19 crisis & more

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Futility of protest: Easier to start a revolution than influence its course

Myanmar, Belarus, China's Hong Kong and Russia have all pointed to a futility of protests, and that even sustained street revolutions fail now in country after country, writes T N Ninan

No cases of Covid among protesting farmers, claim doctors at Singhu border

Doctors and NGOs running medical camps at the Singhu border have claimed that no farmers protesting here have been tested positive for Covid-19 yet and they are safe due to their strong immunity power

Not even fear of coronavirus can disrupt protest, say agitating farmers

The alarming rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in Delhi notwithstanding, farmer leaders said that nothing, not even the fear of coronavirus, can disrupt their protest against the agri law

My concern is to protect farmers from Covid-19 at Haryana border: Anil Vij

Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said the state will work on the guidelines given by the PM, but he is concerned about how to protect the protesting farmers at the Haryana border from Covid