Page 51 - Farmers' Protest

Farmers protesting over new agri laws perform yoga on Delhi-Noida highway

Farmers demonstrating against the Centre's new agri laws on Monday performed yoga on the Delhi-Noida Link Road at the Chilla border where they have been camping for 28 days now

Protesting farmers agree to govt proposal for talks on December 30

Protesting farmer unions Monday agreed "in-principle" to a government proposal of holding the next round of talks on the new agricultural laws on December 30

Farmers' protest: Over 1,500 telecom towers damaged in Punjab, services hit

Power supply to towers that relay telecom signals was snapped and cables cut in several parts of the state as farmers vented their anger on the infrastructure owned by Mukesh Ambani's firm Jio

Retail auto weakens in Dec due to lower discounts farmers protest: Report

Farmers protest, lower discounts, especially for passenger vehicles compared to last year coupled with exhaustion of pent up demand, among others, resulted in weak auto retail sales in December

Govt invites farmers for talks on Wed, says it has 'open mind' on demands

The agriculture ministry has invited representatives of more than a dozen unions for the meeting at 2 p.m. in Vigyan Bhawan

Kerala governor okays one-day assembly session on Dec 31 on farms laws

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan gave his assent for convening the state assembly for a one-day special session on December 31

Punjab looking into whether protesting farmers sabotaged telecom towers

A senior Punjab state police official said the power supply was disrupted to several telecom towers in the state, mainly ones owned by Jio, the telecommunications arm of Reliance Industries

Haryana: BJP's coalition partner walks a tightrope on farmers' protest

The protests over the Centre's new agri-marketing laws kept politics on the boil in Haryana in the closing months of the year

Statsguru: 6 charts explain why Punjab stands out on India's agrarian scene

A new study on agricultural markets that goes deeper into the realities of farm marketing in India offers timely insights

Shelve pollution ordinance & power bill before farm talks: Cong MPs to govt

Two Congress MPs from Punjab on Sunday said the Centre should withdraw the recent stubble burning ordinance and the Electricity Amendment Bill before its next round of talks with protesting farmers

Loan waiver, robust procurement help Yogi weather the farm storm

Of the 23 million farming households in UP, almost 21 million, or more than 90 per cent, are of small and marginal farmers with fragmented land holdings, living on low farm income

BJP's New Year resolution is the same amid farmers' protest: Winning polls

Farmer protest & Bengal election are the party's first two challenges

I appeal with folded hands to Centre to repeal farm laws: Delhi CM Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday appealed to the Centre to repeal the new farm laws and said farmers are protesting for their survival

Elections for civic bodies in Haryana see poor turnout amid farmer protests

This is amid the farmers' protests against the three contentious farm laws

LIVE: Listen to our 'Mann ki Baat' too, protesting farmers tell PM Modi

Farmers Protest LIVE updates: Unions say they would join talks but want the government to provide legal guarantee for procurement of crops at the Minimum Support Price.

Centre adopting a callous and insensitive attitude towards farmers: SAD

SAD president Sukhbir Badal slammed the BJP-led central government, accusing it of adopting a "callous and insensitive attitude" towards farmers

Tried to reach out to PM Modi but he didn't listen to us: AAP MP

AAP's Punjab MP Bhagwant Mann claimed on Friday that his party legislators tried to reach out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a function in Parliament but he did not listen to them. Prime Minister Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union ministers and parliamentarians on Friday paid floral tributes to Madan Mohan Malaviya and former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the Central Hall of Parliament on their birth anniversary. Prime Minister Modi also released a book, "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A Commemorative Volume", to mark the occasion. Soon after the book release, as the prime minister was about to leave the venue, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members Sanjay Singh and Mann raised slogans, demanding the repeal of the Centre's contentious farm laws. Modi was speaking with the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and the leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, at that moment. Addressing a press conference, Mann said AAP MPs raised slogans

Ready for talks based on facts; vested interests to blame for deadlock: PM

Reacting to the PM's allegation, the protesting farmers' unions alleged that it was an attempt to "divide and mislead" the farmers and said they wanted a legal guarantee on MSP

LIVE updates: Agitating farmers are misguided, says Prakash Javadekar

As the agitation entered Day 30, the unions said that the minimum support price (MSP) cannot be separated from the demand of repealing the contentious agriculture laws

Railway incurs loss of about Rs 2400 cr due to farmers' agitation: Official

Farmers have continued their protest at the borders of Delhi and in Punjab