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Farmers' protest LIVE: Punjab CM, Amit Shah to meet on Dec 3 ahead of talks

Farmers protest LIVE updates Day 7: Farmers unions on Wednesday demanded that a special Parliament Session be convened to repeal agricultural laws. Stay tuned for latest updates on farmers' protest

Govt's meeting with farmers ends in deadlock; next round of talks on Dec 3

Govt has urged farmer groups to share their specific complaints with regard to the three central Acts by December 2 so that they could be taken up for discussions the next day

Farmers' protests LIVE: Unions reject Centre's proposal to set up panel

Farmers protest LIVE updates Day 6: Chilla border that links Delhi to UP through Noida has been closed. Stay tuned for latest updates on farmers' protest

Govt asks farmer unions to submit specific issues in farm laws by Wednesday

The government has asked farmers' bodies to identify specific issues related to the three new farm laws and submit those by Wednesday for consideration and discussion in the next round of talks

Farmers protest LIVE: Have invited farmers for talks on Dec 1, says Tomar

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Supply of vegetables and fruits to the city from other states has been impacted

Farmers reject Centre's offer for talks, say will block all roads to Delhi

PM defends farm laws, says these opened doors of opportunities for farmers

Modi and Shah get politics better than anyone else, but not that of Punjab

The party has tended to patronise Punjab and Sikhs instead of being respectful partners. Its strategy to tackle farm laws crisis has given Sikhs the good fight they love

Farmers' strike LIVE updates: Protesters enter Delhi through Tikri border

Farmers protest LIVE updates: Farmers have been allowed to hold peaceful protest at the Nirankari Ground in north Delhi

Agitating Punjab farmers to lift blockade on passenger trains from Nov 23

The decision to allow passenger trains in the state came after a meeting of representatives of farmer leaders with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh

Punjab records 74,000 instances of stubble burning, maximum in 4 years

Experts said anger over farm bills and the government not paying the Supreme Court-ordered financial incentive to farmers could be among the reasons for the spike in farm fires

Punjab farm protest: Railways stares at loss, FCI at storage space crunch

So far, a total of 1,373 trains got cancelled and 230 rakes are held up outside Punjab.

Punjab govt invites farmers' bodies protesting against farm laws for talks

Krantikari Kisan Union president Darshan Pal said the farmers'' organisations have received a letter from the Punjab Agriculture Department for a meeting on November 4

Urea shortage due to suspension of freight trains to hit sowing in Punjab

The suspension of freight trains in Punjab has caused acute shortage of urea for wheat and vegetable crops in Punjab

Govt's paddy procurement at MSP rises 28.5% to 11.66 mn tn within a month

The government's paddy procurement at the minimum support price (MSP) has risen 28.55 per cent to 116.66 lakh tonne in less than a month compared with the year-ago same period, with maximum grain been purchased from Punjab alone, according to the Union food ministry. Paddy procurement commenced in Punjab and Haryana from September 26 due to early arrival of the crop, while in other states from October 1. More than 80 per cent of the country's paddy crop is grown in the kharif season. The government through Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state agencies undertakes procurement of paddy at MSP. "Paddy procurement in the 2020-21 kharif marketing season is continuing smoothly in the procuring states of Punjab, Haryana, UP, TN, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, J&K and Kerala," the ministry said in a statement. Till October 21, about 116.66 lakh tonne of paddy was procured, up 28.55 per cent from 90.76 lakh tonne in the year-ago period, it said. "Out of the total purchase of 116.66 lakh ...

Middlemen, not farmers, behind agitation against farm laws in Punjab: Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda said on Thursday that middlemen and not farmers are behind the agitation against farm laws in Punjab while asserting that Modi government has freed peasants from the "slavery"

Protesting farmers in Punjab allow only goods trains to ply till Nov 5

However, their sit-in protests against BJP leaders, corporate houses and toll plazas would continue

Punjab Assembly clears farm Bills to negate Centre's latest laws

Proposes three-year jail for forcing farmers to sell wheat and paddy below MSP

Ready to resign rather than bow to injustice, says Punjab CM on farm laws

The chief minister said he was uneasy and upset over the situation and wanted to understand the Centre''s decision to cause such "suffering" to farmers amid the Covid-19 crisis

Farm laws: Punjab farmers' union, state GoM meeting remains inconclusive

The ministerial panel that met farmers comprised Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa

Meet with Punjab farmers set at secy level; govt open for talks: Agri Min

"In this meeting, various issues related to farmers'' welfare were discussed for about two hours," the ministry said