Delhi Farmers Protest

Friday, Dec 01, 2023 | Last Update : 11:27 PM IST

In India, protests are legal under the exercise of two fundamental rights: freedom of speech and expression under Article 19 (1)(a) of the Constitution. (PTI File Image)

Anita Anand | Protests, and how to handle them: A wake-up call for all governments

The fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression means citizens can express themselves, in peaceful ways.

18 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

Police personnel stand guard at the Tikri border in the wake of farmers' call to stage a protest, in New Delhi, Sunday, Aug 21, 2022. Farmers are scheduled to stage their protest on Aug 22. (PTI Photo)

Hundreds of farmers reach Delhi to take part in 'mahapanchayat'

SKM Leaders claimed at some locations, farmers were being stopped from reaching Jantar Mantar, a claim denied by the Delhi Police

22 Aug 2022 11:16 AM

Senior SKM leaders address a press conference on the future course of the farmers agitation, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (PTI)

Farmers accept second draft by government, may call off protest today

Government to add farmers' union to MSP panel, will offer aid for deaths

09 Dec 2021 7:32 AM

Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses a press conference after farmers' meeting at Singhu Border, in New Delhi, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (PTI/Atul Yadav)

Farmers' protest: SKM forms panel for talks with government

Several farmer leaders had gathered near the Singhu border on Saturday to discuss and deliberate upon the future course of the agitation

05 Dec 2021 8:36 AM

500 farmers to reach Delhi on 30 tractors on Nov 29, says Rakesh Tikait

The details will be provided after a meeting on November 26, which will be marked as the first anniversary of our protest, Tikait said

24 Nov 2021 1:15 PM

Hundreds of farmers have been camping at the three Delhi borders since November 2020 with the demand that the government repeal the farm laws. (AP)

Punjab announces Rs 2 lakh compensation to 83 held in Delhi for R-Day tractor rally

Farmers had taken out a tractor march on January 26 in Delhi to highlight their demands of repeal of agri laws and a legal guarantee of MSP

13 Nov 2021 11:21 AM

The decision on the tractor march was taken on Tuesday by the nine-member committee of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of over 40 farmers’ unions. (PTI file photo)

Farmers plan tractor rally to Parliament on November 29 as session begins

The SKM said it will observe one year of the movement on and after November 26 in a 'massive way' all over the country.

10 Nov 2021 8:45 AM

Protesting farmers stage a demonstration against the central government's recent agricultural reforms in New Delhi on July 22, 2021. (Money SHARMA / AFP)

200 farmers reach Jantar Mantar for protest against farm laws amid Parliament session

The protesting farmers have been restricted to a small section of Jantar Mantar with police putting up barricades on both sides

22 Jul 2021 9:06 AM

A group of farmers who were holding a protest in Zirakpur and Kharar towns in Punjab, both on the outskirts of Chandigarh, said they were allowing ambulances and other emergency vehicles to pass. (AFP file photo)

Bharat Bandh: Farmers gather near national highways, key roads in Punjab, Haryana

Farmer leaders have said road and rail transport will be blocked and claimed that markets will also remain closed

26 Mar 2021 10:17 AM

Additional Session Judge Dharmender Rana granted the relief after police sought an adjournment in the proceedings related to an anticipatory bail moved by Chaudhari in the matter. (Representational image)

Toolkit case: Delhi court extends protection from arrest granted to another activist

The counsel appearing for the accused told the court that his case was entirely different from the co-accused

12 Mar 2021 11:40 AM

Legendary farm leader Mahendra Singh Tikait's son Narendra Tikait (L) along with other family members, at his residence in Sisauli village, Muzaffarnagar. (PTI/Vijay Verma)

Farmers ready to continue stir on Delhi borders till Modi govt lasts: Narendra Tikait

Narendra said the Centre is under any misconception that it can cull the farmers' protest like it has 'culled' other agitations in the past

10 Mar 2021 1:05 PM

Jacob had got transit anticipatory bail from Bombay High Court on February 17 for three weeks, so that the accused could approach the court concerned in Delhi, where the case is lodged. (PTI file photo)

Toolkit case: Court grants one week to Delhi Police to file reply to Nikita Jacob

The court also directed the Delhi Police to hand over a copy of its reply to Jacob's bail plea to her counsel

02 Mar 2021 1:07 PM

Thousands of protesters had clashed with the police during the tractor parade called by farmer unions on January 26 demanding repeal of the Centre's contentious farm laws. (PTIfile photo/Arun Sharma)

R-Day violence: Farmer leader among 2 arrested from Jammu by Delhi Police

The duo was taken into custody by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday night and shifted to Delhi for questioning, they said

23 Feb 2021 11:14 AM

The honest way of going about this important issue dealing with the challenges of agriculture is to tell the truth that the government is unable to pay the rising MSP bill. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | PM’s arguments on farm laws seem deeply flawed

The government is now telling a lie -- that farmers will get a better deal outside the mandi, which is not the case over the long term

17 Feb 2021 7:18 AM

The protests are no longer primarily about fears around the potential reduction or doing away with minimum support prices, or ending of the mandi system, it is now about hurt farmers set against the hubris of the government. (PTI file photo)

Sriram Karri | How PM can win hearts, keep bills, end protests

In the next many days, on any day of his choosing, Mr Modi should just walk into a protest site and spend several hours

16 Feb 2021 7:08 AM

72-year old farmer, Hansa Singh died due to heart attack at Delhi's Singhu border (AP)

Septuagenarian Punjab farmer part of protests at Singhu dies of cardiac arrest

Hansa Singh was a resident of Moga district, post-mortem report confirmed the reason for death as heart attack

13 Feb 2021 5:58 PM

Measures being taken by the agitating farmers at the Singhu border to prepare for a long haul as a resolution (Picture used for representational purposes only, Image source: PTI)

Singhu border: Farmers improve facilities, infrastructure to prepare for prolonged protest

100 CCTV cameras with digital video recorders are being installed at the main stage used by the Morcha

11 Feb 2021 6:49 PM

What started out as a peaceful protest took a violent turn, as the “tractor rally” went rogue. (PTI file photo/Manvender Vashist)

Leher Sethi | A non-partisan nationalism is the new glue of farmers’ stir

The BJP has thus far successfully managed to 'other-ise' the anti-farm law protesters

08 Feb 2021 7:19 AM

It has been informally conveyed to them that no one other than those authorised by the government should make any public statements or give interviews to the media regarding the farmers’ protests. (Photo: ANI/file)

Anita Katyal | Farm stir: Snap ties, says JJP to chief; Yogi gags his ministers

Faced with a revolt by farmers in western UP, the Yogi Adityanath government has ordered a virtual gag order on its ministers and MLAs

07 Feb 2021 7:33 AM

In a democracy there will be protests. Such protests, if they are allowed to linger on for so long, will attract global attention. (AP/Manish Swarup)

Pavan K. Varma | Maligning the messenger pays diminishing returns

Our government appears to be making the cardinal mistake of using the paranoia of the 'foreign hand' in today’s world

07 Feb 2021 7:13 AM

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