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The top court was hearing a PIL filed by an NGO challenging legislative competence of different State Assemblies in passing resolutions against central laws like the Citizenship Amendments Act (CAA) and the three farm laws saying it falls under the Union List of the Seventh Schedule. (Photo: PTI)

Can states criticise Central law?

SC on Friday sought to know from a petitioner whether the state legislatures have the right to express their opinion or not on central laws

20 Mar 2021 4:09 AM

Tikait, the national spokesperson of the BKU and a prominent face of the farmers' protest, will begin the tour from March 1. (Photo: PTI)

Rakesh Tikait to tour 5 states in March to drum up support for farmers' protest

Farmers' meetings will be held in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana

28 Feb 2021 12:47 AM

Anita Katyal | BJP for Sourav as Bengal CM; Cong farmer cell has no chief

The BJP has apparently put together a copious dossier on Ganguly and his family’s business interests in its effort to persuade him

21 Feb 2021 4:52 AM

Lies are being spread that farmers will lose their lands owing to the new laws, said Mr.Modi (PTI)

Opposition spreading lies about controversial farm laws: Modi

The BJP leaders have been asked to spend at least 15-20 days 'on the ground' to check the 'flow of misinformations over the laws

17 Feb 2021 4:58 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Congress is a divided and confused party: Modi

Mr Modi again used the “andolanjeevi” jibe to target protesting farmers, which he had used in his speech in the Rajya Sabha earlier

11 Feb 2021 12:47 AM

The handling of the farmers on the borders of India’s capital has become a perception battle more than a true search for corrections in basic issues. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | US remarks a wake-up call Delhi can’t ignore

The overt attack on Twitter is illustrative of the govt and the ruling party’s selective outrage because certain truths may have hit home

06 Feb 2021 2:49 AM

After the mahapanchayat at Baraut in UP’s Baghpat district, two more mahapanchayats are being planned in UP’s Bijnor and Haryana’s Jind districts to mobilise the growing support for the protesting farmers. (Photo:AFP)

Tikait seeks respectable solution to end farm stir

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has called an all-party meeting to show unity with the protesters

01 Feb 2021 4:55 AM

Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses a protest over Centre’s farmlaws at Ghazipur border in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI

More farmers flock to agitation sites

'People in large numbers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand are reaching the protest sites,' says Rakesh Tikait

31 Jan 2021 1:29 AM

Unlike the last 10 rounds of talks, at Friday’s meeting the two sides could not even reach a decision on the next date as the government also hardened its position saying it is ready to meet once the unions agree to discuss the suspension proposal. (Photo:PTI)

Center to okay only if farmers okay law freeze

After internal consultations, the farmers’ unions decided to reject the offer and stick to their two major demands

23 Jan 2021 2:06 AM

The committee members came under sharp criticism by the protesting farmers and the Opposition for publicly supporting the new laws. (Photo:PTI)

Farm reforms much-needed, repeal won’t help: SC panel

The farmers’ unions even made it clear they would not talk to any committee members, after which Mann recused himself from the panel

20 Jan 2021 1:21 AM

At the Singhu border, where the farmers have been protesting for over 50 days, Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav said the farmers will hold the rally and hoist the tricolour on their tractors on Outer Ring Road on Republic Day. (Photo:PTI)

Farmers’ R-Day tractor rally on; Supreme Court hearing today

The rally will be “very peaceful” and there will be “no disruption” of the Republic Day parade, says Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav

18 Jan 2021 4:17 AM

If the government is serious, and if farmers’ welfare is its priority, then it should keep the laws in abeyance, sit with them and draft new ones that address their concerns. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Scrap laws, ask farmers, don’t skip due process

As for the farm laws, the government has done too little to take the stakeholders into confidence

07 Jan 2021 4:28 AM

Battling cold weather, unseasonal rain and thunderstorms, the representatives of 41 farmers’ unions held a meeting at Singhu border on Tuesday. — DC Image

PM asks agriculture officials to make changes in farm laws

The Prime Minister has been a strong advocate of the new farm laws but he seems to be keen to end the stalemate with the protesting farmers

06 Jan 2021 11:54 AM

The farmers have threatened to hold a rally on January 26 if their demand for repeal of the three laws and a legal guarantee on the MSP are not met (Image: PTI)

Government-farmers talks inconclusive as unions firm in seeking repeal of laws

The next round of discussions to resolve the deadlock over laws enacted in September last year will be held on January 8

05 Jan 2021 4:30 AM

Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI)

Government hopes 7th round of talks will end on positive note today

04 Jan 2021 7:02 AM

The corporate groups are not in charge of how much of its agriculture and dairy India can export. It is the government that will have to force other nations to open their markets to our farmers (Image:PTI)

Aakar Patel | Farmers won’t put trust in PM, dharna unlikely to be over soon

Agriculture exports fell from $43 billion in 2013, before Mr Modi, to $38 billion last year

29 Dec 2020 4:35 AM

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikiat addresses media after a meeting with representatives of farmer organizations regarding the Centre's farm reform laws, near Singhu border in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Shiv Kumar Kakkaji is also seen. (PTI)

Farmers reject govt proposal, to intensify agitation with nationwide protest

According to the union leaders, a new Delhi chalo' (march to Delhi)' call is being given to all farmers in the north India for December 14

09 Dec 2020 8:11 PM

Anticipating rail blockades in 16 states, the Railways has issued directives for maintaining law and order in trains and station premises, cautioning zonal railways against 'pro-left wing extremists' participating in Tuesday's 'Bharat Bandh'. (Representational Image: DC)

Bharat Bandh: Railways fears blockades in 16 states

Railways' two biggest unions, AIRF and NFIR too have extended their support to the bandh and are planning to hold rallies and demonstrations

08 Dec 2020 11:19 AM

Pawar warns Centre of larger farmers' protest if concerns not addressed soon

The NCP chief is also scheduled to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on December 9 over the ongoing farmers' protest

07 Dec 2020 5:19 AM

Farmers shout slogans during a protest against the central government’s recent agricultural reforms at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur on December 5, 2020. (AFP)

Farmers call Bharat bandh on Dec 8, threaten to intensify agitation

This hardening of stand came a day ahead of the fifth round of talks with the government

05 Dec 2020 12:54 PM

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