Farmers Protest

Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 | Last Update : 08:55 AM IST

According to the Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, the nationwide shutdown will start at 6 am and it will be in force up to 6 pm across the country on March 26 which marks four months of the farmer agitation at Delhi's three borders -- Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri. (Photo: PTI)

'Bharat Bandh': Rail, road transport likely to be affected in parts of country

Farmer unions protesting against the three agri laws have called a complete 'Bharat Bandh'

26 Mar 2021 1:04 AM

The Opposition parties claimed they will not back down and continue to keep raising the issue of rising prices in both Houses of Parliament. (ANI file photo)

Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over discussion on rising fuel prices

The Congress MPs also raised the issue of the three farm laws and the farmers sitting in protest at Delhi’s borders against these laws

09 Mar 2021 8:21 AM

To call the world’s largest democracy only “partly free” is incontrovertible evidence of an attempt to subvert our sovereignty and integrity, an international conspiracy directed against the Indian state. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan Varma | Freedom, conspiracy and other anti-national sins

Frankly, in my view, Freedom House, the Washington based global democracy watchdog, should be booked by our ever-vigilant govt for sedition

07 Mar 2021 4:10 AM

The ongoing farmers’ agitation, which has had a special impact in some northern regions, including Haryana, has left the Khattar government reeling and the so-called sons-of-the-soil policy seems a desperate bid to recover some lost ground. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | To draw votes, Khattar’s quota sacrifices growth

If the government forces companies to take steps that may impact employee productivity, then it forces companies to be less than competitive

06 Mar 2021 4:17 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

By threatening Twitter officials with jail and publicly contemplating the application of media laws to the social media, the government is putting on public display how spooked, rather than concerned, it is. (Photo: AFP)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Hashtag power: Twitter, govt in fight for survival

The social media has two broad roles — the organisational and the dialogic, and it is the former that is spooking nervous governments

23 Feb 2021 4:48 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

Modi also advised extending help to the private sector as a key move to seek foreign investment and emphasised on strengthening MSMEs and start-ups. (PTI file)

Untapped potential of farm sector can push country out of economic slump: Modi

The meeting which was held amid the ongoing farmers' protest, did not deliberate on the controversial farm laws

21 Feb 2021 2:18 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

Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal (Facebook/Jai Prakash Dalal)

Farmers would have died even while staying back home: Haryana minister

He said 'wrong meaning' was given to his statements

14 Feb 2021 1:10 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

The Prime Minister has spoken in the backdrop of the farming community agitating against new laws which, it fears, would make them captive players of the private corporates with deep pockets. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | PM’s red herring

Modi's advice of caution against returning the nation to the babus was equally intriguing

12 Feb 2021 4:46 AM

The government’s fear of its image abroad being hammered by celebrities with a large following on the social media has led to it calling for Twitter to take down nearly 1,200 accounts following tweets on farmer protests. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Relief for critics as Twitter snubs govt selective outrage

The fundamental issue with freedom of expression is either you have it or you don’t

12 Feb 2021 4:36 AM

There is really no way we can prevent the rest of the world from taking interest in our domestic affairs, especially if we wish to be at the high table of the international community. (Photo:AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The siege within: India and the ‘foreign hand’

The ruling BJP sees comments from global celebrities in support of the ongoing farmers’ protests as part of a deep conspiracy against India

11 Feb 2021 4:14 AM

Mr Tikait had recently said that two government representatives had come to meet him, but he had refused to meet them separately. — PTI

Farmers reiterate demand for a law on MSP, repeal of 3 agriculture marketing laws

Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar said protesting unions were ready to hold talks with the government only if it comes through formal channels

09 Feb 2021 2:17 AM

Modi said the number of marginal farmers with small landholdings had increased from 51 per cent in 1971 to 86 per cent at present. — PTI

End your protests and we will talk, Modi tells farmers

The PM said the Congress had taken a U-turn on the farm laws, reading out the words of former PM Manmohan Singh

09 Feb 2021 2:04 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

If VVIP Bharatwaasis did not step up publicly and lecture us on our duty as citizens, their bag of sarkari goodies would be snatched away. (Photo:AFP)

Shobhaa De | Yeh Rihanna-Wihanna, Greta-Vreta… kaun hai?

Who is Rihanna to us? Had her tweet been ignored, we would not have attracted even more global scrutiny

06 Feb 2021 12:38 AM

Amit Shah said said that no amount of propaganda can deter India’s unity or stop the country from attaining new heights. — PTI

Vested interest groups mobilising international support against farmers protest: MEA

New Delhi also said “Indian police forces have handled these protests with utmost restraint

04 Feb 2021 10:01 AM

Bollywood actors Richa Chadha and Swara Bhasker, who have been vocal supporters of the agitation, lauded Rihanna's remarks. (AP file)

Rihanna supports India's farmers protest

The singer's tweet gained instant traction on Twitter, with more than one lakh retweets and two lakh likes within hours

03 Feb 2021 9:45 AM

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