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Protest agenda : Farmers demand ‘toll-free’ India on Saturday
Agitating farmer unions here have circulated a message among their cadres across the nation to make India a 'toll-free' country for Saturday in the ongoing protest against the three farm laws enacted by Parliament.The message was circulated…
Farmers’ protest continues for 16th day, more on way to Delhi
The farmers' protest at several interstate borders of Delhi with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh continued for the 16th day on Friday as their leaders strategised for the proposed intensification of their agitation across the country. Tens of…
30,000 more farmers from Punjab head to Delhi
With the deadlock between the protesting farmers and the Centre continuing, another group of nearly 30,000 protesters from different areas of Punjab started their journey towards the national capital on Friday morning.Packed in a large…
Farmers’ association moves SC, says new laws will make farmers vulnerable to corporate greed
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) has moved an intervention application in the Supreme Court challenging the recently enacted three farm laws, which has led to major farmers protests at various Delhi borders.The plea, moved by farmers' union…
Farmers plan protests at toll plazas, memorandums to DCs
As part of their plan to intensify their agitation, farmers rallying on the Ghazipur entry point on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border said on Friday that they would hold dharnas at toll plazas and also submit memorandums to district…
Roti makers, washing machines, free WiFi ease farmers’ road to dissent
Numerous farmers, primarily from Punjab and Haryana, who are protesting at the Singhu Border against the Centre's new agricultural laws are fuelling "motivation" with "mechanisation" to make the long haul at the protest sites bearable.The…
Opposition plans to meet next week on farmers issue
With the protesting farmers rejecting the government's proposals on the farm laws, the opposition is planning to call a meeting of all political parties opposing the measures to devise a joint strategy to pressurise the government, sources…
Every sympathy for Delhi’s people, but no other way out: Farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa
Fifteen days into their agitation farmers say it is too late for the amendments, if the government really wanted they should have had the dialogue in September when they first embarked on their protests across Punjab.They slam any…
Farmers’ protest on Delhi borders continues for 15th day
The agitation by farmers camping on the Delhi borders since November 26 to demand repeal of the new agricultural laws continued for the 15th day on Thursday, with peasant leaders adamant on intensifying the protests further.After rejecting…
Fear psychosis keeps youngsters in Punjab fields
The fathers are 'fighting' on the borders of the national capital for the past 15 days to mark their protest against new farm laws that they say will destroy their livelihoods, but their next generation of youngsters are at home.One would…