The farmers stated that the agitation is a response to internet shut down around protest sites and the Union Budget 2021 ignoring the farmers. On Monday, protesting farmers announced a nationwide agitation on February 6 when they would block all...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an all-party meeting on Saturday told that his government's offer on farm laws made to the protesting farmers "still stands" and it was a "phone call away" for talks. On Saturday, Samyukta Kisan Morcha...
Police resorted to tear gas and baton charge to disperse the clash between the farmers and the group of men who claimed to be locals. On Friday, a group of over 150 men reached the protest site at the Singhu...
It is that time of the year when Punjabi folk light bonfires to celebrate the festival of the harvest festival of Lohri. This year, some farmers and activists on the Delhi border "celebrated" it differently: by burning copies of the...
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions is organizing a tractor rally constituting 4,000-5,000 tractors today. Farmers unions on Wednesday announced that they are to hold a “tractor march” on January 7 as a continuation of their...
Government has rejected the possibility of a repeal, while farmers have threatened a tractor rally on Republic Day on Jan 26. The deadlock over the repeal of farm laws continues as the seventh round of discussions between the representatives of...
Seven US lawmakers write to Mike Pompeo to take up the issue with the Indian government Our Bureau Washington DC/Seattle On December 19, thousands gathered at Sacramento State to protest India’s new farming laws. “I think it’s about time …...
As farmers continue to protest near Delhi, the Modi government toughens its stand as it attacks the opposition and projects its pro-farmer image. But it fails to break the ice with the agitating groups. Our Bureau New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra...
The rich farmers if they want to help their brothers the small farmers, should create the distribution system for farm produce that is administered and maintained by the farmers only Col (Ret.) Virendra S Tavathia The Kisan Agitation in India...
