Parkash Singh Badal returns Padma Award protesting against Modi govt's 'betrayal of farmers'
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday returned the Padma Vibhushan Award protesting against the central government's ill-treatment of the farmers who are agitating against the new farm laws for the eighth consecutive day.
Protest against farm laws: Centre-farmers meeting today amid deadlock
New Delhi/IBNS: The representatives of the central government will on Thursday meet the farmers, who are protesting against the Centre's new farm laws, for the second time in three days searching for an end to one of the biggest agitation it faced in its six-year old rule.
Ahead of talks, farmers warn of more protests until repeal of Centre's farm laws
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the Centre's talk with farmers on Thursday over the three contentious farm laws, the protesters warned that they will not stop their agitation unless the laws are repealed.
Congress instigating farmers for agitation: BJP
Patna/UNI: Blaming Congress for instigating farmers for the ongoing agitation against agricultural reforms, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday alleged that those who never worked for the benefit of farmers were now misleading them.
New Delhi/UNI: In solidarity with the agitating farmers of Punjab and Haryana against the Centre's farm bills, peasants from Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday are moving towards the protest sites at Delhi borders and the designated place in Burari.
Should farmers come with plough and oxen? AAP's retort to VK Singh comment
New Delhi/IBNS: Shortly after Minister of State VK Singh said the thousands of men and women protesting against the Centre's contentious farm laws "do not appear to be farmers", the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit back saying if they had to come with "plough and oxen to appear like farmers".
Centre holds meeting with farmers to find breakthrough in anti-farm laws protest
New Delhi/IBNS: A meeting between a three-member team of central ministers and the farmers, who are protesting against the Narendra Modi government's newly enacted farm laws, is underway on Tuesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: Thousands of farmers, who are protesting against the new farm laws in and around the national capital for the sixth straight days, cleared that the government will have to call all 500 organisations, which have joined the massive agitation, in the talks scheduled to be held at 3 pm on Tuesday.
Oppositions spreading lies to instigate farmers: PM Modi in Varanasi
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid continuous protests by the farmers in and around Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday defended the Centre's farm laws and accused the oppositions of spreading lies and falsehoods.
NDA ally Hanuman Beniwal threatens to quit over new farm laws
Jaipur/IBNS: Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief Hanuman Beniwal has threatened to quit NDA if the new farm laws are not scrapped, becoming the second ally after Shiromani Akali Dal to disapprove the decision of the BJP-led coalition at the Centre.
Protests against farm laws: Farmers threaten to block roads to Delhi from five points
New Delhi/IBNS: Farmers, who are protesting against the Narendra Modi government's contentious farm laws, have now threatened to block roads to New Delhi from five points, further intensifying their agitation.
Farmers turn down Home Minister Amit Shah's proposal for talks saying offer should be unconditional
Delhi/IBNS: The farmers agitating against the new farm laws have rejected Home Minister Amit Shah's proposal to hold talks on their grievances, saying that the offer is a conditional one.
Govt ready to deliberate on all the demands of farmers : Amit Shah
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the government is ready to discuss the concerns of the agitating farmers who have been camping outside the national capital, said media reports.
Picture of clash between 'Kisan-Jawan' deeply saddening: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
New Delhi/UNI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday criticized the use of security forces to stop the agitating farmers heading towards the national capital saying that the government has blown up the slogan of 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' by making them stand face to face.
Farmers Protest: Ambala man who turned off water cannon charged with attempt to murder
New Delhi/IBNS: A young man from Haryana's Ambala, who was called a "hero" on social media for turning off water cannon in an iconic moment during the farmers protest, has been charged with an attempt to murder, media reports said.