The Congress has also brought the charge of doublespeak against the government, which has been claiming the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee Act will not be abolished and the new laws will not ...
“We welcome the support extended by political parties but we have one condition: they cannot come with their banners,” said Tejinder Singh Virk of the Terai Kisan Union of Uttarakhand.
He...
Thirty-five British MPs have opened a new and wider flank on the farmers’ protest, going beyond Canadian concerns and raising questions about the “impact” of the farm laws.
The MPs,...
Farmers’ representatives gave the government the silent treatment on Saturday as they saw the talks to break the stalemate go round in circles for the third time this week.
Done talking, the fa...
Mamata Banerjee on Friday sent a Trinamul delegation to the massive farmer agitation underway at Delhi-Haryana’s Singhu border, and spoke to farmers over phone to laud their movement against the...
Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said land documents would no longer be required to apply for financial assistance under the state government-run Krishak Bandhu scheme and the dole could be given based on ...
All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, a Left-backed farmers’ organisations, announced on Wednesday that it would organise a march to the Raj Bhavan in Calcutta on December 16 t...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed concern about the farmers’ agitation and spoken up in support of the right to peaceful protest, upsetting the Indian government which spoke o...
Joginder Singh Ugrahan, one of the farmer leaders, told reporters: “While the government was of the view that a committee should be formed to look into the issues raised by farmers, we insisted ...
About 500 Calcuttans with roots in Punjab joined a rally on Sunday morning to protest the treatment meted out by the Centre and the Haryana government to farmers on their way to Delhi to voice grievan...