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Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Mass gatherings became superspreader events during Covid phase, finds study

The team of scientists reached this conclusion after studying the spread of the Alpha variant in India. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:12 am IST

Gurugram farmers to hold ‘mashal rally’ today ahead of Sept 27 ‘Bharat Bandh’

Farmers have been protesting against the Centre’s three farm laws since November last year. 
Published on Sept 25, 2021 05:40 am IST

Salman Khan reacts to farmers' protests: 'Most correct thing should be done'

Salman Khan has reacted to the ongoing farmers' protests and the farm laws. (Left: Photo by Biplov Bhuyan/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Feb 05, 2021 09:35 am IST

‘Bye-bye. We’re quitting!’ RLP pulls out of NDA over farm bills says chief Beniwal

Rashtriya Loktantric Party (RLP) chief Hanuman Beniwal in Jaipur.
Updated on Dec 26, 2020 08:17 pm IST

Farm to Facebook: Stir at borders gets online push

A tractor trolley turned into living quarters at Singhu border where farmers are camped in an ongoing protest against the Centre’s new farm laws, near New Delhi.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 04:45 am IST

Why are farmers sticking to stand?

Farmers listen to a speaker on the middle of an expressway at the site of a protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 12:38 am IST

Opposition leaders meet President Kovind, ask for repeal of farm laws

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Left-wing party leaders D Raja and Sitaram Yechury, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and others address media after a delegation of Opposition leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan and presented a memorandum regarding farmers' issue.
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 11:59 pm IST

Protest enters its 16th day, traffic on borders affected

A volunteer sprays chemical disinfectants at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border during the ongoing protest against new farm laws in Ghaziabad.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 05:57 am IST

Farm leaders hopeful govt will repeal laws but will continue with Bharat Bandh

Farmer leaders at Vigyan Bhawan to held the fifth round of talks with the Central government on the farm laws.
Updated on Dec 05, 2020 09:19 pm IST

Govt not egoistic, holding discussions with farmers with an open mind: Tomar

Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar speaks to media after a meeting with farmers union leaders over the protest against agriculture reform laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Updated on Dec 03, 2020 09:43 pm IST

Govt ready to deliberate on every problem, demand of farmers: Union home minister Amit Shah

New Delhi, Nov 28 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to media on farmer's protest in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Nov 28, 2020 10:07 pm IST

Dilli Chalo: Why angry farmers want to storm New Delhi

Police use water cannon and tear-gas shells in Karnal to disperse farmers from Punjab heading towards Delhi on Thursday.
Updated on Nov 27, 2020 08:43 am IST

Farm Bills protests: Punjab farmers, Centre to meet for second round of talks on Dec 3

Punjab farmers have been demanding the repeal of the new farm laws and replace them with another set of laws framed after wider consultation with stakeholders.
Updated on Nov 24, 2020 02:07 pm IST

Farm groups lay down demands as talks begin

Farmers raise slogans as they burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against the new agriculture laws, at India Gate bypass in Amritsar, Punjab.
Updated on Nov 14, 2020 04:56 am IST

Won’t resume trains in Punjab with conditions, says railways

Trains have been suspended in the state for over a month from September 25 due to the agitation over farm bills, cleared by the Centre during the monsoon session of Parliament.
Updated on Nov 12, 2020 05:09 am IST

Govt readies database to ease farm economy

An Indian farmer stands near his paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, northeastern Assam state.
Updated on Nov 12, 2020 03:07 am IST

Trains will resume in Punjab only after blockades along tracks are removed: Railways

Farmers participate in 'Rail Roko' protest over the farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village about 20 km from Amritsar, Punjab, earlier in October.
Updated on Nov 06, 2020 10:40 am IST

Trains to Katra for Navratri cancelled due to farmers’ agitation in Punjab

Farmers ride tractors on railway tracks during the ongoing 'Rail Roko' agitation against the Farm bills in Punjab.
Published on Oct 15, 2020 10:59 am IST

Rice procurement up 33%, but MSP eludes other crops

Crops, such as soybean, ragi, maize and cotton, are selling up to 30% below MSPs, data from Agmarknet, the agriculture ministry’s portal that tracks prices in mandis or wholesale markets, shows.
Updated on Oct 13, 2020 03:58 pm IST

Reforms alone can’t raise farm growth, Bihar example shows

Big farmers’ groups, particularly in Punjab and Haryana, say the Centre’s farm reforms could pave the way for the dismantling of the MSP system and that deregulation will leave them vulnerable to powerful agribusinesses and in an even weaker negotiating position than before.
Published on Oct 10, 2020 03:24 pm IST

Book Kangana Ranaut: Karnataka court directs police over her ‘anti-farmer’ tweet

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut gestures as she leaves after a meeting with Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai in this file photo.
Updated on Oct 09, 2020 10:35 pm IST

Odisha dithers over its farming ordinances as monsoon session ends

File photo: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
Updated on Oct 06, 2020 10:52 pm IST

At farmer rally, Rahul Gandhi takes a jibe at PM Modi over Air India One

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi addresses mediapersons in Patiala, Punjab.
Updated on Oct 06, 2020 04:23 pm IST

Rahul Gandhi starts kheti bachao yatra in Punjab

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a tractor rally, 'Kheti Bachao Yatra', in protest against the new farm bills 2020, in Punjab's Moga district, Sunday.
Updated on Oct 04, 2020 04:31 pm IST

Farm laws violate federalism, will fight them out legally: Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh

Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh at his farm house, Mohinder Bagh, in the Shivalik foothills near Chandigarh during an interview with Hindustan Times.
Updated on Oct 04, 2020 08:08 am IST

‘Farmers are masters of their destiny now’: Union minister on farm bills

File photo: Union education minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.
Updated on Oct 03, 2020 07:46 pm IST

Cong likely to extend stir against farm laws

Congress Interim party president Sonia Gandhi
Updated on Oct 03, 2020 07:25 am IST

Maharashtra stays August order issued for implementation of farm reform laws

Both the Congress and NCP are opposed to implementing the laws in the state, terming them as “anti farmer”.
Updated on Sept 30, 2020 06:00 pm IST