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farm law news

News updates from HT: Union cabinet likely to approve repeal of farm laws today

Farmers dance as they celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three central farm laws at the Singhu border in New Delhi. 
Published on Nov 24, 2021 08:58 am IST

Farm laws repeal: Cabinet approval likely today, bill listed for winter session

Farmers at the Samyukt Kisan Morcha mahapanchayat in Lucknow, on Monday. 
Updated on Nov 24, 2021 08:02 am IST

Farm laws repealed, Centre must not delay resolving other demands: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati addresses a press conference on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement to repeal the three farm laws, in Lucknow on Friday. 
Published on Nov 23, 2021 01:48 pm IST

News updates from HT: Gehlot expands Rajasthan cabinet, 15 ministers sworn in

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot. (File photo)
Published on Nov 21, 2021 05:02 pm IST

Rahul Gandhi's open letter to farmers: A promise for support in future struggles

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi 
Updated on Nov 19, 2021 10:32 pm IST

Congress to celebrate repeal of farm laws, plans ‘Kisan Vijay Diwas’ rallies

Congress leaders will also visit the families of the more than 700 farmers who died during the agitation 
Published on Nov 19, 2021 05:59 pm IST

'Should we go to UN?': Rakesh Tikait seeks 'impartial' probe into R-Day violence

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait (C) walks with fellow protesting farmers during a demonstration against the recent price hike of fuel and LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) along a blocked highway as farmers continue to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms.
Published on Jul 10, 2021 12:06 pm IST

Farmers' group calls off tractor rally; 86 cops injured in clashes, 4 FIRs filed

Farmers push aside a bus to pass along a road during the tractor rally, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Updated on Jan 26, 2021 11:00 pm IST

Who are the members of the committee set up by SC to resolve farm laws impasse?

Farmers sit at the site during their ongoing protest against new farm laws at Delhi-Gazipur border, in Delhi on Monday. (ANI Photo)
Published on Jan 12, 2021 02:37 pm IST

Farm laws: Tomar asks farmers’ unions leaders to offer alternative other than total repeal

Tomar, along with Piyush Goyal and other Union ministers, has conducted eight rounds of discussions with the representatives of the farmers’ unions but both parties have failed to reach an agreement over the farm laws.
Updated on Jan 08, 2021 06:31 pm IST

Farm laws: Centre, farmers’ unions leaders begin eighth round of talks

Union ministers Tomar and Goyal begin eighth round of discussions with representatives of farmers’ unions.
Updated on Jan 08, 2021 05:26 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times:Mamata Banerjee to convene special Assembly session for passing resolution against farm laws and all the latest news

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday that her government will soon convene a session of the state assembly to pass a resolution against the three farm laws passed by Parliament
Updated on Jan 04, 2021 09:00 pm IST

Gehlot, Pilot to lead protests against farm laws in Jaipur

Gehlot had on Thursday lashed out at the Centre for forcing farmers to welcome New Year on the streets amid freezing temperatures.
Updated on Jan 03, 2021 08:01 am IST

Thousands march to Governor’s house in Patna against farm laws, lathicharged

The farmers lathicharged by the police in Patna. (HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 03:15 pm IST

‘Government not a rice or dal miller’: KCR’s sharp U-turn on farm laws

The decision that the process of sale and purchase of agriculture produce but now be left to the market was made at a high-level official meeting convened by the CM on Sunday evening. (Photo @TelanganaCMO)
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 12:56 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Rahul Gandhi to hold protest demonstration against farm laws on Thursday, later meet President and all the latest news

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and other leaders during a tractor rally, 'Kheti Bachao Yatra', in protest against the new farm bills 2020, in Punjab.
Updated on Dec 23, 2020 01:01 pm IST

Farm laws led to jump in agri firms: Govt data

A farmer working in his field on the rabi crop in Dhanbad.
Updated on Dec 19, 2020 05:05 am IST

The farm laws: How not to do reforms

Farmers during their protest against the Center's new farm law at the Delhi-Haryana, Singhu border,in New Delhi, on Friday.
Updated on Dec 19, 2020 12:38 am IST

Why did Kejriwal notify one of three farm laws if he opposed them, asks BJP in assembly

Chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal addressing a special session of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha on the new farm laws, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 18, 2020 06:14 am IST

Sunny Deol gets Y-category security, after tweeting in favour of new farm laws: report

Sunny Deol had tweeted in favour of the new farm laws.
Updated on Dec 17, 2020 09:20 am IST

Free flow of traffic on Agra-Delhi Expressway amid farmers’ call to block it

Traffic movement continued to flow as usual across toll plazas in Agra amid farmers’ call to block Agra-Delhi Expressway today to protest against the farm laws.
Published on Dec 12, 2020 01:53 pm IST

Opposition leaders meet President, seek repeal of farm laws

A delegation of Opposition leaders comprising Sharad Pawar, Rahul Gandhi, D Raja, Sitaram Yechury, and TKS Elangovan called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan and presented a memorandum.
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 08:28 pm IST

BJP boss JP Nadda shown black flags in Kolkata, agitators condemn farm laws

BJP national president JP Nadda at the inauguration of the party’s election office in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 05:18 pm IST

Total bandh in Congress-ruled Punjab in solidarity with farmers’ protesting against three farm laws

Shops on Heritage Street leading to the Golden Temple in Amritsar remained closed on Tuesday in support of the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers protesting the Centre’s new farm laws.
Updated on Dec 08, 2020 11:54 am IST

Kerala to move Supreme Court over farm law this week

File photo: Supreme Court of India.
Updated on Dec 07, 2020 06:58 pm IST

Social worker Baba Sewa Singh returns Padma Shri in protest against Centre’s farm laws

Then President Pratibha Patil conferring social worker Baba Sewa Singh with the Padma Shri for his contribution to environment conservation in 2010.
Published on Dec 04, 2020 04:28 pm IST

BJP to renew farmer outreach to explain farm laws

Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma during a tractor rally in Pathankot district of Punjab in favour of farm laws earlier in October.
Updated on Nov 27, 2020 02:27 pm IST

Logjam in Haryana assembly over resolution thanking Centre for farm laws

Farmers protesting against the Centre’s farm laws on rail tracks in Amritsar. The Haryana assembly was adjourned for half an hour soon after chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar moved the resolution on Friday, welcoming the farm laws but this did not go down well with the Congress. Its members didn’t let the House function or hold a debate.
Published on Nov 06, 2020 06:30 am IST