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Rana Gurjit questions Centre’s agricultural marketing policy
Rana Gurjit said that the farm laws were cancelled after protests by the farmers for 18 months on the borders of New Delhi during which 700 farmers lost their lives. The protests were called off when the Government of India announced to withdraw the farm laws and promised assured procurement and MSP as a legal guarantee to be offered on all the crops.

Published on Jan 07, 2025 10:49 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann rejects draft agri marketing policy
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann opposes Centre's draft policy on agricultural marketing, claiming it aims to reintroduce repealed farm laws and undermine state authority.

Updated on Jan 03, 2025 09:18 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Centre proposes GST-like panel to push lapsed farm reforms
In June, the agriculture ministry formed a panel to prepare a draft national policy framework on agricultural marketing.

Updated on Dec 18, 2024 06:09 AM IST
Zia Haq, New Delhi
In Badal’s resignation, an opportunity for SAD
For SAD, this is a moment of reckoning, and an opportunity to regain lost ground.

Published on Nov 17, 2024 09:42 PM IST
Paddy procurement pangs: Centre ‘betraying’ farmers, arhtiyas, say AAP ministers
Accuse BJP of taking revenge from farmers for their movement against three controversial, now-repealed farm laws

Updated on Oct 23, 2024 09:50 AM IST
'Not upset, but Kangana no longer…': Chirag Paswan on BJP MP's farm laws remarks
Kangana Ranaut's remarks put the ruling BJP in a tight spot once again, more so as it is in the middle of an intense campaign to retain power in Haryana.

Updated on Sep 26, 2024 05:23 PM IST
'Kangana Ranaut's baseless statements…': BJP leader on her farm laws remarks
The BJP said Kangana Ranaut's recent statements should not create any doubt on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bond with the people of Punjab.

Updated on Sep 26, 2024 10:50 AM IST
BJP distances itself from Kangana’s statement, second time in two months
Kangana Ranaut stoked a fresh controversy after she told media persons that the three farm laws that were repealed in 2021 should be brought back.

Updated on Sep 25, 2024 07:03 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi targets Modi govt over Kangana's remarks: ‘Who is deciding policy?’
Rahul Gandhi said that even after the loss of over 700 farmers, particularly those from Haryana and Punjab, the BJP members remain unsatisfied.

Published on Sep 25, 2024 05:12 PM IST
'Why don't you expel her?': Congress to BJP over Kangana's remarks on farm laws
Ranaut retracted her remarks calling for the return of the three farm laws, saying that they were her personal opinions and did not reflect the party's stance.

Published on Sep 25, 2024 04:42 PM IST
Kangana Ranaut ‘sorry' as actor-BJP MP withdraws 3 farm laws statement
Actor-BJP MP Kangana Ranaut said she might have disappointed many with her statement on the contentious laws which she regretted.

Updated on Sep 25, 2024 12:55 PM IST
Himachal: Kangana Ranaut withdraws remark on bringing back farm laws
Mandi BJP MP clarifies her views on three repealed farm laws were personal and don’t represent her party’s stand on the Bills.

Updated on Sep 25, 2024 12:11 PM IST
BJP condemns Kangana Ranaut's 3 farm laws statement; Mandi MP reacts
BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said the remarks are “personal statement” of Kangana Ranaut and doesn't depict the the party's view on farm bills.

Updated on Sep 25, 2024 08:26 AM IST
‘Bring back 3 repealed farm laws’: Kangana stokes fresh controversy
In poll-bound Haryana, BJP leaders distance themselves from Mandi MP’s remark, Cong hits out at saffron party

Updated on Sep 25, 2024 08:58 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Dharamshala/chandigarh
‘Correct yourself’: Om Birla vs TMC's Abhishek Banerjee in Lok Sabha
Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the three farm laws, which were later repealed by the Centre were not discussed in the Lok Sabha.

Published on Jul 24, 2024 07:39 PM IST
BJP banks on Modi as it contests on its own in Punjab
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the now-scrapped farm laws

Updated on May 24, 2024 08:55 AM IST
PM Modi ‘ignored’ Punjab’s issues: Ex-minister Grewal
Referring to the deaths farmers during the protests against farm laws, Grewal pointed out that the central government has done nothing for the families of those who lost their lives

Updated on May 23, 2024 05:00 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Tie-up delay: SAD in wait-and-watch mode in Punjab
SAD hopeful of alliance with BJP but has also asked its carders to be in poll mode on all 13 LS seats

Updated on Mar 17, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh :
Guarantee procurement, not just minimum prices
MSP can lift prices of produce, but public procurement is key to improving farm incomes

Published on Mar 05, 2024 10:04 PM IST
In poll season, Punjab parties walk on eggshells around farmers’ stir 2.0
Though the farmers’ protest 2.0 is a pale shadow of the 2020-21 stir in scale and intensity, it is dominating the narrative in the state ahead of the April-May LS elections

Updated on Mar 04, 2024 07:58 AM IST
Farmers make free passage for commuters at Ladhowal toll plaza
The protest, which began around 12 noon on Saturday, aimed at highlighting farmers’ grievances regarding the “government’s handling” of the farm laws

Updated on Feb 18, 2024 05:42 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
The two men behind the farmers’ march
The two leaders also spearheaded the two rounds of talks with the central government that ended in a deadlock on Monday.

Updated on Feb 15, 2024 01:50 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
Afternoon briefing: Farmers protest 2.0 challenge for BJP, INDIA; & more
A shortlist of the biggest headlines, recommended stories, and a special collection of news items to check out.

Published on Feb 13, 2024 01:12 PM IST
Union ministers hold talks with farm leaders; farmers adamant on MSP guarantee
Union ministers hold talks with farm leaders; farmers adamant on legal guarantee to MSP

Published on Feb 13, 2024 12:28 AM IST
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Two years on, just 4 of 201 witnesses have deposed in Lakhimpur Kheri trial
The trial of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, where 8 people were killed during a protest in 2021, is progressing slowly with only four witnesses recorded so far.

Updated on Oct 03, 2023 04:50 AM IST
Pawan Dixit, Lucknow
Keeping up with UP| Snub to defector is Ghosi bypoll’s biggest takeaway
The true learning from the bypoll is this: The ‘Ayaram Gayaram’ phenomenon in Indian politics is an old malaise, and only voters can cure it

Published on Sep 12, 2023 09:24 AM IST
Parkash Singh Badal: Akali Dal giant who reshaped Punjab’s politics dies aged 95
In the tumultuous terrain of a front-line Sikh majority state, Parkash Singh Badal was the quintessential moderate, a secular man, and a fighter for Punjab.

Updated on Apr 26, 2023 05:16 AM IST
Ramesh Vinayak, Chandigarh
Parkash Singh Badal: Giant who reshaped Punjab’s politics dies aged 95
Parkash Singh Badal, a five-time chief minister of Punjab and the last surviving member of a political generation that saw independence, has died at 95. He was a pragmatic practitioner of communal harmony, a liberal and secular man, and an avowed protagonist of and a fierce fighter for Punjab?s interests.

Updated on Apr 26, 2023 12:21 AM IST
Ramesh Vinayak, Chandigarh
Policy book calls for reforms along the lines of 3 repealed farm laws
The wide-ranging research work, which lays down a midterm blueprint, signals the continued emphasis of policymakers on agricultural reforms, but advocates greater involvement of states.

Updated on Mar 30, 2022 11:56 PM IST
Zia Haq, New Delhi
'Don't want PM to apologise and tarnish his image abroad': Rakesh Tikait
However, the minister later clarified that the Centre has no plan to reintroduce farm laws adding that his statement during a programme was misquoted.

Published on Dec 27, 2021 12:14 PM IST
ANI | , New Delhi