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News updates from HT: Traffic re-routed at Delhi borders over farmers' protest
UPDATED ON APR 19, 2021 08:50 AM IST
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Direct payment: Sidhu claims Centre wants to ‘destroy’ mandis in Punjab
PTI |
UPDATED ON APR 04, 2021 08:49 PM IST
- Navjot Singh Sidhu said the motive of the letter was to “disrupt” the age-old, tried and tested and successful mandi system that allows for the implementation of the minimum support price in the state.
Farmers across India will protest outside FCI offices on Monday, says SKM
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri
PUBLISHED ON APR 04, 2021 07:25 PM IST
- “Tomorrow, on April 5, farmers will protest in front of FCI offices across the country by gherao. Marking this day as FCI Bachao Divas,” said SKM
Farmers’ body plans to hold march to Parliament in May
UPDATED ON APR 01, 2021 03:01 AM IST
Samyukt Kisan Morcha looks to hold a series of protests in a bid to intensify the stir against farm laws.
News updates from HT: All-Indian crew of vessel behind Suez Canal logjam safe
PUBLISHED ON MAR 26, 2021 01:43 PM IST
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Punjab CM didn’t fulfil poll promises: Arvind Kejriwal
By Vishal Joshi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 22, 2021 12:34 AM IST
- The AAP leader also portrayed his party as an alternative to both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state that goes to polls next year.
Turn Bengaluru into Delhi, gherao city from all sides, Tikait tells farmers
Written by Prashasti Singh
PUBLISHED ON MAR 21, 2021 07:52 AM IST
He also said that the farmers needed to raise their voices against the privatisation of the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
Arvind Kejriwal to address farmers in Jind on April 4
UPDATED ON MAR 19, 2021 04:41 AM IST
- “The Aam Aadmi Party has been supporting farmers on the issue since Day One; from the streets to the Parliament." Sushil Gupta said on Thursday.
Punjab CM threatens to move SC over farm laws
PUBLISHED ON MAR 19, 2021 02:18 AM IST
- What is the use of making it a prestige issue? How many more farmers do you want to kill? The Constitution has been amended more than 100 times in the past, so why can it not be done again?” Amarinder Singh said.
Austin urged to raise farmers’ stir, Russian S-400 deal on India visit
By Yashwant Raj
UPDATED ON MAR 19, 2021 01:41 AM IST
Lloyd Austin will reach India on Friday for talks with his counterparts and other officials
News updates from HT | Expect upheaval if BJP pushes through farm laws: Rahul
PUBLISHED ON MAR 17, 2021 12:52 PM IST
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US Congress report warns of repercussions over farmer protests in India
By Yashwant Raj
UPDATED ON MAR 17, 2021 05:32 AM IST
The report published by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) could potentially fuel the disquiet already voiced by US lawmakers
Ahead of polls, farmers’ unions embark on anti-BJP campaign
By Zia Haq
PUBLISHED ON MAR 14, 2021 01:25 AM IST
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha appears to have dropped its stand of being equidistant from all parties, campaigning against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, especially in five states going to the polls in a few weeks.
‘We can expect healthy changes to state quota bill’: Dushyant Chautala
By Sunetra Choudhury
UPDATED ON MAR 12, 2021 06:41 AM IST
"We were a producing state and if we have to survive in the future, we have to get more consumption with locals than people who will take the money out of the state," he said.
Nikita, Shantanu, get protection from arrest till March 15
By Richa Banka
PUBLISHED ON MAR 10, 2021 01:50 AM IST
Delhi Police’s special cell, while opposing Muluk’s anticipatory bail plea, alleged before Additonal Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana that he participated in a conspiracy that “stretched across continents and covered people of multiple nationalities”.
On their day, women farmers helm the stir at all sites on Delhi borders
UPDATED ON MAR 09, 2021 12:34 AM IST
- Throughout the day, women protesters organised marches at the sites while wearing yellow, green scarves
SKM seeks judicial probe into Republic day tractor rally clashes in Delhi
PTI |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 05, 2021 10:04 PM IST
"We demand a high-level judicial probe into the incident that happened on January 26 where a peaceful 'kisan parade' was intentionally disrupted and the route was blocked," SKM's Prem Singh Bhangu said.
News updates from HT | Farmers’ protest: Multiple Delhi borders closed
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 09:39 AM IST
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'Will send team to poll-bound states', says farmer leader
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:49 PM IST
- “We'll send teams to poll-bound states - to West Bengal and Kerala. We will not support any party but appeal to people to vote for the candidates who can defeat BJP.", said BKU leader Balbir S Rajewal
News updates from HT: Ghazipur border reopens partially after a month
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 12:52 PM IST
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Farm stir LIVE: BKU to send teams to poll-bound states
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 06:24 PM IST
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at three Delhi border points — Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur — for over three months, demanding a repeal of the three agri reform laws enacted by the Centre in September last year.
News updates from HT: Traffic diverted at Delhi borders due to farmers' protest
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 09:01 AM IST
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Keep tractors ready as you may have to reach Delhi anytime: Rakesh Tikait
ANI |
PUBLISHED ON FEB 28, 2021 06:54 PM IST
"This is my appeal to farmers that they should continue to work in their fields and also keep their tractors ready with their tanks full of oil as they may have to come to Delhi anytime," Rakesh Tikait said.
'Farmers not traitors, Red Fort violence planned by Centre': Arvind Kejriwal
Written by Prashasti Singh
UPDATED ON FEB 28, 2021 03:37 PM IST
The 'mahapanchayat' comes months after AAP's announcement that it would contest the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh in 2022.
Highlights: False narrative that farmers will lose land: Union minister
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2021 12:03 AM IST
Rakesh Tikait, leader and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, said on Tuesday that the protesting farmers would gherao Parliament, if the Central government does not repeal the three laws, during his address to a Kisan Panchayat in Sikar, Rajasthan.
News updates from HT: ITBP to close its Covid care centre within a week
PUBLISHED ON FEB 23, 2021 04:49 PM IST
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Delhi judge finds police probe sketchy and scanty, grants bail to Disha Ravi
Reported by Richa Banka | Written by Prashasti Singh
UPDATED ON FEB 23, 2021 06:56 PM IST
On Monday, she was sent to one-day police custody after a three-day judicial remand and spending five days in police custody. Ravi was arrested on February 13.
Farmers announce series of events to further escalate protest
PTI | | Posted by Prashasti Singh
UPDATED ON FEB 21, 2021 09:26 PM IST
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said February 26 will be observed as 'Yuva Kisan Diwas' (youth farmers day) and February 27 as 'Mazdoor Kisan Ekta Divws' (farmer-labourer unity day).
‘Just because I speak to a secessionist doesn’t make me one’: Disha to court
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Sohini Sarkar
UPDATED ON FEB 20, 2021 06:33 PM IST
- Moving an application for bail, the 22-year-old climate activist reiterated that her work and her cause were meant to save the environment and she did not intend to “sow disaffection”.
Farmers ready to sacrifice one crop for protest, Bharatiya Kisan Union ups ante
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON FEB 19, 2021 05:52 PM IST
As farmers are preparing to continue their camps on Delhi borders in summer months, alternative arrangements are being made to take care of the harvest season as well.