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Mar 01, 2021 06:08 PM IST The 80-year-old Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal, a senior member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha which is spearheading the agitation, said he will not go to vaccination centres to receive the jabs.
Feb 26, 2021 11:25 AM IST Simmering in makeshift camps housing tens of thousands of farmers since last year, the movement has seen a dramatic growth in recent weeks, getting backing from environmental activists, opposition parties and even A-list Western celebrities.
Feb 24, 2021 08:18 PM IST Naresh Tikait accused the BJP-led central government of being “stubborn” over the three new laws, which farmer unions want repealed.
Feb 24, 2021 06:17 PM IST The government and unions representing farmers, who have been camping at Delhi's border for about three months in protest against the three laws that they see will end state procurement of crops at MSP, have held 11 rounds of talks, the last being on January 22.
Feb 24, 2021 01:02 PM IST PM Modi also said that over the last seven years, the government has taken many initiatives for transforming agriculture.
Feb 22, 2021 07:52 PM IST Rakesh Tikait will address farmer rallies in Sheopur, Rewa and Dewas on March 8, MP BKU general secretary Anil Yadav told PTI.
Feb 18, 2021 09:33 PM IST The committee members requested the participating officers to give their views on the three farm laws. 'All the participating officers gave their detailed views and suggestions...,' the statement said.
Feb 18, 2021 08:06 PM IST Rakesh Tikait said the government should not be under the impression that the movement against the laws will end as farmers will go to their villages to harvest their crop.
Feb 18, 2021 11:31 AM IST The petition also seeks to restrain the media from publishing the contents or extracts of any alleged private chats, including those on WhatsApp, between her and third parties.
Feb 16, 2021 03:32 PM IST While laying the foundation stone for a statue of warrior king Suheldev in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district via video conferencing, PM Modi also said that his government was trying to rectify the "mistakes" of previous regimes that did not honour deserving warriors and leaders.
Feb 16, 2021 01:26 PM IST Police alleged that Mumbai lawyer Nikita Jacob and Pune engineer Shantanu were among the around 70 people who had attended the meeting through Zoom app, days before the Republic Day violence in the national capital that left over 500 police personnel injured and one protester dead.
Feb 16, 2021 12:35 PM IST The farmers, who have slept outdoors through the winter cold, are being supported by an army of small villages in the northern states neighbouring Delhi.
Feb 15, 2021 06:56 PM IST This is the seventh meeting the panel has held so far. The three-member committee is holding consultations with stakeholders both online and in person.
Feb 15, 2021 02:20 PM IST Disha Ravi (22) was arrested on Saturday from Bengaluru for allegedly sharing with Greta Thunberg the toolkit related to the farmer’s protest against the Centre’s three new agriculture laws, police said.
Feb 12, 2021 04:38 PM IST This is the seventh meeting held by the panel so far. The three-member committee is holding consultations with stakeholders, both online and in person.
Feb 09, 2021 04:42 PM IST Sachin Pilot reiterated the demand of withdrawal of the Centre’s three contentious farm laws, saying the Congress is in support of the farmers.
Feb 08, 2021 10:34 PM IST "Farmers would like to remind the PM Modi that it is 'andolans' that have liberated India from colonial rulers and that is why we are proud to be 'Andolan-jivi'.”
Feb 08, 2021 05:53 PM IST Farmer unions, however, objected to Prime Minister Modi’s remarks in Rajya Sabha that a new "breed" of agitators called "andolan jivi" has emerged in the country, and said that agitation has an important role in a democracy.
Feb 08, 2021 02:27 PM IST The Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson’s comments came soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address in the Rajya Sabha during which he assured "MSP was there. MSP is there. MSP will remain in the future”.
Feb 05, 2021 08:04 PM IST This is the fifth meeting the panel held so far. The three-member committee is holding consultations with stakeholders both online and in person.
Feb 05, 2021 05:50 PM IST As the farmers camp out at the edges of the capital, protesting new agricultural laws they say will devastate their earnings, the mainstream and social media have come under unprecedented attacks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
Feb 05, 2021 01:43 PM IST Countering the opposition claim that farmers across the country are agitated over the three new laws, he said that those in just one state are being misinformed and instigated.
Feb 04, 2021 05:47 PM IST On Wednesday, Kohli was among a host of Indian cricket stars, including the iconic Sachin Tendulkar who urged for unity in the country after some international celebrities like US pop star Rihanna called attention to the plight of the agitating farmers on social media.
Feb 04, 2021 01:16 PM IST Indian farmers have left their homes to march through New Delhi in a desperate effort to force the repeal of laws they believe would end guaranteed pricing and force them to sell to powerful corporations rather than government-run markets.
Feb 03, 2021 07:57 PM IST The remarks come a day after international pop star Rihanna and young environmental activist Greta Thunberg tweeted in support of the farmers’ agitation.
