Tag: protest
BJP Government Humiliating Elderly Farmers: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party (SP) National President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the BJP government is demeaning the elderly farmers. ....
Farmers' Protest On Delhi Borders Continues For 15th Day
The agitation by farmers camping on the Delhi borders since November 26 to demand repeal of the new agricultural laws continued for the 15th day on Thursday, with peasant leaders adamant on intensifying the protests further. ....
Opposition Plans To Meet Next Week On Farmers' Issue
With the protesting farmers rejecting the government's proposals on the farm laws, the opposition is planning to call a meeting of all political parties opposing the measures to devise a joint strategy to pressurise the government, sources said. ....
Modi Asks Farmers To Listen To What Tomar, Goyal Said On New Farm Laws
A day after Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged the agitating farmers to continue the dialogue and find an amicable solution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the farmers to listen to these two ministers who spoke at length about the three Farm Laws. ....
Agri Reforms To Usher In New Investments, Farmers To Gain: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that agricultural reforms will usher in new investments into the sector. ....
Farmers Protesting At Ghazipur Ask Jamia Students To Leave
A small group of Jamia Millia Islamia students who reached the Ghazipur entry point on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Sunday afternoon to extend support to farmers were asked to leave by the protesters. ....
Govt Intentions Clear, Farm Leaders Will Find Way: Tomar
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said he is confident of a consensus between the government and protesting farmers on the issue of the new agricultural laws and that the farmer protest movement would end soon. ....
Repeal And Re-enact Farm Laws: Chidambaram
Amid the ongoing farmers' protest against the three farm laws enacted in September, former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday that it is "shocking " that even after 20 days of protests, the government is adamant, adding that it should repeal and re-enact the laws. ....
A Year After Jamia Violence, Protesters Take Out Candle March, Detained
A group of protesters organised a candle light march in Jamia Nagar on Tuesday evening to mark the first anniversary of the violence in Jamia Millia Islamia over protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which the students alleged as police excesses. Several protesters, including women, were detained by Delhi police minutes after the march began. ....
Protesting Farmer Shoots Himself Dead At Singhu Border
As the farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws entered its 21st day, a 65-year-old farmer committed suicide at the Singhu border protest site on Wednesday. ....
