In rejecting SC proposal to negotiate with panel, protesting farmers are displaying obduracy
Sreemoy Talukdar • 4 years agoThe protesting farmer unions have accused the Union government of stubbornness and advised the Centre to shed its ego but they would do well to heed their own advice.
Centre calls farmers for talks at 3 pm today; PM accuses Opposition of spreading lies about new agri laws
• 4 years agoThe Ministry of Agriculture said that meeting with farmer leaders that had been originally scheduled for 3 December had been advanced to 1 December in view of 'the cold and COVID-19'
Haryana and Punjab farmers burn effigies of Narendra Modi, block roads to protest Centre's farm bills
• 4 years agoTwo MLAs from the JJP, part of the BJP-led ruling coalition in Haryana, also participated in protests, reflecting a rift in their ranks
Haryana allows Kisan Bachao Rally after farmers block NH-22, face lathicharge
Fp Staff • 4 years agoFarmers in Haryana and Punjab have been protesting against three ordinances passed by the Union Cabinet, which former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda claimed 'seek to remove protection given to farmers'
Farmers plant unapproved GM cotton seeds against govt apathy over technology approval; what is the way out?
Vivianfernandes • 6 years agoThe protesting farmers are demanding access to technology that will save them the cost of manual weeding and achieve control over bollworms which have developed resistance to pesticides
Kisan Kranti Yatra: Farmers' march turns violent at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, police use tear gas to disperse protesters
Fp Staff • 6 years agoFarmers were stopped near UP-Delhi border and police used water cannons to disperse protesters after a few farmers broke the barricades.
Delhi smog: Don't blame the farmers for poor air! Stubble-farming is compulsion, not choice when no cheap options exist
Ankitavirmani • 6 years agoIt is easy to criticise why farmers burn stubble when it equally impacts their health but the major problem is with the small farmers who are at the receiving ends.
Delhi farmers' protest: Prohibitory orders imposed in east, northeast parts of city as thousands march to National Capital
• 6 years agoThe city police Monday imposed prohibitory orders in east and northeast Delhi, anticipating law and order problems as thousands of Bhartiya Kisan Union members are on a march from Haridwar to reach the national capital Tuesday.
Daily bulletin: Modi govt marks Gandhi Jayanti as Swachhta Divas, Congress to launch Gaddi Choro Andolan; top stories for today
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi will see a host of events today including a world sanitation convention, the Opposition's quit power movement, and a farmers' rally; top stories for today
Punjab's farmers say hike in MSP for paddy not enough to relieve debt, doesn't match Centre's promise
• 7 years agoFarmers' organisations in Punjab on Wednesday claimed that the Rs 200 per quintal hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy does not match the claims of the BJP government at the Centre, which had promised to increase it to 1.5 times the cost of production.