Delhi Chalo

Delhi Chalo protest: How farmers plan to cross Haryana border, march to Capital

Farmers are resuming their ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation after talks with the Centre didn’t yield positive results. According to estimates, around 14,000 farmers are part of the march and they come in 1,200 tractor-trolleys. The authorities are on high alert and have beefed up security arrangements at the Shambhu border in Haryana

FirstUp: Farmers’ march resumes, Greek PM in India... today's big stories

The Delhi Chalo march is set to resume today after farmers’ groups rejected the government’s proposal on Monday. Greek’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will begin his two-day visit to India where he will be the keynote speaker at the 9th Raisina Dialogue. Here's a round-up of today's big news

‘Delhi Chalo’ march: Who are the two farmer leaders leading the protest?

Representatives of the protesting farmers are holding talks with Union ministers in Chandigarh on Thursday. Jagjit Singh Dallewal of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Sarwan Singh Pandher, the coordinator of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, are at the forefront of the Delhi Chalo march

Why a legal guarantee of MSP is fraught with challenges

The farm unions demanding a statutory guarantee of minimum support prices marching towards Delhi have put the Government of India in a bind

How the Essential Commodities Act will impact the landless: In conversation with Chahna, a student from Haryana

Accusing the government of dividing the public through religion, caste, class and more, Chahna highlights the need for a united front in times of crisis, stating they won't back down till their demands are complied with.

"We have left our houses, farms, our little children and come here": In conversation with Sukhjeet Kaur from Punjab

Since the laws haven't been implemented yet, the farmers haven’t met with any difficulties so far in their villages, but according to Sukhjeet, they are in the offing. "They are adamant about implementing these laws. We are holding them back and would not let these laws be implemented," she says.

Farmers stage sit-in on Delhi-Jaipur highway; Narendra Tomar accuses Oppn of 'propaganda' against new laws

Meanwhile, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he will observe a day-long fast on Monday in solidarity with the protesting farmers

Farmers' protest: Groups reject Centre's proposals, announce plans to gherao Delhi, hold sit-in protests outside BJP offices

Meanwhile, a delegation of Opposition parties including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, and Left leaders on Wednesday met President Ram Nath Kovind seeking repeal of the three farm law

Farmers' protest: Union leaders threaten to walk out of fifth round of talks, ministers convince them to continue

While the deadlock on repealing the three farm laws continued, the government Saturday offered to take back cases filed against farmers for stubble burning, as also the cases filed against some farmer activists

Farmers call for 'Bharat Bandh' on 8 Dec ahead of talks on Saturday; PIL in SC seeks removal of protesters

Traffic moved at snail's pace at several border points of Delhi on Friday as Delhi Police kept key routes connecting the National Capital to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh closed, in view of the farmers' protest against three farm laws