
Farmer protests: Ninth round of talks ends, next meet on 19 Jan; govt urges unions to form informal grouping
Meanwhile, the Congress party shored up its attack against the Centre over the issue, with Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi leading protests in New Delhi

Farmers' Protest Updates: Will launch hunger strike on farmers' issues by Jan end in Delhi, says Anna Hazare
Farmers' Protest Updates: Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: In a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi, Hazare said he had written to the Centre five times on the issue of farmers but had not received any response.

Centre says hopeful ahead of today's talks with farmers; Mann recuses self from SC panel
Farmer unions and opposition parties too had raised doubts over the composition of the panel, insisting that its members have been in favour of the three laws in the past. The panel is due to hold its first meeting on 19 January

Farmers Protest Updates: Talks must continue, says MoS Agriculture Parshottam Rupala on meeting scheduled for 15 January
Farmers Protest Updates: 'It is only through dialogue, a way forward can be found,' Rupala told PTI. Farmers unions have also shown willingness to attend the scheduled ninth round of talks but have insisted on a complete repeal of the agri laws

Protesting farmers burn copies of agri laws; day after meeting Shah, Dushyant Chautala meets Modi
Farmers also shouted slogans against the BJP-led Centre and slammed the government for not acceding to their demands. They demanded that the new farms laws should be repealed

SC stays implementation of farm laws: Right action but not for the right reasons
It is not strictly within the ambit of the powers of the Supreme Court to be passing orders staying legislations in aid of perception management. Hence, though the result may superficially seem correct, the process of reasoning, or lack thereof, behind the result, renders it anything but.

'We encourage consultation', says SC on farmers-Centre talks; many in support of farm laws, claims Tomar
Tens of thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping out on roads around New Delhi, for more than a month, braving the bitter cold and continuous rain over the last few days

'No improvement in situation on ground', says SC on govt's consultation with protesting farmers on three laws
The Supreme Court posted all the petitions concerning the farmers’ issue on Monday (11 Jan), after the Centre informed the CJI-lead bench that ‘healthy discussions’ are going on between the government and farmers

Farmers' protest: Unions defer tractor march to 7 Jan; BJP leaders from Punjab meet Modi in Delhi
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to the Punjab govt and the Centre on a plea filed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, seeking action against 'miscreants' damaging its telecom infrastructure

Farmers' Protest Updates: Seventh round of negotiations end without headway, next meeting on 8 January
Farmers' Protest Updates: Farmer leaders said the government said it needs to consult internally and thereafter it would come back to the unions. They also said that farmers will have their own meeting on Tuesday to decide their next course of action

Farmers' Protest: Rajasthan protesters clash with Haryana Police near border; Kerala passes resolution against farm laws
Hours after agreeing to Pinarayi Vijayan's resolution against Centre's farm laws, BJP's lone member in Kerala Assembly, O Rajagopal, backtracked saying the reform laws are good for farmers

Farmers' Protest: Consensus reached over power tarrifs and stubble burning, but deadlock on MSP, repeal of laws remains
The Centre proposed forming a committee to deliberate on the farmers' demands as it ruled out the possibility of repealing the legislations. The two sides are set to meet again on 4 January

Farmers' Protest Updates: Consensus on 2 out of 4 issues reached between both sides, says Tomar; next meeting on 4 Jan
Farmers' Protest Updates: The Centre, during its meeting with the farmers’ unions on Wednesday, offered to set up a committee to deliberate on their demands related to the agricultural laws

Farmers take hard line with Centre on MSP, repeal of laws day before talks; Tomar, Goyal meet Amit Shah
Various organisations affiliated to the Left parties, meanwhile, marched to Raj Bhavan in Bihar’s Capital Patna on Tuesday, demanding the scrapping of the agriculture laws

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

AAP claims Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest, Delhi Police denies accusation
Alleging that the AAP chief is under house arrest, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia held a sit-in with members of the Aam Aadmi Party outside Kejriwal's residence

Talks between 35 farmers' unions, Centre inconclusive, next meet on 3 Dec; Bhim Army extends support to protesters
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) member Roopsingh Sinha told PTI that the farmer's unions’ have rejected the govt’s proposal to form a five-member committee to look into the issues related to the new farm laws, however, there is no official confirmation yet

Protesting farmers brave chilly Delhi night at Ramlila Maidan; agitation to continue on Friday
A group of volunteers, belonging to welfare organisation 'Khudai Khidmatgar' are trying to offer some comfort to these wearied farmers in the cold weather.

Delhi farmers' protest: Prohibitory orders imposed in east, northeast parts of city as thousands march to National Capital
The 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.