Farmers Protests

France to push changes in EU law to deter farmers protest

Farming Minister Marc Fesneau said on Monday that, at a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels this week, President Emmanuel Macron would make a push for more pro-farming policies to address grievances shares by many farmers in the bloc

French farmers to continue protests despite govt's offer of concessions

The farmers' movement, seeking better remuneration for their produce, less red tape and protection against cheap imports has spread in recent days across the country, with protesters using their tractors to shut down long stretches of road and slow traffic.

Punjab braces for fresh farmers' stir over relief for flood affected

Farmers' bodies have planned a demonstration in the capital Chandigarh on Tuesday to seek compensation for the losses caused by the recent floods in Punjab

WATCH: Farmers block road in Kurukshetra as they gather for mahapanchayat demanding MSP on sunflower seed

Farmers on Monday blocked a road in Kurukshetra's Pipli as they gathered to attend a mahapanchyat being held to press for minimum support price for sunflower seed and other demands

Brutal crackdown on protesters by West shows why its sermons to India are hypocrisy at best

In comparison to India where every protest is given a prime coverage by the West and becomes a pretext for admonition of the government by their leaders, what’s happening in the West goes unnoticed with no one calling their governments ‘fascist’

Tractors, truckers and Trudeau: Hypocrisy of western politicians stands exposed

The entitlement that some of these Western leaders feel in commenting on the internal affairs of other countries is nothing but nostalgia of their colonial past

Punjab and the threat of subversive war: Unpacking the coincidences

Why did anger against farm laws surface only within Punjab and not anywhere else? Why were the protests so focused around one religious community, even in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh? Surely there is an external factor, trying to provoke the community against India

Kangana Ranaut appears before Mumbai Police in case related to social media post on farmers

Ranaut reached the Khar police station around 11 am. An FIR was registered there against her last month following a complaint by a Sikh organisation

Accept farmers demand on MSP, take action against MoS Ajay Mishra: Varun Gandhi to PM Modi

In his letter, Gandhi underscored the need to accept the farmers' demand on minimum support prices (MSP).

Only under BJP, laws are made and unmade without prior Cabinet approval, says Chidambaram

The Congress leader's attack came a day after Modi in an address to the nation announced the repeal of the three agri laws that had triggered a year of protests by farmers.