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Paddy procurement in Haryana and Punjab to begin Sunday: Centre announces as farmers protest outside Khattar's house
Fp Staff •Farmers broke police barricades and faced water cannons, including near Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's house in Karnal to protest the delay in procurement
Farmers' stir: Protesters observe 'black day' to mark six months of agitation at Delhi borders against farm laws
•SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal raised a black flag at his house in Muktsar district and urged the Central government to accept the demand of protesting farmers
Farm laws: Supreme Court-appointed committee submits report in sealed cover
•The SC on 11 January had stayed the implementation of the three laws till further orders and appointed a four-member panel to resolve the impasse. The committee was given two months to study the laws and consult all stakeholders
'Gross interference': India summons British High Commissioner over debate on farm laws in UK Parliament
Fp Staff •The government's reaction comes after a group of around dozen cross-party British MPs debated issues around the farmers' protest in India in the British Parliament based on an e-petition that garnered over 1 lakh signatures
SC stays arrest of Shashi Tharoor, 6 journalists for 'misleading' tweets on Republic Day tractor violence
•'Nothing is going to happen. Where is the danger,' said the apex court bench headed by CJI SA Bobde. The matter has been adjourned for two weeks
52-year-old farmer from Haryana found dead near Tikri border protest site; suicide suspected
•As per the police, the purported handwritten suicide note left by the farmer reads, 'Dear farmer brethren, Modi government is giving date after date. No one knows when these black farm laws will be rolled back'
After US remarks on farmers' protest, India says 'Capitol Hill siege evoked similar sentiments'
Fp Staff •On the blockage of internet access in parts of the National Capital Region, which has resonated in the US, the government said it was 'understandably taken to prevent further violence'
Farm law protests: Freelance journalist Mandeep Punia granted bail by Delhi court
•The court directed Punia not to leave the country without prior permission from the court and said he should join the investigations as and when required by the investigating agency
Farmers' protests: Delhi court to pass order on freelance journalist Mandeep Punia's bail petition tomorrow
•Delhi Police has sought dismissal of the bail application, saying Punia may again indulge in instigating the protestors and create nuisance at the Singhu border protest site
Farmers tractor rally violence: 38 cases filed, 84 arrested; a look at action taken by police so far across India
Fp Staff •Cases have been filed in 5 states so far, the latest being in Delhi on Saturday, against Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists over their allegedly 'misleading' tweets on the violence