Heavy security deployment continued at the Tikri border (Delhi-Haryana border) on Sunday morning as farmers’ protest against three agriculture laws enters the 74th day. Police officers were seen standing in huge numbers near the barricades placed near the Tikri border a day after the “chakka jam” call given by the […]
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Punjab Contract Farming Act has provision to jail farmers, in Centre
Punjab Government’s Contract Farming Act has a provision to send farmers behind the bars and fine of up to Rs 5 lakh whereas in the Government of India’s Act a farmer can exit a contract anytime, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. “Punjab Contract Farming Act provides for jail and fine up […]
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Govt, Oppn reach consensus to discuss farmers’ issues in RS
The government and opposition parties in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday reached on consensus to allocate more time to discuss the motion of thanks and parties can raise their issues on farmers’ protest during the discussion. However, before the discussion could begin, several House members created a ruckus, following which Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 9.40 am. Earlier today, […]
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Farmers’ protest: BKU to organise ‘khap panchayat’ in Mathura
In view of the ongoing farmers’ protest against the Central agri laws, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) is organising “khap panchayat” in Mathura on Wednesday with BKU chief Naresh Tikait as its chief guest. BKU has appealed to all the farmers to join the khap panchayat today. The Mathura administration has […]
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Shiv Sena slams govt, says Centre should speak to farmers properly
Slamming the Centre, Shiv Sena Member of Parliament Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said the Centre should talk to the farmers in a proper manner to resolve the ongoing protests. His remarks came after a delegation of Shiv Sena leaders including him and party MP Arvind Sawant met Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur border today. “We spoke […]
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Rajya Sabha adjourned till 9 am tomorrow amid Opposition protests over farm laws
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 9 am tomorrow, after facing repeated adjournments on Tuesday amid ruckus by Opposition MPs. Earlier today, the Opposition parties staged a walkout of the Rajya Sabha after their demand for suspension of business of the day to take up a discussion on the ongoing farmers’ agitation against three farm […]
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Opposition stages walkout after RS Chairman rejects suspension notice over farm laws
The opposition on Tuesday staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha after Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected the ‘Suspension of Business Notice’ to discuss ongoing protest over the contentious farm laws. Naidu, the Rajya Sabha Chairman, said that the discussion on farmers’ protest will start tomorrow not today. “The President has referred to farmers’ agitation in his address. […]
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Twitter blocks 250 handles, posts over provocative content related to farmers protest
Twitter has temporarily blocked around 250 accounts and posts on Monday after the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) directed the microblogging platform to take action against several accounts for making ‘fake, intimidatory and provocative’ Tweets related to the ongoing farmers’ agitation. This was done at the request of […]
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Punjab Congress MPs wear black gown to mark protest against farm laws
Congress MPs from Punjab — Jasbir Singh Gill and Gurjeet Singh Aujla — wore a black gown to the Parliament on Monday, as a mark of their protest against the three farm laws which have led to farmers protesting at Delhi borders for over two months. This comes at a day when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is […]
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Police security tightened at Ghazipur border to avoid rowdy elements
The police administration has tightened the security at the Ghazipur border to ensure that no unwanted or rowdy element enters into the farmers’ protest site and create disturbances, said Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (ADG) (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar on Friday. “The UP Government had said from the beginning that we will find a solution […]
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Farmers refuse to vacate Ghazipur protest site, demand repeal of agri laws
Farmers staging anti agri law protest at the Ghazipur border on Friday said that they do not accept administration notice to vacate the protest site and will not leave until these laws are repealed by the government. “We do not accept the notices given by the government. No returning back to […]
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Villagers blocked Jind-Chandigarh highway in support of farmers
Villagers here blocked the Jind-Chandigarh highway on the intervening night of January 29 for two hours in support of the farmers’ protest. One of the farmers, Surendra said, “The villagers have decided to conduct a symbolic dharna in support of the farmers’ protest.” “The Kandela Khap members along with the villagers will […]
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Deep Sidhu hits out at farmer leaders for allegedly spreading false propaganda against him
Actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu, who has been accused by farm bodies of trying to defame their agitation and termed a “traitor”, has hit out at farm leaders for allegedly spreading false propaganda and hatred against him. The 36-year-old Sidhu, who is in the eye of a storm for being among the […]
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Farm law protests: Petition filed in SC for judicial inquiry into tractor rally violence
A lawyer on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a judicial inquiry into the violence that took place during the farmers’ Republic Day tractor rally, Live Law reported. Vishal Tiwari urged the court to set up a commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge and comprising of two former […]
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Twitter suspends over 550 accounts after violence during farmers’ Republic Day tractor rally
Twitter on Wednesday suspended over 550 accounts from its platform in connection with the violence during the farmers’ tractor rally in the national capital on the 72nd Republic Day. A Twitter spokesperson told ANI that the platform has also labelled tweets which were found to be in violation of its “synthetic and manipulated media policy”. […]