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Farmers' protest LIVE: Will take our tractors to Bengal, says Rakesh Tikait

The All India Kisan Sabha claimed the agitation received "massive response across the country". Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

UP Budget session starts on stormy note as Opposition stages walkout

The Opposition protested over the Centre's farm laws

We'll offer water to passengers, narrate our problems: Tikait on rail roko

In order to give an edge to the farmers 'protests against the farm laws, the farmers' organisations announced a 'rail roko' protest on Thursday.

Farmers stir: Delhi Metro shuts entry, exit at Tikri, 3 other stations

The Tikri Border metro station is just near the farmers' protest site

Best of BS Opinion: Sedition vs dissent, make tribunals first court & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Time to test the power of statesmanship

Anger, abuse and repression have not helped the government find a solution to farm impasse, but magnanimity might

Sedition vs dissent

The law is increasingly being misused against critics

Does govt still believe farm laws are popular: Chidambaram after Punjab win

After the Congress's victory in Punjab municipal elections, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked whether the Modi government still believed that farm laws are popular

Farmer agitation will continue till Centre repeals farm laws: UP Cong chief

The ongoing agitation against the Centre's three contentious farm laws will continue till these are repealed, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu said on Wednesday. Talking to reporters here, he alleged that the central government is using its majority in Parliament to crush the voice of opposition and impose the three laws on farmers. The Congress party will continue its agitation peacefully in a Gandhian way till the three farm laws are repealed, Lallu said. He said the Congress has been opposing the bills since their introduction in Parliament, followed by a massive tractor rally in Haryana and Punjab by former party president Rahul Gandhi. He alleged that the BJP-led government has "put into cold storage" its pre-poll promises of doubling farmers' income, implementation of recommendations of the Swaminathan commission on farmers and farm loan waiver. On the contrary, the government is indirectly encouraging hoarding of farm produce and dismantling of the minimum

New agri laws touted as pro-farmer but are pro-corporate: RLD leader

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Jayant Chaudhary continued his scathing attack on the Centre over the contentious legislations

R-Day violence: Man seen swinging swords at Red Fort arrested

The man was allegedly seen swinging swords with the intent of "motivating" and "energising" protesters at Red Fort during the violence on Republic Day

Twitter's battle with Indian govt gives boost to its local rival Koo

Koo, whose logo of a yellow chick bears a resemblance to Twitter's blue-and-white bird, was founded just a year ago and is a fraction the size of Twitter

Sedition law cannot be invoked to quieten disquiet, says Delhi court

A Delhi court has said the law of sedition cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet under the pretence of muzzling miscreants

Crowds thin at Singhu, Tikri, but farmers say movement stronger than ever

The farmers' stir against three new agriculture laws of the Centre inches towards the three-month mark

Indian High Commission issues open letter to British MP on farmer protests

The Indian High Commission in London has issued an open letter to a British member of Parliament who has been vocal over the issue of farmer protests in India and related arrests of activists

Toolkit case: Court allows climate activist Disha Ravi to talk to family

The court directed Delhi Police to hand over to 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi a copy of the FIR and other documents related to her arrest

False propaganda over laws, they benefit small farmers: PM Modi

Modi accused the opposition of false propaganda against the new agri-marketing legislation

Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur gets bail in second case, says counsel

Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur was granted bail on Monday in a second case registered against her, said her counsel

Haryana minister's 'exterminate' tweet on Disha Ravi triggers row

Anil Vij on Monday posted a tweet on activist Disha Ravi's arrest that appeared to urge exterminating those who harbour the seed of anti-nationalism, prompting an investigation by Twitter

Climate activist Disha Ravi's NGO faced heat from Centre last year too

Indian arm of Greta Thunberg's climate group, FFF's website was then shut, its emails blocked