Page 25 - Farmers Protest

Farmers' protest LIVE: 'Rail Roko' across India on Feb 18, says agri union

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: 'Agitating farmers were not aiming at any change in power at the Centre', said Rakesh Tikait

YouTube cracks down on music videos related to farmers' protests

Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday blocked a music video by famous Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal titled 'Ailaan' that was related to the farmer protests and raked in over 60 lakh views

Govt treating farmers the way it should be treating China: Owaisi

He said the government should rescind the three controversial farm laws and contended that Parliament was not competent to legislate on agriculture which is a state subject

Indian ministers switch to local platform Koo as Twitter standoff continues

Koo was launched in July 2020, founded by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka. Radhakrishna had earlier founded TaxiForSure, which was later bought by Ola

Farm laws not religious scriptures that can't be changed: Farooq Abdullah

He was speaking during the discussion on Motion of Thanks to the President's address

India's MSP operations are WTO-compliant: Union Minister Piyush Goyal

Goyal on Tuesday said the minimum support price (MSP) operations being conducted by the country are completely compliant with the rules of the WTO

LIVE: Court sends Deep Sidhu to 7-day custody in Jan 26 violence case

Latest News LIVE updates: Sidhu was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell on Tuesday morning. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

A tweet too much: Govt and Twitter test the limits of intermediary laws

Legal experts say both the Centre and Twitter are trying to push the boundaries of existing laws with regards to intermediary liability and freedom of expression

Top headlines: Setback for Amazon, India to appeal against Cairn verdict

On Monday, the central bank said it would buy bonds worth Rs 20,000 crore from the secondary markets on Wednesday. Read top news with Business Standard here

End agitation and let's move forward, PM Narendra Modi tells farmers

Unions stick to demands on MSP, repeal of farm laws

Farmers' protest LIVE: Unions say ready for talks, ask govt to choose date

Farmers' protest LIVE: Farmer unions agitating against the three agri laws on Monday asked the govt to fix a date for the next round of talks

PM should ask MPs, MLAs to give up pension, says Rakesh Tikait

The way Modi had urged people to forego subsidy on LPG cylinders, he should now ask MPs and MLAs to give up their pension so that funds can be used to financially support the youth, Tikait said

Farmers' protest: Maharashtra orders probe into tweets by celebs

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday ordered a probe into the tweets done by celebs like Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar

Ensure norms of democracy are maintained, US Caucus tells India

India Caucus in the US Congress has urged the Indian government to ensure that the norms of democracy are maintained and protesters allowed to demonstrate peacefully and have access to the Internet

Tikri, Singhu, Ghazipur borders remain closed as farmers continue protest

The Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur borders will remain closed for traffic as farmers at the borders of the national capital continued their agitation against the Central farm laws

How farm protests may change political equations and hurt BJP in key states

The longer the protests persist, the more challenges the BJP will face in Haryana and UP, besides perhaps also in other electorally crucial cow-belt states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Short shrift for agriculture

The sector did not get anticipated attention in Budget

No returning home till farmers' demands are met: Union leader Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said there will be no "ghar wapsi" till protesting farmers' demands are met.

LIVE: Host farmers at your house like you treated Obama, Owaisi tells PM

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: 'Will return home only after the government repeals the contentious legislations', said Rakesh Tikait

Tomar says farmer protest limited to certain area, hopes to break deadlock

Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said the ongoing farmers' protest against the Centre's three new farm laws is limited to a certain area, and expressed hope to break the deadlock over the issue soon.