Page 50 - Farmers Protest

Farmers' march to Parliament disrupts traffic in central, Lutyens' Delhi

Around 1,000 traffic police personnel have been deployed between Ramlila maidan and Parliament to ensure that commuters do not face inconvenience

Farmers protest: Thousands set to begin march towards Parliament today

Farmers from different parts of the country, including Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh converged at the Ramlila ground on Thursday

Farmers from across India protest in Delhi, to march to Parliament Friday

The group from Tamil Nadu threatened to march naked if they were not allowed to go to Parliament on Friday

Farmers threaten to stage naked march if stopped from going to Parliament

Main demands include removal of all farmer loans, profitable price for their agricultural products and a Rs 5,000 pension for farmers per month

Kisan march: 100,000 farmers begin walk in Delhi to highlight farm distress

During the two-day Kisan Mukti March in the national capital, farmers will demand better minimum support prices and farm loan waivers

Farmers to hold massive protest at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Nov 30: AIKSCC

Lakhs of farmers would converge in Delhi on November 29 and join a protest rally on November 30 from the Ramlila Maidan to Parliament House, AIKSCC leaders

Reconceptualising farmer protests

The recent protests have not been confined to landed farmers, but appear to have brought together diverse groups of agriculturalists along with urban youth from rural backgrounds

Farmers protest remains peaceful; vegetable prices soar in urban areas

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha, and ex-VHP leader Praveen Togadia are likely to join the stir in Mandsaur

Day-2 of farmer's stir: Milk & veggies dumped, mandis run dry, prices soar

The retail prices of vegetables in several cities have soared in the range of Rs 10-20 per kg on the second day forcing the consumers in to shell out more money out of their pockets

Centre to take up protesting farmers' issue with state govts

Agriculture Secretary S K Pattanayak on Friday said many of their issues are local in nature and the Centre will take it up with respective state governments

Farmers dump produce, spill milk on roads in mass protest

Strike for 10 days begins, though not everywhere, to demand higher prices and loan waivers

34k farmers to gherao Maha assembly Monday, students may face traffic chaos

Over 300,000 students have various board exams in Mumbai

Farmers on strike from Nov 20; demand better prices and 'freedom from debt'

The AIKSCC, an umbrella forum of farmers, will also organise 'Kisan Mukti Sansad' or farmer's parliament

Who incited farmers' stir? BJP and Congress trade blows, blame each other

In a video that surfaced online, a Congress MLA was seen asking people to burn an MP police station

Maharashtra farmers' strike: Why a bountiful harvest drove them to anger

Indian arms are now among the world's smallest and too many people are dependent on shrinking farms

Two farmers killed in police firing in MP's Mandsaur district

Prohibitory orders have been placed on parts of the district after protests turned violent on Tue

Tamil Nadu farmers strip outside PM Modi's office in protest

On Friday, some farmers, including a woman were seen 'pleading' in front of a 'masked' Narendra Modi