Page 16 - Farmers Protests

Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders to meet President over farmer protests

Congress MP K Suresh on Wednesday said that former party chief Rahul Gandhi will lead a demonstration tomorrow at 10

Mamata speaks to agitating farmers at Singhu border, assures solidarity

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday addressed agitating farmers at the Singhu border on the phone

Kerala CM expresses solidarity with farmers' stir; attacks Centre

Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the NDA government alleging that they were protecting the interests of corporates

New agriculture laws: Farmers protest at Mumbai collector's office

A group of farmers on Tuesday staged a protest outside the office of Mumbai suburban district collector

Farmers protest on agri laws: Union leaders to meet, discuss plan of action

Farmer leaders are expected to meet to discuss a plan of action as thousands gathered at protest sites on Delhi's borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to press for the repeal of the new agri laws

Welfare of farmers, agri industry at core of govt initiatives: Javadekar

Amid the ongoing farmers' protests, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the welfare of farmers and the agriculture industry is at the core of all Centre's initiatives

Farmers start day-long 'relay' hunger strike to protest against agri laws

Intensifying their agitation against the Centre's new agri laws, farmers began their day-long 'relay' hunger strike on a chilly Monday morning

Farmers' protests more political in nature: Union minister V K Singh

He sought to allay fears on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and other issues, saying MSP will carry on while contract farming will only benefit the farmers

Farmer protests fallout of BJP's politics of 'lies and deceit': UP Congress

The ongoing farmers' protest against the Centre's new agri laws is a fallout of BJP's politics of "lies and deceit", the Congress said on Sunday.

Informal talks on, hope to break farmer deadlock before year ends: Tomar

Formal talks to end farmers' agitation against three farm laws remain deadlocked

Adani puts out ad campaign to counter defamation in farmers agitation

The Adani Group is in firefighting mode with advertisement blitzkrieg in north Indian and Punjab publications

Farmers protesting agri laws to install more tents at Delhi's Singhu border

Protesting farmers at the Singhu border are making arrangements to install waterproof tents to protect them from the cold weather conditions

DMK, allies begin one-day hunger strike in support of protesting farmers

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and its allies are observing a one-day fast in Chennai in support of farmers protesting against the three farm laws

PM Modi to speak on farm laws' 'benefits' in address to MP farmers

Thousands of farmers have been camping at several Delhi border points for the last 22 days to press for repeal of the Centre's new farm laws

Kejriwal tears copies of Centre's farm laws, says cannot 'betray' farmers

The Delhi CM also alleged that the laws have been made for electoral funding of the BJP and not the farmers

SC acknowledges farmers' right to non-violent protest, to set up panel

The court said it was thinking of setting up an 'impartial and independent' panel of agriculture experts and farmer unions

Technology is powering farmers' protest at Delhi's Singhu border

It's been over two weeks since thousands of farmers arrived at Delhi's Singhu border to demand a repeal of the Centre's agri reforms

While there is protest against farm laws, lakhs also supporting it: Tomar

A large number of farmers have expressed support for the farm bills, while a protest is ongoing against the reforms, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

SC to hear pleas seeking removal of protesting farmers from Delhi borders

Supreme Court will resume hearing on the batch of pleas seeking a direction to the authorities to remove the protesting farmers at several border points of Delhi against three new farm laws

Anti-Indian, feudalistic force behind farmers' stir: Dharmendra Pradhan

Pradhan said that before the new agricultural laws, there was a lot of exploitation of farmers in the crop trading system and middlemen used to benefit a lot