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Farmers protest: Rahul Gandhi slams Centre, calls it govt of 'lie and loot'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Union government over farmers protest against the new agriculture laws and termed the Centre a government of 'lie and loot'

Protesting farmers sit-in at Noida-Delhi border, blocking key route

Farmers protesting against the new farm laws continued their sit-in at the Noida-Delhi border for the second day, leading to closure of a key route that connects UP with the national capital

Farmers' protest over Central govt's new agri laws enters seventh day

The farmers' protest against the three agricultural sector laws passed by the central government in the last monsoon session entered seventh day

Farmers unions, ministers begin talks on agri laws as protests continue

Farmer unions decided to attend a meeting with the Centre as protesters continued their agitation at Delhi border points against the government's new farm laws

Protesting farmers try to enter Delhi by breaking barricades at border

Agitating farmers on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Ghazipur tried to enter the national capital by breaking the barricades. However, they were soon pacified by their own leaders

Union ministers to meet and discuss demands of farmers ahead of talks

Ahead of the meeting with the farmer leaders at 3 pm today, amid protests against the recent farm laws, several Union Cabinet Ministers are meeting at the residence of BJP President JP Nadda

Agri laws: Protesting farm unions to decide on govt's offer to hold talks

Protesting farmers have called a meeting later in the day to take a decision on the Centre's offer to hold talks as they continue their agitation at Delhi border against the new agri laws

Govt invites farmers for talks today; PM says they are being misinformed

The Centre invited agitating farmer unions for talks on Dec 1, two days ahead of a scheduled meeting. At the same time, PM Modi said the protests are based on creating doubts through misinformation

Delhi Police files FIR over border clash between farmers, security forces

Th Delhi Police has registered an FIR against unidentified people in connection with a clash between farmers and security personnel at the Singhu border last week, officials said

Priyanka Gandhi urges people to support farmers protesting new agri laws

Questioning how the farm laws were formulated without consulting the farmers, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urged the people of the country to raise their voice in support of the protesting farmers

Farmers' protest over agri law enters 5th day, traffic disrupted in Delhi

The ongoing protests by thousands of farmers against the Centre's new farm laws entered the fifth day on Monday, with the protestors threatening to block all five entry points to the national capital Rejecting the Centre's offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari ground, the farmers said they will not accept any conditional dialogue and have called a meeting to discuss their next course of action later in the day. Farmers, who had reached Nirankarai Samagam Ground in Burari on Saturday, continued their protest there. Traffic continued to be disrupted in the city due to the protests. Taking to twitter, the Delhi Traffic Police on Monday alerted commuters to take an alternate route since Singhu and Tikri borders continued to remain closed. "Singhu Border is still closed from both sides. Please take alternate route.Traffic has been diverted from Mukarba Chowk & GTK road.Traffic is very very heavy. Please avoid outer ring road from signature bridge to Rohini & vice versa, .

Tikri, Singhu borders shut for traffic movement amid farmers' protest

Tikri and Singhu borders have been closed for any traffic movement as the farmers continue their protest against the Centre's farm laws, said Delhi Traffic Police

Ready to talk with govt but will not accept any conditions, say farmers

Farmers agitating against the Centre's new agri laws said they are ready for talks with the government but will not accept any conditions, including moving to the Delhi's Burari ground

Farmers reject Amit Shah's plea to move to Burari ground; stay at borders

Farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws on Sunday decided not to shift to the Burari ground in the national capital and stay put at the Delhi borders

SPIC ties up with farmer network to open first Model Fertiliser Retail Shop

Besides selling quality fertilisers at genuine prices, MFRS will provide a range of consulting and agri-related services for enhanced farm productivity

India's 10,000 farmers-collective plan may fail without funding reforms

Under new FPO guidelines, the government will provide financial support of up to Rs 18 lakh to new organisations for the first 3 years. But new FPOs need support for at least 5-7 years to stabilise

Agri reforms will link farmers directly to market, send middlemen out: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the agriculture reforms introduced by the government will connect farmers directly to the market and "send middlemen out of the system"

Opposition will ensure rain-affected farmers get relief: Devendra Fadnavis

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday asked farmers in the rain-hit districts of Maharashtra not to lose hope

UK university offers water purification solutions for Indian farmers

Water experts at the UK's University of Birmingham say they have designed a low-energy and high-efficiency means of purifying water for India's rural farming communities

Over 50% farmers oppose farm laws, one-third of them have no info: Survey

A Gaon Connection survey has found that more than half of the country's peasantry oppose these, but one-third of them did not know details of the legislations.