May 22, 2022 12:40 pm
The Punjab government, which was the first to announce compensation for the kin, has provided the relief to nearly 400 families so far. On Sunday, the Telangana government will distribute relief to 619 farmers from Punjab.
May 18, 2022 10:18 am
In an ultimatum to the Punjab government, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said if Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann does not hold a meeting with the protesters by Wednesday to redress their grievances, they will move towards Chandigarh breaking barricades.
May 03, 2022 11:54 am
Several contributors including journalist Saba Naqvi, filmmaker Vidhaat Raman and photographer Akshay Bhoan have made their on-ground works during the protests available in the collection
March 12, 2022 8:54 am
These crops include wheat, mustard, barley, gram, paddy, maize, bajra, cotton, sunflower, moong, groundnut, tur, urad and sesame.
March 09, 2022 6:01 am
In two years, BKU Ugrahan set up women’s wings in 1,000 villages
February 23, 2022 9:38 am
Poornima Varma, Nikita Gupta write: Now that the contentious farm laws have been repealed, focus can shift to strengthening APMC markets, which will improve access, give bargaining powers to farmers.
January 15, 2022 8:47 am
🔴 M S Sriram writes: A legal guarantee will only assure the farmers that they will not be bankrupted
January 13, 2022 5:30 am
The list includes names of SSM’s face Balbir Singh Rajewal from Samrala, apart from other farmer leaders, lawyers and doctors who were associated with the kisan aandolan.
January 05, 2022 1:19 pm
On Tuesday, the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee had erected barricades on the route to PM Modi’s rally, as they had been assured their demands would be discussed ahead of his visit to the state.
January 05, 2022 10:19 am
The roads were partially cleared for traffic movement by 9.30 am on Wednesday after farmers received assurances that PM Modi would address them on January 15.
December 12, 2021 10:27 pm
Three weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the farm laws and days after the Parliament officially annulled them, protesting farmers brought the curtains down on their year-long agitation.
December 09, 2021 6:14 pm
Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that if farmers' demands are not fulfilled by January 15, a call will be taken on resuming the protests.
November 27, 2021 12:14 pm
The protests against the three central farm laws began on November 25 last year, when thousands of farmers marched towards the national capital demanding a complete repeal of the legislation, as part of a “Dilli Chalo” campaign.
September 17, 2021 6:34 pm
After sporadic protests against the new farm laws, including a nationwide road blockade on November 3, farmers’ unions in Punjab and Haryana gave the call for a ‘Delhi Chalo movement’. on November 25.
March 06, 2021 2:44 pm
To mark the occasion, the farmers have planned a host of activities over the next few days — from a ‘chakka jam’ to International Women’s Day celebrations.
February 18, 2021 10:18 pm
Farmers protesting against the Centre’s three contentious farm laws have called for a four-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ protest between noon and 4 PM on Thursday.
February 06, 2021 9:33 pm
The 'Chakka Jam' was the farmers’ first major event since the rally on Republic Day, which saw chaotic scenes as groups of protesting farmers broke off the planned parade route, entered the centre of the national capital, and clashed with the police.
January 29, 2021 5:56 pm
Tensions rose at Delhi’s Ghazipur border Thursday after the administration in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district issued orders for protesting farmers to vacate the site by night.
January 26, 2021 10:38 pm
New Delhi witnessed violent scenes on Republic Day as farmers participating in a tractor rally clashed with the police, broke barricades and stormed the Red Fort.
January 10, 2021 3:40 pm
The police had to resort to mild lathi-charge against the farmers. Water canons and teargas was also used but to no avail. The landing spot for Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar’s helicopter was moved to a different location due to the breach in security.
June 22, 2020 6:10 pm
Thousands of farmers and tribals began a march from different parts of Maharashtra to culminate at Azad Maidan and ask for some of their long-pending demands to be met.