SAD not to ally with BJP that backstabbed Punjab and defamed Punjabis: Harsimrat Badal
Oct 21, 2021, at 12:41 am
Jalandhar/UNI: Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday said that Shiromani Akali Dal will not align with any party (indicating the Bharatiya Janata Party) which has backstabbed Punjab and defamed Punjabi besides endangering its agriculture and economy.
Jul 23, 2021, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Friday amid ruckus by the Opposition over various issues, including Pegasus row and new farm bills.
Bharat Bandh: Transport remains off road in Jammu protesting against farm laws
Dec 08, 2020, at 06:35 pm
Jammu/UNI: The protests against new farm laws on Tuesday reached here with people taking to streets while the commercial Transport remained off road due to shutdown call as a part of 'Bharat Bandh'.
No breakthrough achieved in 7-hour-long meeting between Centre and farmers' representatives
Dec 04, 2020, at 04:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The seven-hour meeting between the farmers and the Centre on Thursday failed to end the impasse over the farm laws, with farmers' representatives stating that they are sticking to their demands which includes the repeal of the contentious farm laws.
Farmers clash with police in march to Delhi against farm laws, tear gas used
Nov 26, 2020, at 05:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Thousands of farmers clashed with Haryana police at the border of Delhi as they were carrying out a protest march to the national capital against the new contentious farm laws, media reports said.
Oct 20, 2020, at 06:32 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said he was not afraid of getting his government dismissed, passing three bills in the state assembly against the contentious farm laws enacted by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.
Under Congress pressure, Maharashtra govt withdraws August order to implement farm bills
Oct 01, 2020, at 03:02 am
Mumbai/IBNS: After dilemma over its August order to implement the new farm laws passed by the Centre, Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government withdrew it following its alliance partner Congress's threat to boycott the Cabinet meeting and Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) continuous protest against the legislation, said media reports.
PM Modi rips apart Opposition over protests against farm laws
Sep 29, 2020, at 06:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday once again ripped apart the Opposition over its protests against the new controversial farm laws at a time farmers led by various groups are on the streets against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre.
Sep 28, 2020, at 09:16 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Several prominent Congress leaders who came in a rally to Raj Bhavan to present a memorandum to Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on the contentious Farm Bills, which had already been passed by the Parliament and also President Ram Nath Kovid giving his assent on Sunday, were arrested here on Monday after they protested for not allowing them to meet her.
Protest against farm bills: Tractor set on fire in Delhi, 5 arrested
Sep 28, 2020, at 08:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Five people have been arrested for setting a tractor on fire in the heart of the national capital in protest against the controversial farm bills passed by the Indian Parliament a week ago, media reports said.
Voice of farmers crushed in and outside Parliament: Rahul Gandhi
Sep 28, 2020, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Describing the farm sector bills as "a death sentence to the Indian farmers", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the government of crushing the voice of farmers in and outside Parliament.
Protest against farm bills: Bandh in Karnataka, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to hold dharna
Sep 28, 2020, at 04:31 pm
Bengaluru/Chandigarh/IBNS: Various parts of India, a country of 36 states and union territories, are set to witness protests against the farm bills, which have been passed by Parliament more than a week ago and have now become laws with President Ram Nath Kovind's signature, on Monday.
President Ram Nath Kovind gives his assent to three farm bills
Sep 28, 2020, at 02:27 am
New Delhi; President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent to three farm bills that were passed by the Indian Parliament amid protests last week, media reports said.
Farmers playing key role in building Aatmanirbhar Bharat: PM Modi on Mann Ki Baat
Sep 27, 2020, at 06:11 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation through his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat where spoke about how the new farm bills would benefit the farmers and help create a self-reliant India.
Shiromani Akali Dal quits NDA to protest against farm bills
Sep 27, 2020, at 06:20 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), one of the oldest allies of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition at the Centre after sharp disagreement over the passage of contentious farm bills approved by Parliament earlier this month, party’s president Sukhbir Singh Badal announced on Saturday.
Farmers' Protest: Over 50,000 farmers stage 'Rasta Roko' in Maharashtra
Sep 26, 2020, at 06:50 pm
Thane/UNI: Over 50,000 peasants in 21 districts, led by the AIKS, blocked national and state highways in Maharashtra and burnt copies of the three agricultural bills.
Massive farmer protests erupt in Punjab, Haryana against Centre's agriculture bills
Sep 26, 2020, at 05:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: More than 265 farmers' groups on Friday took to streets nationwide to carry out rallies and demonstrations in protest against the controversial farm bills passed in the Parliament.
Punjab witnesses complete bandh against farm bills
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:10 am
Chandigarh/UNI: A complete bandh was observed on Friday with the farming community staging dharna and organising protest demonstrations across Punjab against the agriculture reform bills passed in the Parliament.
Farmers hit streets, call for bandh protesting against India's new farm bills
Sep 24, 2020, at 11:15 pm
Chandigarh/Amritsar/IBNS: Several farmers' organisations called for a nationwide bandh (strike) on Sept 25 as the protests against the two new farm bills- passed by the Narendra Modi government earlier this week- intensified in Punjab, Haryana and other parts of the South Asian country on Thursday, media reports said.
President should return farm bills passed unconstitutionally: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Sep 24, 2020, at 06:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS Amid ongoing protests and Parliament boycott by the Oppositions over the Farm Bills passed by the Narendra Modi government, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday.
Amid parliament boycott, Oppn led by Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet President Kovind at 5 pm
Sep 23, 2020, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS Amid continued protests and Parliament boycott by the Opposition over the Farm Bills brought by the Narendra Modi government, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is scheduled to meet President Ram Nath Kovind at 5 PM Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Kathua farmers hail agriculture sector reform bills
Sep 23, 2020, at 04:51 am
Kathua: Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua region have praised the two agriculture sector reform Bills that were passed in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday.
Tamil Nadu CM slams DMK for opposing farm bills, says Stalin criticising without adequate knowledge
Sep 23, 2020, at 01:38 am
Madurai/Ramanathapuram/UNI: Defending the farm bills which were passed in both the houses of the Parliament, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday charged that the DMK was spreading slander campaigns against the new farm reforms for political reasons.
Govt will consider revoking suspension of MPs if they express regret: Pralhad Joshi
Sep 22, 2020, at 05:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The government on Tuesday expressed its willingness to look into the demand of suspension of eight Opposition MPs if they express regret for their behaviour in the house during the passage of the farm sector bills on Sunday.
Sep 22, 2020, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Eight suspended Rajya Sabha MPs continued their sit-in protest in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament area throughout Monday night, agitating against the farm bills which the Opposition claims as "anti-peasants".
Amid protests over Farm Bills, Indian Govt raises MSP on winter crops
Sep 22, 2020, at 07:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid apprehensions that the new farm laws would pave the way for the elimination of the the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system, the Centre on Monday raised the support prices on key winter crops or Rabi crops, including wheat and mustard.
Opposition plans nationwide protest against farm bills, Mamata Banerjee shames Centre
Sep 22, 2020, at 06:17 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Opposition parties and farmers' groups across the country, including the Congress and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), have announced plans to launch rigorous protests against the two controversial farm bills cleared by the Modi government in Rajya Sabha on Sunday.
Don't sign farm bills: Eighteen opposition parties urge President in letter
Sep 22, 2020, at 04:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Eighteen opposition parties have written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind requesting him to not sign the farm bills that were passed by the government in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday.
New farm laws will allow farmers to sell their productions in their own terms: PM Modi
Sep 21, 2020, at 08:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the farmers' protests across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said new farm laws will only allow peasants to sell their productions in their own terms.
Farm bills: Derek O'Brien, Sanjay Singh, 6 other Rajya Sabha MPs suspended, Opposition hits back
Sep 21, 2020, at 05:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Eight opposition Rajya Sabha MPs were on Monday suspended for their "unruly behaviour" while protesting against the passage of two key farm bills by the government in Parliament's upper house a day ago.