Newspaper Headlines: PM Modi Reaches Out To Farmers Amid Anger & Other Top Stories

Hindustan Times: PM Modi on Sunday came out strongly in defence of the three contentious farm bills enacted by his government, saying the legislation would benefit both farmers by giving them the freedom to choose where they wanted to sell their produce as well as consumers by taking middlemen out of agricultural trading. The harvest season has already begun in many parts of northwest India and even as most farmer groups are agitating against the farm bills, community leaders said crop stubble burning may continue this year too because subsidy on straw management machinery is not enough for small farmers to switch to machines.

The Asian Age: The Indian Army has deployed tanks at forward areas like Chumar, Depsang and Chushul sector to take any threat from China's army amid the standoff at the ladakh. A day after the Shiromani Akali Dal walked out of the NDA, new political equations seems to be emerging with the Trinamul Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and the other rivals of the BJP hailing the move and supporting the ongoing farmers' agitation.