Farm Protests Live Updates

Rakesh Tikait - a key figure in the 2020/21 protests against the government's "black farm laws" - has backed the second 'Delhi Chalo' agitation, which began Tuesday with tear gas being fired on the Punjab-Haryana border that triggered clashes.

Protesting farmers will begin their 'Delhi Chalo' march today to push the Centre to address their demands. Foremost among these demands is the enactment of a law guaranteeing a minimum support price (MSP) for crops - a crucial lifeline for farmers.

Farmers held demonstrations on Delhi borders and other parts of the country on Friday to mark one year of the farmers' protest against the Centre's farm laws.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address to the nation today, announced that the three contentious farm laws will be repealed.

Farmer organisations have called a "Bharat Bandh" today as their protest against the new farm laws completes 10 months.

Both houses of parliament have been adjourned till 2 pm amid protest by Opposition MPs over discussion on Pegasus snooping controversy and three farm laws.

Both houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, have been adjourned till 11 am, tomorrow amid protests by Opposition members over Pegasus, farm laws and other issues.

Protests continued to repeatedly disrupt proceedings of both the houses of the Parliament on Monday with the opposition sloganeering and raising the issues of Pegasus and farm laws, among others.

A group of 200 farmers reached Jantar Mantar in central Delhi on Thursday to protest against the Centre's three controversial farm laws as the Monsoon session of Parliament was underway.

The South African strain of the coronavirus has been detected in four people in India and the Brazil variant has been seen in one, the government said today. All five have been quarantined.

About 18-19 vaccine candidates against COVID-19 are in the pipeline and in different clinical trial stages, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.

Seven people have died and 170 are still missing after a glacial break in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district triggered an avalanche and massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday morning, forcing the evacuation of thousands, and damaging both houses and the nearby Rishiganga and NTPC power projects.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,08,02,591 with 12,408 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,96,308, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

Lok Sabha has been adjourned till tomorrow as the uproar by Opposition MPs over farm laws continued in the House.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,07,90,183 with 12,899 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,80,455, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

Rakesh Tikait - a key figure in the 2020/21 protests against the government's "black farm laws" - has backed the second 'Delhi Chalo' agitation, which began Tuesday with tear gas being fired on the Punjab-Haryana border that triggered clashes.

Protesting farmers will begin their 'Delhi Chalo' march today to push the Centre to address their demands. Foremost among these demands is the enactment of a law guaranteeing a minimum support price (MSP) for crops - a crucial lifeline for farmers.

Farmers held demonstrations on Delhi borders and other parts of the country on Friday to mark one year of the farmers' protest against the Centre's farm laws.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address to the nation today, announced that the three contentious farm laws will be repealed.

Farmer organisations have called a "Bharat Bandh" today as their protest against the new farm laws completes 10 months.

Both houses of parliament have been adjourned till 2 pm amid protest by Opposition MPs over discussion on Pegasus snooping controversy and three farm laws.

Both houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, have been adjourned till 11 am, tomorrow amid protests by Opposition members over Pegasus, farm laws and other issues.

Protests continued to repeatedly disrupt proceedings of both the houses of the Parliament on Monday with the opposition sloganeering and raising the issues of Pegasus and farm laws, among others.

A group of 200 farmers reached Jantar Mantar in central Delhi on Thursday to protest against the Centre's three controversial farm laws as the Monsoon session of Parliament was underway.

The South African strain of the coronavirus has been detected in four people in India and the Brazil variant has been seen in one, the government said today. All five have been quarantined.

About 18-19 vaccine candidates against COVID-19 are in the pipeline and in different clinical trial stages, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.

Seven people have died and 170 are still missing after a glacial break in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district triggered an avalanche and massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday morning, forcing the evacuation of thousands, and damaging both houses and the nearby Rishiganga and NTPC power projects.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,08,02,591 with 12,408 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,96,308, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

Lok Sabha has been adjourned till tomorrow as the uproar by Opposition MPs over farm laws continued in the House.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,07,90,183 with 12,899 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,80,455, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.