Farm Union Meeting

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday acknowledged that farm distress cost the ruling Mahayuti alliance dearly in the Lok Sabha polls and said he will meet the new Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and raise the issue of

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha Wednesday condoled the death of a farmer in a clash between security personnel and protesters at the Punjab-Haryana border, and alleged the government was "solely responsible for the present crisis and casualty".

A day before the crucial meeting with Union ministers, farm leaders on Saturday asked the Centre to bring an ordinance on giving a legal guarantee to MSP, while a tractor march and dharnas were held in support of protesting farmers.

Punjab government has called farmer union leaders for a meeting today with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as highway blockade in Jalandhar by the farmers who are demanding an increase in sugarcane prices entered the fourth day.

SKM leader Darshan Pal and Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait had also pointed out yesterday that a government guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops is just as important to farmers. They linked it to farmer suicides across

Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the farm laws was postponed on Thursday.

Punjab's former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said he will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday to discuss possible solutions to the ongoing farmers' stir against the Centre's three farm laws.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his home in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the violence in Uttar Pradesh and the farm laws.

Amarinder Singh, who quit as Punjab Chief Minister recently amid a bitter feud, had an hour-long meet with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, setting off speculation about a change of camp. On record, he said they had discussed farmers' issues.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today referred to the violence at Red Fort on Republic Day - when groups of farmers protesting the agriculture laws clashed with police - and stressed that the law would take its own course. The PM was responding to opposition demands for a special probe into the incidents at the historic Mughal-era complex, which follo...

A massive crowd gathered today for a farmers' "Mahapanchayat" or meeting called by Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Naresh Tikait in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, less than 150 km from the Ghazipur border out Delhi where Mr Tikait's brother Rakesh is leading a protest against farm laws.

"Is Punjab Pakistan?" NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked a sea of farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan where they had gathered today in support of their comrades camped in protest in and around Delhi. Hailing them for having come to the city all the way from Nashik, in solidarity with those gearing up for a massive tractor ally in the national capital, the se...

A meeting is underway between the Delhi Police and farmer unions regarding the proposed tractor rally by them on Republic Day, officials said.

A group of farm union leaders will meet top officials of Delhi, Haryana and UP police on Wednesday to discuss the route and arrangements for their scheduled tractor rally on January 26 to protests against the three farm laws, a farmer union leader said.

The Centre should repeal the three farm laws or it will cost the ruling BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana "heavily", a section of JJP MLAs said on Tuesday, hours before their party chief and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday acknowledged that farm distress cost the ruling Mahayuti alliance dearly in the Lok Sabha polls and said he will meet the new Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and raise the issue of

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha Wednesday condoled the death of a farmer in a clash between security personnel and protesters at the Punjab-Haryana border, and alleged the government was "solely responsible for the present crisis and casualty".

A day before the crucial meeting with Union ministers, farm leaders on Saturday asked the Centre to bring an ordinance on giving a legal guarantee to MSP, while a tractor march and dharnas were held in support of protesting farmers.

Punjab government has called farmer union leaders for a meeting today with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as highway blockade in Jalandhar by the farmers who are demanding an increase in sugarcane prices entered the fourth day.

SKM leader Darshan Pal and Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait had also pointed out yesterday that a government guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops is just as important to farmers. They linked it to farmer suicides across

Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the farm laws was postponed on Thursday.

Punjab's former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said he will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday to discuss possible solutions to the ongoing farmers' stir against the Centre's three farm laws.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his home in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the violence in Uttar Pradesh and the farm laws.

Amarinder Singh, who quit as Punjab Chief Minister recently amid a bitter feud, had an hour-long meet with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, setting off speculation about a change of camp. On record, he said they had discussed farmers' issues.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today referred to the violence at Red Fort on Republic Day - when groups of farmers protesting the agriculture laws clashed with police - and stressed that the law would take its own course. The PM was responding to opposition demands for a special probe into the incidents at the historic Mughal-era complex, which follo...

A massive crowd gathered today for a farmers' "Mahapanchayat" or meeting called by Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Naresh Tikait in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, less than 150 km from the Ghazipur border out Delhi where Mr Tikait's brother Rakesh is leading a protest against farm laws.

"Is Punjab Pakistan?" NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked a sea of farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan where they had gathered today in support of their comrades camped in protest in and around Delhi. Hailing them for having come to the city all the way from Nashik, in solidarity with those gearing up for a massive tractor ally in the national capital, the se...

A meeting is underway between the Delhi Police and farmer unions regarding the proposed tractor rally by them on Republic Day, officials said.

A group of farm union leaders will meet top officials of Delhi, Haryana and UP police on Wednesday to discuss the route and arrangements for their scheduled tractor rally on January 26 to protests against the three farm laws, a farmer union leader said.

The Centre should repeal the three farm laws or it will cost the ruling BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana "heavily", a section of JJP MLAs said on Tuesday, hours before their party chief and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah.