Protests By Farmers

Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Saturday blamed the Punjab government led by the Aam Aadmi Party for the farmers' protests in the state and demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

Farm laws were rolled back by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in November 2021 after massive agitations.

The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh to amicably resolve the grievances of protesting farmers at the Shambhu border.

Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has been reprimanded by the BJP leadership after her remark on the farmers' protest triggered a controversy.

Farmers and local residents of a forest fringe village in Kerala's mountainous Wayanad district, who have been living in fear of a tiger, blocked a busy road on Sunday in protest, displaying carcasses of cows that had been killed by the big cat.

Kulwinder Kaur, the security officer who allegedly slapped newly-elected BJP Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport said she had been triggered by an old remark by the actor.

The Supreme Court declined to stay a judicial investigation ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court into the death of a 22-year-old man during the protest by farmers at the Punjab-Haryana border.

It's high time that the parties concerned reach an agreement and address the issues affecting farmers comprehensively, rather than approaching them in a piecemeal manner. MSP, by no means, is a panacea.

Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks at many places in Punjab as part of a 'rail roko' protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a legal gua

In the first such remark by any senior BJP leader, Captain Amarinder Singh has slammed Haryana police over the injury to protesting farmer Pritpal Singh near the Khanauri border separating Punjab and Haryana.

Ahead of the planned tractor march organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) & Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) today, the Noida Police has issued a traffic advisory, warning commuters of potential disruptions and diversions in the Delhi-Noida border.

As farmers continue protesting at the Delhi-Haryana border, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, in a free-wheeling conversation with ANI, said that he doubts whether any other state has done as much for farmers as his.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging violation of the rights of the "peacefully protesting" farmers by the Centre and some states.

Thousands of protesting farmers facing off with security forces have come under the protection of the Nihang Sikhs, a warrior sect dating back to the 1600s distinguished by their ink-blue robes and ancient weapons such as swords and spears.

Amid a stand-off with the farmers, Haryana Police in Ambala District has said that any loss to the government and private property during the protest will be compensated by attaching the property and seizure of bank accounts of the protestors.

Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Saturday blamed the Punjab government led by the Aam Aadmi Party for the farmers' protests in the state and demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

Farm laws were rolled back by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in November 2021 after massive agitations.

The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh to amicably resolve the grievances of protesting farmers at the Shambhu border.

Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has been reprimanded by the BJP leadership after her remark on the farmers' protest triggered a controversy.

Farmers and local residents of a forest fringe village in Kerala's mountainous Wayanad district, who have been living in fear of a tiger, blocked a busy road on Sunday in protest, displaying carcasses of cows that had been killed by the big cat.

Kulwinder Kaur, the security officer who allegedly slapped newly-elected BJP Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport said she had been triggered by an old remark by the actor.

The Supreme Court declined to stay a judicial investigation ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court into the death of a 22-year-old man during the protest by farmers at the Punjab-Haryana border.

It's high time that the parties concerned reach an agreement and address the issues affecting farmers comprehensively, rather than approaching them in a piecemeal manner. MSP, by no means, is a panacea.

Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks at many places in Punjab as part of a 'rail roko' protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a legal gua

In the first such remark by any senior BJP leader, Captain Amarinder Singh has slammed Haryana police over the injury to protesting farmer Pritpal Singh near the Khanauri border separating Punjab and Haryana.

Ahead of the planned tractor march organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) & Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) today, the Noida Police has issued a traffic advisory, warning commuters of potential disruptions and diversions in the Delhi-Noida border.

As farmers continue protesting at the Delhi-Haryana border, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, in a free-wheeling conversation with ANI, said that he doubts whether any other state has done as much for farmers as his.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging violation of the rights of the "peacefully protesting" farmers by the Centre and some states.

Thousands of protesting farmers facing off with security forces have come under the protection of the Nihang Sikhs, a warrior sect dating back to the 1600s distinguished by their ink-blue robes and ancient weapons such as swords and spears.

Amid a stand-off with the farmers, Haryana Police in Ambala District has said that any loss to the government and private property during the protest will be compensated by attaching the property and seizure of bank accounts of the protestors.