Farmers Protest

Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021 | Last Update : 02:46 PM IST

Since the agitation involves the issue of human rights, whereas the right to agitate in a peaceful manner is also to be respected, the commission needs to take care of various human rights issues.(Representational Image/PTI)

NHRC notices to four govts, police chiefs over farmers protests 'adverse impact'

There is an allegation that there is 'breach of the corona protocols by the agitating farmers at the protest sites'

14 Sep 2021 1:38 PM

Farmers during their sit-in protest continuing from yesterday after their Kisan Mahapanchayat, outside the Mini Secretariat in Karnal, Sept. 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Karnal standoff ends: Haryana govt orders probe into Aug 28 incident

The probe will be completed within a month and former SDM Ayush Sinha will remain on leave during the time

11 Sep 2021 12:38 PM

Farmers during their sit-in protest demanding action against IAS officer Ayush Sinha over police lathi-charge on the protesting farmers in August, outside the Mini Secretariat in Karnal, Sept. 9, 2021. (PTI)

Karnal standoff: Another round of talks between farmers, officials today

Some senior leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha are expected to take part in the Saturday's meeting

11 Sep 2021 7:06 AM

Activist Yogendra Yadav with farmers during their sit-in protest continuing from yesterday after their Kisan Mahapanchayat, outside the Mini Secretariat in Karnal, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (PTI)

Haryana govt extends suspension of mobile Internet services in Karnal

Order said that the suspension of mobile Internet services was ordered to stop the spread of misinformation and rumours through social media

09 Sep 2021 11:40 AM

Farmers during their protest march against the central government's three farm reform laws, in Karnal, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (PTI)

Farmers stay put outside Karnal secretariat, refuse to budge until demands are met

A number of farmers along with many leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha spent the night outside the main entrance of the mini-secretariat

08 Sep 2021 1:26 PM

Farmers during their Kisan Mahapanchayat against the central government's three farm reform laws, in Karnal, Sept. 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Karnal siege as talks fail, farmers dig in

The police also used water cannons to stop the farmers from marching towards the district’s mini-secretariat

08 Sep 2021 7:09 AM

Haryana BKU chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that they had given a deadline of September 6 to the administration to meet their demands. (Twitter)

Mobile internet suspended, section 144 imposed in Karnal ahead of farmers' protest

The Haryana government ordered suspension of mobile Internet services from 12:30 pm on Monday to Tuesday midnight

07 Sep 2021 1:54 AM

BJP workers show a sword on a damaged vehicle after clash with farmers protesting against three farm laws, at Ghazipur border in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (PTI Photo)

BJP men scuffle with farmers at Ghazipur

The farmers’ leaders alleged that the episode was yet another conspiracy by the govt to quell their protests against the three farm laws

01 Jul 2021 1:32 AM

A file picture of the farmers protest in Singhu Border (Image Source: Prakash Singh/AFP)

Amit Shah to focus on talks with farmer unions

Farmers agitation has an important political aspect to it as elections to the UP and Punjab Assemblies are due in the next few months

14 Jun 2021 8:37 AM

According to the Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, the nationwide shutdown will start at 6 am and it will be in force up to 6 pm across the country on March 26 which marks four months of the farmer agitation at Delhi's three borders -- Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri. (Photo: PTI)

'Bharat Bandh': Rail, road transport likely to be affected in parts of country

Farmer unions protesting against the three agri laws have called a complete 'Bharat Bandh'

26 Mar 2021 1:04 AM

The Opposition parties claimed they will not back down and continue to keep raising the issue of rising prices in both Houses of Parliament. (ANI file photo)

Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over discussion on rising fuel prices

The Congress MPs also raised the issue of the three farm laws and the farmers sitting in protest at Delhi’s borders against these laws

09 Mar 2021 8:21 AM

To call the world’s largest democracy only “partly free” is incontrovertible evidence of an attempt to subvert our sovereignty and integrity, an international conspiracy directed against the Indian state. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan Varma | Freedom, conspiracy and other anti-national sins

Frankly, in my view, Freedom House, the Washington based global democracy watchdog, should be booked by our ever-vigilant govt for sedition

07 Mar 2021 4:10 AM

The ongoing farmers’ agitation, which has had a special impact in some northern regions, including Haryana, has left the Khattar government reeling and the so-called sons-of-the-soil policy seems a desperate bid to recover some lost ground. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | To draw votes, Khattar’s quota sacrifices growth

If the government forces companies to take steps that may impact employee productivity, then it forces companies to be less than competitive

06 Mar 2021 4:17 AM

Tikait, the national spokesperson of the BKU and a prominent face of the farmers' protest, will begin the tour from March 1. (Photo: PTI)

Rakesh Tikait to tour 5 states in March to drum up support for farmers' protest

Farmers' meetings will be held in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana

28 Feb 2021 12:47 AM

By threatening Twitter officials with jail and publicly contemplating the application of media laws to the social media, the government is putting on public display how spooked, rather than concerned, it is. (Photo: AFP)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Hashtag power: Twitter, govt in fight for survival

The social media has two broad roles — the organisational and the dialogic, and it is the former that is spooking nervous governments

23 Feb 2021 4:48 AM

Anita Katyal | BJP for Sourav as Bengal CM; Cong farmer cell has no chief

The BJP has apparently put together a copious dossier on Ganguly and his family’s business interests in its effort to persuade him

21 Feb 2021 4:52 AM

Modi also advised extending help to the private sector as a key move to seek foreign investment and emphasised on strengthening MSMEs and start-ups. (PTI file)

Untapped potential of farm sector can push country out of economic slump: Modi

The meeting which was held amid the ongoing farmers' protest, did not deliberate on the controversial farm laws

21 Feb 2021 2:18 AM

Lies are being spread that farmers will lose their lands owing to the new laws, said Mr.Modi (PTI)

Opposition spreading lies about controversial farm laws: Modi

The BJP leaders have been asked to spend at least 15-20 days 'on the ground' to check the 'flow of misinformations over the laws

17 Feb 2021 4:58 AM

Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal (Facebook/Jai Prakash Dalal)

Farmers would have died even while staying back home: Haryana minister

He said 'wrong meaning' was given to his statements

14 Feb 2021 1:10 AM

72-year old farmer, Hansa Singh died due to heart attack at Delhi's Singhu border (AP)

Septuagenarian Punjab farmer part of protests at Singhu dies of cardiac arrest

Hansa Singh was a resident of Moga district, post-mortem report confirmed the reason for death as heart attack

13 Feb 2021 5:58 PM

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