farm laws

New Delhi: With farmers’ protesting at the Singhu border against three farm laws introduced by the Centre, a farmer from Odisha protested in a unique manner by shaving off his head and beard to register his dissent over the government’s new…

New Delhi: Leaders of farmer unions will observe hunger strike on Monday as part of their ongoing agitation against the contentious farm laws. Gurnam Singh Chaduni, one of the farmer leaders, informed mediapersons at Singhu border that the…

New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), one of the farmer unions protesting against the agriculture laws, on Friday filed a petition in Supreme Court asking for those three laws to be quashed. The petition, filed by BKU president Bhanu…

New Delhi: Sticking to their stand, the agitating farmers on Wednesday turned down amendments in the contentious farm laws suggested by the government and threatened to intensify the stir. The Centre had sent its proposals and possible…

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories, asking them to tighten security during Tuesday’s Bharat Bandh called by protesting farmers who are demanding the withdrawal of contentious farm laws.…

New Delhi: In an indirect but unambiguous message to the agitating farmers who have been demanding the withdrawal of farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that reforms are needed for development. “Reforms are needed for…

New Delhi: Even as experts are getting increasingly worried over the farmers’ agitation turning out to be a COVID-19 superspreader event, farmers believe that the new farm laws pose a bigger threat to their survival. Thousands of farmers,…

New Delhi: Public services, especially the banking, industries and transport sectors, were affected during the Bharat Bandh called by 10 central unions on Thursday. The nationwide strike was called to protest against the new farm and labour…

New Delhi: Police on Tuesday briefly stopped Rahul Gandhi's tractor rally to campaign against the centre's farm laws outside Haryana. The Congress leader, who was moving from party-ruled Punjab towards Haryana for his three-day rally, had…