Farmers Movement
No Roadmap to Double Farmers’ Income
So, the six years of grand national mission for raising the farmers’ real income by 100 per cent are likely to end with less than 30 per cent actual increase. That works out to about […]
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Samyukt Kisan Morcha asks BJP MPs, allies to support farmers’ agitation
New Delhi (TIP): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Thursday, April 1, appealed to the BJP MPs and its allies to extend their support to the farmers’ movement. The SKM also noted that they would continue […]
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Delhi borders remain blocked as farmers’ protest continues
New Delhi (TIP): Delhi’s Singhu and Tikri borders continue to be blocked due to the protest by farmers who are demanding withdrawal of the three contentious farm laws. The Ghazipur border, which connects Uttar Pradesh […]
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Farmers’ protest will go on for 8 more months: Tikait
New Delhi (TIP): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Thursday the agitation against the Centre’s three new farm laws will have to go on for eight more months as it is a […]
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‘Send them home happy’: Congress to Centre on farmers’ protest
New Delhi (TIP): Opposition Congress on Wednesday, March 24, urged the government to agree to the demands of farmers who are protesting against the agri laws and “send them home happy”, warning that “making fun” […]
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Why House panel wants govt to implement one farm law
The Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has asked the government to implement in “letter and spirit” the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, one of the three farm laws against which the […]
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Farmers prepared to continue protest till November, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait
Farmers agitating against the Centre’s farm laws are prepared for a long haul, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Thursday. Tikait, who is at the helm of the farmers’ protest in Ghazipur, was addressing a […]
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Farm unions mark 4-month anniversary of protest against agri. laws
The nation-wide bandh call urged that shops, malls, markets and institutions remain closed BENGALURU (TIP): Protesting farm unions under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha have called for a day long Bharat Bandh on […]
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Insider advises Modi to bring in law on MSP
Satyapal Malik, the Meghalaya governor handpicked by the Narendra Modi dispensation, has pitched for a law on the minimum support price and warned the Centre of consequences if the government tries to suppress the farmers’ […]
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Tikri farmers shun jab, to be sensitized
Jhajjar (TIP): Despite the best efforts of the district health authorities, farmers camping at the Tikri-Bahadurgarh border have so far been reluctant to get vaccinated against Covid-19. For the second consecutive day today, no farmer […]
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Senators ask Blinken to raise farmers issue, say Indians will determine path ahead on new laws
Washington (TIP): Observing that it is for the people and the Government of India to determine the path forward on its recently enacted farm laws, two top Democratic senators have urged Secretary of State Antony […]
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SGPC giving religious color to protest, says BJP
Amritsar (TIP): Senior BJP leader Harjit Singh Grewal accused the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) of going against its mandate by getting involved in the ongoing farmers’ agitation and giving it a religious colour. SGPC […]
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Farmers withdraw dharna on rail tracks near Amritsar after 169 days
Amritsar (TIP): A group of farmers squatting on railway tracks near here to protest the Centre’s new farm laws withdrew their agitation on Thursday, March 11, after 169 days, as suspension of trains caused losses […]
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Farmers ready to protest till Modi govt lasts, says Narendra Tikait
New Delhi (TIP): Farmers are ready to continue protests on the borders of Delhi, against the three agricultural laws, for the remaining three and half years of the Narendra Modi government’s second term, said farmer […]
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‘If tractors are stopped, remove barricades’: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait
New Delhi (TIP): If the tractors are stopped, the farmers should have the strength to break barricades, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait told the cultivators marching to join the agitation in Delhi. “If you […]
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Centre targeting those supporting farmers: Rahul on IT raids on Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap
New Delhi (TIP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blamed the central government for the Income Tax raids on Bollywood celebrities – Taapsee Pannu and Anurag Kashyap. Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi government with three famous idioms […]
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Farmers gear up for show of strength on March 8
Chandigarh (TIP): Despite the death of 300 farmers since they shifted their agitation to the Delhi border on November 26 last year, protests have not lost steam. Besides the permanent camps at the Delhi border, […]
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UK Parliament to debate on India’s farmers’ protest after petition crosses 100k signatures
London (TIP): As the farmers continue to protest against the Centre’s 3 contentious farm laws, the British Parliament’s Petitions Committee on March 8 at around 4:30 pm (UK time) will consider a Westminster Hall debate […]
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US farmer groups deliver solidarity statement to Indian farmers
Minneapolis (TIP): Eighty-seven farmer organizations and allied agroecology, farm and food justice groups in the United States delivered a solidarity statement in support of Indian farmers’ historic protests to Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a united front […]
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Delhi court grants bail to 16 accused in violence at Singhu border
New Delhi (TIP): A sessions court on Thursday, February 25, granted bail to 16 accused in connection to the incident at?Singhu border in which the SHO of Alipur police station Pradeep Paliwal was stabbed during […]
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Here are ten things that Justice Rana said that are a lesson on our laws, liberties, freedoms, dissent, conspiracies and sedition
– ‘Citizens Cannot Be Put Behind Bars for Disagreeing With State Policies’. Justice Dharmender Rana observed that every citizen has the right to dissent and disagree and no citizen can be jailed or charged with […]
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Movement of trains hit as farmers block rail tracks
New Delhi (TIP): The “rail roko” call given by farmers’ bodies impacted rail movement in Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan on Thursday, February 18, with reports of sporadic blockades reported from […]
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What is toolkit, how is that linked to farmers’ protest?
New Delhi (TIP): Bengaluru activist Disha Ravi was recently arrested by the Delhi Police for a “toolkit document” that she shared with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. It can be seen that the toolkit was first […]
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Farmers not going home, will head to Kolkata soon: Rakesh Tikait
Hisar (TIP): Asserting that farmers sitting on the Delhi borders will not go back to their homes till the farm laws are repealed, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday, February 18, said “our […]
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Farmers not going home, will head to Kolkata soon: Rakesh Tikait
‘Will harvest crops and continue our agitation at the same time’ HISSAR, HARYANA (TIP): Asserting that farmers sitting on the Delhi borders will not go back to their homes till the farm laws are repealed, […]