Farmers Protest: News
06 Oct 2021
Rahul GandhiCongress delegation with Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi reaches UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday reached the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, to meet the families of those killed on Sunday.
06 Oct 2021
Lakhimpur KheriLakhimpur Kheri: How Rakesh Tikait helped reach government-farmer deal
Farmers had ramped up protests in Uttar Pradesh after Sunday, when a state minister's convoy mowed down a rally of demonstrators in Lakhimpur Kheri.
06 Oct 2021
LucknowLucknow: Section 144 restrictions till November 8 amid farmers' protests
As the farmers' protest has intensified after the Lakhimpur Kheri killings, the Lucknow Police on Tuesday announced restrictions in the Uttar Pradesh capital.
06 Oct 2021
Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra granted permission to visit Lakhimpur
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have finally been granted permission to visit Lakhimpur Kheri.
05 Oct 2021
Uttar PradeshUP: Video shows farmers being run over by SUV
A video has surfaced on social media showing a black SUV apparently running over protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.
04 Oct 2021
Haryana'Tit-for-tat' against protesting farmers; Haryana CM calls for armed groups
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is at the heart of a controversy after his remarks on the farmers' protest have gone viral.
04 Oct 2021
Priyanka Gandhi VadraMinister's son free, I'm arrested: Priyanka Gandhi on UP violence
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was arrested early Monday as she headed to meet the kin of the farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri yesterday.
04 Oct 2021
Yogi AdityanathLakhimpur Kheri violence: Death toll reaches 9; murder case registered
The death toll in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence has reached nine after the body of a local journalist, who had been missing after Sunday's violence, was found Monday morning.
03 Oct 2021
Uttar PradeshUP: Union Minister's son runs over protesting farmers; 2 killed
Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Ajay Mishra's son allegedly ran his car over protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday, killing two.
03 Oct 2021
FarmersSinghu border protest spells trouble, losses for shopkeepers, commuters
Farmers have been sitting at Delhi's Singhu border for over 10 months, blocking the highway, protesting against the government's agricultural laws.
02 Oct 2021
HaryanaFarmers protest at Haryana CM Khattar's house; water cannons used
More than 1,000 Farmers protesting against the central government's three controversial farm laws gathered outside Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's house in Karnal on Saturday morning.
01 Oct 2021
Delhi'You have strangulated entire city': Supreme Court slams farmers' body
The Supreme Court today criticized a farmers' group protesting against the central government's three new agricultural laws, saying they have "strangulated the entire city (Delhi) and blocked highways."
30 Sep 2021
DelhiFarmers protest: Supreme Court says highways can't be blocked perpetually
The Supreme Court on Thursday reiterated its objection to highways being blocked as part of protests while hearing arguments against the farmers' months-long agitation along Delhi's borders.
28 Sep 2021
Narendra ModiSAD chief urges PM to invite farmers for talks
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invite protesting farmers for talks and also demanded a special session of Parliament to revoke the three "black" agri laws.
27 Sep 2021
NoidaNoida: In a separate stir, hundreds of farmers confront cops
Hundreds of people from various villages in Noida and a large number of police personnel were involved in a confrontation on Monday during a demonstration over land compensation outside the Noida Authority Office on Delhi's outskirts, coinciding with the Bharat Bandh call given by farmer unions against the Centre's three agricultural laws.
27 Sep 2021
Delhi PoliceBharat Bandh: Autorickshaws, taxis operate normally; shops open in Delhi
Autorickshaws and taxis plied normally and shops were open in Delhi on Monday, with their unions and associations extending only "in-principle support" to the Bharat Bandh called by farmers but deciding not to join the strike.
27 Sep 2021
DelhiMassive traffic jams near Delhi amid farmers' Bharat Bandh
Farmers protesting the central government's three new agricultural laws have called a "Bharat Bandh" or nationwide strike today as part of their months-long agitation.
26 Sep 2021
Tamil NaduBharat Bandh tomorrow; states, Opposition parties back farmers' call
Farmers protesting against the central government's agricultural laws have called for a "Bharat Bandh" or general strike on Monday.
17 Sep 2021
DelhiSukhbir Badal, Harsimrat Kaur detained in Delhi over farm protest
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, Lok Sabha MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, and several other party leaders were detained in Delhi today, reports said.
17 Sep 2021
DelhiDelhi: Traffic diversions placed in view of farmers' protest march
In view of a protest march organized by members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) against the Centre's farm laws, the Delhi Traffic Police on Friday alerted commuters about the closure of specific roads and suggested diversions to avoid any inconvenience.
11 Sep 2021
HaryanaHaryana standoff ends as government orders probe into Karnal incident
A week-long standoff between Farmers and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Haryana ended today after the fourth round of discussions.
09 Sep 2021
HaryanaKarnal lathi-charge: Action against farmers if guilty, says Haryana minister
As the farmers' protest against the August 28 police excess intensified, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday assured that the "entire Karnal episode" will be investigated.
08 Sep 2021
HaryanaKarnal Kisan Mahapanchayat: Talks fail again; farmers plan permanent protest
Farmers protesting against the agricultural laws in Haryana have threatened a prolonged agitation in Karnal, alleging inaction by authorities in the matter of police excess on demonstrators on August 28.
08 Sep 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaFarm laws: Committee member says report 100% in farmers' favor
Hopeful of an early resolution to the long-running farmers' protests on the national capital borders, a key member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on contentious agri-laws on Wednesday said the report submitted by the committee is "cent percent" in favor of farmers and the Supreme Court must take up the matter without any delay.
08 Sep 2021
HaryanaProtesters should specify farm law lacunae, government will rectify: Minister
The protesting farmers should point out the shortcomings in the new farm laws so that the government can rectify them, Union Minister Bhanu Pratap Verma said on Tuesday, alleging they were tutored into the agitation by Opposition parties.
07 Sep 2021
HaryanaKarnal Kisan Mahapanchayat: Farmers march toward mini-secretariat as talks fail
Talks between 11 farmer leaders and the Karnal administration remained inconclusive on Tuesday, farmer leaders said.
06 Sep 2021
HaryanaSC refuses to hear plea on Singhu border farmers' protest
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a petition seeking directions to clear the Singhu border where farmers are protesting against the controversial farm laws.
06 Sep 2021
HaryanaSection 144 imposed in Karnal ahead of farmers' protest
Prohibitory orders banning the gathering of people were imposed in Haryana's Karnal district on Monday, a day ahead of a farmers' planned gherao of the mini-secretariat in Karnal over August 28 lathi-charge episode, officials said.
05 Sep 2021
FarmersMuzaffarnagar Mahapanchayat: Farmers call for Bharat Bandh on September 27
At the "Kisan Mahapanchayat" in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Sunday, protesting farmers resolved to intensify their protest against the Centre's controversial farm laws.
30 Aug 2021
Karnal'Incorrect choice of words': Haryana CM on "smash heads" remark
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said that an IAS officer's remarks to "crack the heads" of the protesting farmers were not right.
30 Aug 2021
HaryanaLathi-charge on farmers akin to second Jallianwala Bagh: Shiv Sena
The Shiv Sena on Monday termed the lathi-charge on Farmers by the police in Haryana as the "second Jallianwala Bagh" and said the Khattar government has no right to remain in power anymore.
29 Aug 2021
HaryanaKarnal SDM orders cops to 'break heads' of protesting farmers
A video of Karnal Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha is doing the rounds on social media, where he can be heard ordering cops to "break the heads of protesting Farmers."
13 Aug 2021
FarmersFarmers to celebrate I-Day as 'Kisan Mazdoor Azaadi Sangram Diwas'
Farmers protesting against the three contentious agriculture laws will celebrate India's 75th Independence Day as Kisan Mazdoor Azaadi Sangram Diwas.
08 Aug 2021
Delhi PoliceIndependence Day: Delhi Police barricades Red Fort with shipping containers
Ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, Delhi Police barricaded the iconic Fed Fort with shipping containers, citing security reasons.
07 Aug 2021
Narendra ModiModi to hold 3-day meet to plan remaining 3 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a key three-day meeting with his council of Ministers to plan for the remaining three years of his government's term, sources in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) told the media.
06 Aug 2021
Rahul GandhiParliament adjourned; Opposition leaders join farmers' protest at Jantar Mantar
Both the Houses of the Parliament were adjourned early for the day amid constant sloganeering by Opposition parties, a trend that has continued for the past two weeks.
03 Aug 2021
Narendra ModiRahul Gandhi, Opposition leaders cycle to Parliament protesting fuel prices
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi today led a breakfast meeting of Opposition leaders to discuss a joint strategy against the central government in the Parliament.
27 Jul 2021
Narendra ModiPM Modi asks MPs to expose Opposition over Parliament ruckus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked the Congress and other Opposition parties for not allowing the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament to function.
24 Jul 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police granted power to detain under NSA before I-Day
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday granted power to the Delhi Police Commissioner to detain anyone under the National Security Act (NSA).
22 Jul 2021
Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi, other MPs protest at Parliament against farm laws
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and other Members of Parliament from the party today protested against the new agricultural laws at the Parliament House.
