The European Commission on Friday proposed further concessions on climate and environmental measures in response to ongoing farmer’s protests in several European countries.Farmers across the bloc have said proposed cuts to fuel subsidies, along with heavy environmental regulations as part of the EU’s Green Deal plan to tackle climate change, are placing an unaffordable burden … Read more
Chandigarh: A week after a 22-year-old farmer was allegedly killed during police action against agitating farmers on the Punjab and Haryana border, his body has been lying in a mortuary, with police in either state yet to lodge any FIR or start their investigation. Haryana Police say that since the farmer, Shubhkaran Singh, died within … Read more
New Delhi [India]: Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda said on Wednesday that the central government is ready to discuss all the issues raised by the Punjab farmers.He further invited the farmers for a fifth round of talks while urging them to find a solution through ‘dialogue’. “After the fourth round, the government is ready to … Read more
Chandigarh: Leaders of the ongoing farmers’ agitation on the Punjab and Haryana border have said they were “tricked” by the three Union ministers during the fourth round of talks Sunday. Talking to the media at the Shambhu border Monday, farmer leaders Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Sarvan Singh Pandher said they were made to believe during … Read more
But this time around, thereâs a marked difference in the strategy of the Modi government. The ruling dispensation appears to be showing remarkable restraint â instead of attacking the protesters as it did in 2020 and branding them “Khalistanis”, the Modi government, it appears, wants to engage them, immediately despatching ministers to have parleys. On … Read more
Chandigarh: With the fourth round of talks between protesting farmers and Union ministers under way in Chandigarh, all eyes are on the two farmer leaders, Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Sarvan Singh Pandher, who have been spearheading the protest that entered its sixth day Sunday. Dallewal, the president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta Sidhupur (BKU … Read more
New Delhi: The fresh farmers protest can upset the BJPâs poll calculations not just in Punjab and Haryana, where the agitation has originated, but also in Uttar Pradesh, where farmer leaders are weighing their options on joining the stir. While the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), a former ally and prospective partner for the BJP in … Read more
Chandigarh: With the farmers’ agitation against the Narendra Modi government now raging on the Punjab-Haryana border, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) seemingly finds itself in a precarious position over its ongoing talks of a tie-up with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming parliamentary election. On Wednesday, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal indefinitely … Read more
New Delhi: Terming the ongoing farmersâ protest as a âviolent movementâ, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has said that itâs the farmers who suffer when a âpolitical movementâ is furthered in their name. The farmersâ outfit maintained that it has been âcontinuously fighting to demand remunerative prices for … Read more
Ambala: Police lobbed multiple rounds of teargas shells to disperse farmers who were approaching the police barricade at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border to resume the ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest on Wednesday. To ensure law and order, Delhi police have already enforced Section 144, restricting entry of tractor trolleys and large assemblies. Meanwhile, long traffic jams were … Read more