Farmers Protest: News
29 Jan 2021
Shashi TharoorShashi Tharoor, six journalists booked for sedition in Uttar Pradesh
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists have been booked by the Noida Police for sedition, among other charges, over the violence during farmers' tractor rally in Delhi.
28 Jan 2021
GhazipurFarmers protesting at Ghazipur border asked to vacate, end protest
Farmers protesting the newly-enacted farm laws in Ghazipur at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border have been asked to vacate the roads and end their protest on Thursday.
28 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceR-Day rally: 20 farmer leaders served notices by Delhi Police
Two days after a farmers' protest rally took a violent turn, the Delhi Police has issued notices to at least 20 farmer leaders for defying an agreement regarding the rally.
28 Jan 2021
Red FortBlamed for inciting Republic Day chaos, Deep Sidhu goes 'missing'
Actor-activist Deep Sidhu has gone missing, so to speak, since the chaos during the farmers' tractor rally on Republic Day (January 26).
27 Jan 2021
Red FortBKU (Bhanu), Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan withdraw from farmers' protest
Two farmer unions on Wednesday announced their withdrawal from the months-long protest against the central government's new agricultural laws.
27 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceFarmer who died at ITO protest had returned from Australia
Protesting farmer, Navreet Singh had returned from Australia to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur to celebrate his recent wedding.
27 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceR-Day violence: Rakesh Tikait and Yogendra Yadav named in FIRs
Bharatiya Kisan Union's Rakesh Tikait and Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav are among the at least ten farmers' leaders named in 22 cases filed by the Delhi Police in connection to Republic Day's violence.
27 Jan 2021
Red FortOn Red Fort rampage, Rakesh Tikait says farmers deflected 'unknowingly'
Rakesh Tikait from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spoke on Tuesday's Red Fort incident claiming that "some farmers" deflected toward the Delhi monument "unknowingly" and returned after police guided them.
27 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceFarmers' leaders to address protesters, Budget Day march still on
After violence rocked Delhi, farmers' leaders will address protesters at the Singhu border, one of the key locations of their agitation, today. Later, the leaders would also hold a meeting to discuss the next steps.
27 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceOver 150 cops injured as farmers' tractor rally turns violent
The rampage sparked by the tractor rally of farmers in Delhi on the 72nd Republic Day injured over 150 police officers, with two of them being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at different facilities.
26 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceFarmers' protest: Internet services snapped in parts of Delhi
The Ministry of Home Affairs, headed by Amit Shah, seen as the number two in the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, suspended internet services till 11:59 pm today at Singhu, Ghazipur, Tikri, Mukarba Chowk, Nangloi, and their adjoining areas in New Delhi.
26 Jan 2021
DelhiFarmers' protest: Gates of some Delhi metro stations temporarily closed
The entry and exit gates of more than ten metro stations in Central and North Delhi were temporarily closed on Tuesday following clashes between police and protesting farmers at a number of places.
26 Jan 2021
Republic DayTractor rally: Farmers enter Red Fort, one person dead
In scenes unseen in India's modern history before, hundreds of protesting farmers entered the iconic Red Fort on Tuesday and hoisted flags.
26 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Farmers change march route; tractors enter Red Fort
Hundreds of farmers deviated from the route decided by the Delhi Police for their tractor rally on Tuesday, sparking chaos in several areas of the national capital even as the iconic Republic Day parade was underway.
26 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceTractor march: Farmers break police barricades at Tikri, Singhu
Hundreds of Farmers knocked down police barricades at Tikri and Singhu border points on Tuesday morning pushing themselves into Delhi, where they are slated to hold a tractor rally.
24 Jan 2021
MumbaiNashik farmers march to Mumbai for anti-farm law rally
Over 1,200 farmers from Maharashtra's Nashik headed to state capital Mumbai on Saturday in protest against the central government's new agricultural laws.
24 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police clears tractor rally, say farmers; police contradicts claim
Farmers protesting against the central government's agricultural laws on Saturday claimed that the Delhi Police approved their plan to hold a tractor rally on Republic Day (Tuesday).
23 Jan 2021
HaryanaFarmers nab man trained to disrupt tractor-rally, kill protest leaders
The farmers protesting at the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana claimed to have nabbed a person who was trained to disrupt their proposed tractor rally on Republic Day (January 26).
22 Jan 2021
Narendra Singh TomarFarmers protest: Government hardens stance, says 'ball in your court'
A three-member team of Union Ministers sat down with several farmer leaders for the eleventh round of talks to negotiate a resolution for the ongoing protests.
21 Jan 2021
FarmersFarmers reject government's proposal for 18-month suspension of farm laws
Roughly 500 farmer groups under the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday rejected the government's proposal to resolve the ongoing protests against the new agricultural laws.
21 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceFarmers firm on holding tractor rally on Outer Ring Road
Farmers protesting against the central government's agricultural laws are adamant about staging a tractor rally on Delhi's Outer Ring Road on Republic Day (January 26).
20 Jan 2021
National Investigation Agency (NIA)Government ready to suspend contentious farm laws for 1.5 years
In a major development in the deadlock between the central government and protesting Farmers, farmer leaders said the Centre is ready to suspend the three contentious laws that triggered the agitation.
20 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaKisan Mahapanchayat seeks reconstitution of SC panel; court issues notice
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice on a plea filed by the Kisan Mahapanchayat seeking the reconstitution of a court-appointed panel to discuss the contentious agricultural laws.
19 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaFarm laws assault on middle class, jobless youth: Rahul Gandhi
Addressing the media on Tuesday over three farm laws, that have sparked a massive agitation, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said they not only impact the farmers but also the middle class and every youngster who is unemployed.
19 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaWon't attend meeting with SC-appointed panel: BKU's Rakesh Tikait
On Tuesday, the spokesperson for Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Rakesh Tikait said farmer unions will not be attending the first meeting with the panel formed by Supreme Court to end the deadlock persisting between them and the Centre.
18 Jan 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police must decide on farmers' R-Day tractor march: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday said that Delhi Police should decide whether protesting farmers must be allowed to enter the national capital on Republic Day with hundreds of tractors or not, as it adjourned the matter for Wednesday, January 20.
18 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaWill be peaceful: Farmers refuse to call off tractor march
Farmers, protesting against three agrarian laws, refused to call off the Republic Day tractor march while assuring that it will be peaceful.
16 Jan 2021
Piyush GoyalFarm laws: Centre wants clause-by-clause discussion with protesting farmers
During the ninth round of talks with farmers on Friday, the Centre insisted on clause-by-clause discussion, a departure from the blanket demand of protesters to repeal the three laws.
15 Jan 2021
Indian GovernmentIndia's new farm-laws potential 'step forward' for agricultural reforms: IMF
Backing the new farm laws introduced by the Indian Government, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that these laws have the potential to "represent a significant step forward" for agricultural reforms.
15 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaFarmers, Centre to hold ninth round of talks today
The Farmers and Centre will hold the ninth round of talks today at 12 PM, for the first time since the Supreme Court put a stay on the implementation of three laws that triggered a massive protest.
14 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaMember quits SC's panel formed to talk with protesting farmers
Bhupinder Singh Mann, the President of Bhartiya Kisan Union, on Thursday quit the four-member committee formed by Supreme Court to talk with farmers who have been protesting against three farm laws for over a month.
14 Jan 2021
BollywoodFarmer group halts Janhvi Kapoor's shoot, reinstated again shortly
The shooting of actor Janhvi Kapoor's film Good Luck Jerry briefly came to a halt in Bassi Pathana in Punjab, after a group of Farmers insisted that she make a comment on the ongoing farmers' protest.
13 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaFarmers don't know what they want, says BJP's Hema Malini
Veteran actor and politician Hema Malini has said that the Farmers who are protesting against the new agricultural laws do not know what they want.
13 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaFarmers welcome Supreme Court order but reject 'pro-government' committee
The Supreme Court's Tuesday verdict of putting a stay on the implementation of farm laws was appreciated by protesting Farmers but the four-member committee was not since it is "pro-government."
12 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaBig blow for Centre: SC stays implementation of farm laws
Handing over a huge blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of three farm laws that triggered a massive farmers' agitation.
12 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaCentre wants SC to stop farmers' tractor rally on R-Day
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre has appealed to the Supreme Court to stop the tractor rally of farmers, planned for Republic Day, saying the proposed march will trigger a massive law and order problem.
11 Jan 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaYou stay farm laws or we will: SC slams Centre
Hearing a bunch of pleas linked to the ongoing farmers' protest, the Supreme Court on Monday said it was disappointed with how the government handled the matter.
10 Jan 2021
RajasthanFarmers eating chicken biryani to spread bird flu: BJP MLA
The ongoing farmers' protest is a conspiracy to spread bird flu across India, an MLA of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party said on Saturday.
10 Jan 2021
Punjab40-year-old farmer dies by suicide at Singhu border amid protests
A 40-year-old farmer from Punjab allegedly died by suicide at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border, the epicenter of the ongoing farmers' protests.
08 Jan 2021
Republic DayGovernment meets farmers: No headway after eighth round of talks
The eighth round of talks between the government and protesting Farmers on Friday failed to resolve the intense agitation that has been continuing for over a month.
