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Farmers’ Protest: Government Agrees To Some Demands On MSP, Strengthening of APMCs

TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that the government is ready to strengthen the mandis. He also said that procurement arrangements will continue at the...

News Report

Prakash Badal Returns His Padma Vibhushan, Says Govt “Betrayed Farmers”

TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

Farmers protest has entered the Eighth day now. While the government has agreed to the talks, the farmers have said that they will not clear...

National

Farmers’ Protests: Ex-Punjab CM and Akali Dal Leader Prakash Singh Badal Returns Padma Vibhushan

TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

The Akali Dal had been with the NDA for 22 years but had split from the NDA two months earlier in protest against agricultural laws....

Headlines

Headlines: A Day Before Talks, Farmers’ Leaders Write To Govt, Ask Them To Not Indulge In Divisive Agenda

TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

As the farmers’ protest on Delhi borders enters day eight, more action is expected with a delegation of crop growers set to meet Union agricultural...

National

Farmers’ Protest Day 8: Agitators Letter Asks Govt Not To Indulge In “Divisive Agenda” To “Break Farmers’ Unity”

TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 3, 2020June 3, 2022

On December 1, the government held separate talks with the farmers of Punjab and UP. This meeting remains inconclusive. New Delhi| Today is the...

Editorial

Editorial With Sujit Nair: Has Justin Trudeau’s intervention helped the protesting Farmers?

TestHostEntryDecember 2, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 2, 2020June 3, 2022

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, being the first world leader to back the farmer’s agitation in India against the new farm laws, said: “Canada...

National

“Low-Level Politics”: Arvind Kejriwal Slams Amarinder Singh

TestHostEntryDecember 2, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 2, 2020June 3, 2022

Kejriwal’s party had earlier said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was upset over the issue. The Punjab unit of AAP had also alleged that the Punjab...

National

“Don’t Fiddle While Rome Burns”: Kamal Haasan’s Jibe At PM Modi

TestHostEntryDecember 2, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 2, 2020June 3, 2022

MNM Chief Kamal Haasan referred to the common expression ‘Nero fiddled while Rome was burning’ to explain PM Modi’s response to farmers’ protests. Kamal Haasan,...

Headlines

Headlines: Haryana Ally of BJP Nudges Centre, Asks To Find “Middle Ground” With Farmers

TestHostEntryDecember 2, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 2, 2020June 3, 2022

In the wake of protests by farmers of Punjab over the new agricultural laws, the Northern Railways have either cancelled, short-terminated, short-originated or diverted a...

National

Farmers’ Protest Day 7: Talks With Govt Inconclusive, Agitators To Stay Put At Delhi Borders

TestHostEntryDecember 1, 2020June 3, 2022

by TestHostEntryDecember 1, 2020June 3, 2022

The protest and the blockade continued for the 7th straight day across the borders of national capital. Farmers on the Delhi-UP border (Ghazipur-Ghaziabad) pushed barricades...