Farmers protests gain momentum: The ‘Dili chalo’ protest, wherein farmers are protesting at the Delhi-Haryana border, has entered its fifth day today. The protesting farmers refused to budge their demands as per centre’s conditions and emphasised that their demands were ‘non-negotiable’. Farmers want the centre government to roll back farm laws, introduced right before the ...

According to the intelligence report, the so-called ‘farmers’ protesting in India are planning to enter Delhi through remote and non-motorable borders.  The report states that around 1,500 tractors and 500 vehicles from Punjab alone have been mobilized for the protest, loaded with six months’ worth of food and supplies. Last time, a few live telecasts ...

Farmers in India are currently protesting in what is being called “Farmers Protest 2.0” or “Delhi Chalo”.  This protest comes nearly two years after the previous farmers’ protest in 2020, which led to the repeal of three farm laws in 2021.  The main demand of the current protest is a legal guarantee for the minimum ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has finally issued notice to the Centre and four state governments on the adverse impact of the ongoing farmers protest on the transportation and industrial units. The four states to be included in the complaint includes Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Issuing notices to the Chief Secretaries and ...

On Wednesday, Farmers continued their protest outside the gates of the Karnal mini secretariat as they stayed firm on their demand over a police lathi charge on a gathering of farmers on August 28.  The farm protesters’ are unhappy with the transfer of IAS official Ayush Sinha, the former sub-divisional magistrate of Karnal. Farmers are ...

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal: On Tuesday evening, he came outside his residence and addressed his party workers stating thathe would have gone to support the farmers in protest if he wasn’t barricaded inside his residence. I am happy that ‘Bharat Bandh’ was a success. I prayed for the protesting farmers while sitting inside my residence, ...

On Thursday, farmers from Haryana held a protest and blocked the National Highway-22 highway at Pipli, Kurukshetra district against three farm ordinances brought by the Central Government in June, 2020. Amid Covid-19 cases spike in the nation, the Haryana Home and Health ministers urged the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), to cancel the protest either face ...