With the surge in coronavirus cases all over the country, the threat of the pandemic looms large over the hundreds of farmers sitting on protest at various borders of the national capital since the last four months. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Spokesperson...

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait's convoy was allegedly attacked in Alwar on Friday. He alleged that the BJP men were behind the attack.Tikait, on his Twitter handle, shared the video of his car whose window glass was smashed and accused the BJP of the attack.He...

The Supreme Court-appointed three-member committee of agricultural economists has submitted its report to the top court on the three contentious farm laws in a sealed cover.The committee comprises four members: Bhupinder Singh Mann, National President, Bharatiya...

With nearly four months since the farmers have been protesting against the Union farm laws at various borders of the national capital, farmers are busy celebrating Holi at the borders.Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) National spokesperson, Rakesh Tikait, celebrated...

The farmers, who have been agitating at Delhi borders for the past four months, burnt the copies of the farm laws as part of the 'Holika Dahan' celebrations on Sunday and said that the government will have to repeal these laws and make a law on Minimum Support...

Angry over the three Central farm laws passed by the Parliament in September last year, a group of protesting farmers on Saturday heckled Arun Narang, the BJP legislator from Abohar, in Punjab's Malout town, the police said.Narang's supporters said the Abohar...

Commuters travelling from the national capital to other states faced inconvenience due to the interruption of bus services during the 12-hour 'Bharat Bandh' on Friday, resulting in an atmosphere of confusion at the Kashmere Gate Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT).The...

The Baitul Mukarram National Mosque area in Dhaka turned into a battleground on Friday as violent clashes erupted between the police and the supporters of a radical Islamist group protesting against the ongoing visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Modi...

Violent clashes broke out between the police and the supporters of radical Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam in Dhaka and Chittagong after the cops thwarted an attempt to launch an anti-Modi protest in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the Bangladesh...

Normal life was partially affected in parts of Odisha as the farmer outfits on Friday observed a 12-hour Bharat Bandh protesting against the three farm laws enacted by the Centre.Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a united front of farmer outfits in the country, has...

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh is pushing ahead with its 'Kisan Samvad' programmes even as agitating famers have planned to intensify their ongoing protests against the three farm laws.BJP leaders have reached out to lakhs of farmers throughout...

Supporters of the Jan Adhikari Party (JAP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday blocked Patna's busiest Dak Bunglow Chowk in response to the Bharat Bandh call given by the agitating farmers against the farm laws.The protesters carried posters and banners, showed...

The Bharat Bandh called by the agitating farmers on Friday took off in Andhra Pradesh with most political parties coming in support including the state government.Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Left parties and others...

The 12-hour pan-India shutdown called in support of the farmers' agitation against the three farm laws on Friday evoked a huge response across Punjab and Haryana as normal life was disrupted in these two states, though the situation was almost normal in...

The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Tuesday created a ruckus in the state capital Patna during the Bihar Assembly gherao programme. Amid this RJD protest march,  there was heavy stone pelting by the RJD workers forcing the police to use water...

The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal on Tuesday created a ruckus in the Bihar Assembly as they gheraoed the building here. The police took into custody Leader of Opposition RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and his elder brother Tej Pratap following heavy stone pelting...

One of the tents installed at the farmers protest site at Singhu border on Delhi's outskirts caught fire around 10 a.m. on Saturday. It was doused quickly with the help of the fire brigade and no casualties were reported in the accident.Duggal Singh, a farmer...

The main witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Abhishek Verma has filed a complaint about facing threats.The complaint was filed in the Maidangarhi police station in South Delhi which says that he received a threat on email to withdraw as a witness.Verma...

Hundreds of protesting Youth Congress activists were stopped by the Delhi Police from marching to the residences of Union Ministers of Smriti Irani, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar on Friday here.They were protesting against inflation,...

The employees of Life Insurance Corporation Srinagar Division on Thursday staged a protest at press colony Srinagar, opposing the initial public offer (IPO) of the LIC and increase in the Foreign Direct Investment in the LIC of India.According to the news...

The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) on Wednesday protested at Jantar Mantar against the Centre's proposed amendment of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) Act, 1991.The DPCC slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government...

The two day nationwide banker's strike in protest against privatisation of government banks was a total success, said the top leader of a major union.The two day strike began on Monday.As per reports received by us from our unions in various states, the...

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday held a peaceful protest at Gurugram railway station against the Centre's new agri laws, labour laws, privatisation and increase in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas, on the 110th day of the farmers' agitation.The...

Farmers protesting at Ghazipur border here on Monday launched T-shirts in support of the protest against the three farm laws. The T-shirts carried the slogan 'Zinda hai to dilli aaja, sangharsho mein shamil ho' (If you are alive then come to Delhi, participate...

Farmers protesting at various Delhi borders are garnering support from all sections of society. A lot of people have even left their jobs and work to support the cause.Twenty nine-year-old Navkiran Natt is one of those who've left her profession and joined her...

Indian-Canadian comedian Lilly Singh took the ongoing farmers protests to the red carpet of the 63rd Grammy Awards here. In a photo she has tweeted, the 32-year-old can be seen wearing a mask with the words "I Stand With Farmers" written on it, as she posed for the...

Haryana Police on Sunday stopped the construction of the 'pucca' houses at Singhu border, begun by the protesting farmers on Saturday in order to deal with the scorching heat.Apart from Singhu border, famers are constructing pucca houses at Tikri, Shahjahanpur...

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Naresh Tikait on Sunday asserted that the fight against the three farm laws is now a battle for farmers' self-respect and the protesters will only leave the capital's borders with their honour intact.Addressing a Mahapanchayat...

The change in the weather conditions on Friday morning in the national capital added to the problems of the farmers sitting at the Ghazipur border in protest against the three contentious farm laws.As rain lashed the area, the farmers rushed to secure the...

Causing a huge scare in corona times, thousands of youths took to the streets across Maharashtra on Thursday to protest the state government notification postponing the upcoming prestigious Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) preliminary examinations,...

The supporters of AIADMK MLA Amman Arjunan staged protests and blocked roads in Coimbatore after the party allocated the seat to its ally, the BJP.Mahila Morcha national president Vanathi Srinivasan is likely to be the BJP candidate from the South Coimbatore...

In a unique way to support protesting farmers in India, cyber criminals have launched a new ransomware attack in the country that does not ask for money but justice for the community, conveying a message that no data will be recovered until the demands...

Apart from intensifying the agitation at Delhi's borders, farmers are now trying to strengthen the stir against the Union farm laws on social media platforms as well.To achieve this, a blueprint has been prepared at the Ghazipur border. This is aimed at strengthening...

The scene at Tikri border on Monday was refreshingly different from other days as the stage was exclusively reserved for the women agitators to mark International Women's Day.The move was to celebrate the spirit of womanhood and show symbolic solidarity...

Scores of women farmers at the Ghazipur border have got the 'protest' slogan painted on their palms with mehendi, as a mark of protest against the Centre's three agri laws, on the occasion of International Women's Day.Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab,...

Kisan Congress workers on Sunday carried soil from 101 villages across the country to protest against the three farm laws in the national capital.The Kisan Congress workers were stopped amid the heavy deployment of security forces. All the party workers were...

It has been 102 days since the farmers launched their protest against the three new farms laws at Delhi borders and uncertainty still prevails on how long the agitation will continue.The farmers remain adamant to their demand to rollback these laws but...

Farmer leader Darshan Pal Singh on Saturday informed that a nationwide agitation against corporatisation and privatisation would be held on March 13 where farmers and labourers would throng the railway lines and agitate there."This is our next move to intensify...

Vehicular movement resumed on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway near the national capital after a five-hour peaceful blockade by farmers to mark the 100th day of protests against the three new farm laws on Saturday.The farmers squatted on the roads and...

Braving the scorching heat, elderly farmers formed the majority of protesters at Haryana's Palwal toll plaza on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway. Many of these senior citizens told IANS that the rising mercury won't deter them or dampen their spirits.Farmers...

On completion of 100 days of the farmers' stir, Punjab's Balbir Singh Rajewal on Saturday said the farmers are ready for the next round of dialogue with the Central government, but they will not accept the three contentious farm laws with modifications.Speaking...

Commuters on Saturday faced a harrowing time after farmers blocked the 136-km long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway to mark 100 days of their protests against the three farm bills passed by the Central government.At Palwal toll plaza in Haryana, almost 85...

To mark the 100th day of the agitation on Saturday, the farmers are preparing to block the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway among others, while at the Ghazipur border the peasants will register protests by sporting black bands on their ploughs.The farmers...

To mark 100 days of farmers' agitation against the Centre's farm laws on Saturday, farmers will block the 135-km-long Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway, from 11 am to till 4 pm.Farmers's organisation Samyukt...

Andhra Pradesh government endorsed state-wide bandh (strike) protesting the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant's (VSP) privatization took off on Friday."The Central government is selling away all public sector companies. This will badly affect the job prospects of people...

The Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway will be blocked for five hours on March 6 as the farmers' protest against the three Central farm laws complete 100 days, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) announced on Tuesday after a meeting held on the 96th day...

With LPG prices staying northbound in the country, the Congress on Tuesday attacked the government over the rise in prices, saying the withdrawal of subsidy on LPG has exposed the 'anti-poor' and 'anti-middle class' face of the Narendra Modi-led government.Chief...

Hundreds of Youth Congress activists on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Union Petroleum Ministry here over the rise in the prices of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), petrol and diesel saying the people were plagued by inflation while the government was showing...

Showing solidarity with the farmers protesting against the three new farm laws enacted last year, Noida artists performed 'Ragini' at the protest site at Ghazipur border here.Amit Chandpur, one of the artists who performed 'Ragini' at the border said, "We are...

The Indian Youth Congress on Saturday organised a protest against rising inflation, petrol, diesel and gas cylinder prices outside the residence of Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani, in New Delhi. Hundreds of Congress workers gathered...

Nineteen social organisations, women's bodies and farmer groups in Himachal Pradesh on Friday issued a joint statement in solidarity with the three-month-long farmers' agitation in the country.Demanding that the three Central farm laws be repealed, the statement...

With the farmers agitation at Delhi's borders completing more than 90 days, newer strategies are being adopted to keep the movement going. One such strategy by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha was organising the Yuva Kisan Divas (Young Farmer Day) on Friday in which...

It has been three months since the farmers have been protesting against the Union farm laws at the borders of the national capital. Now, a cycle march will be held across the country to intensify the farmers' protest and mobilise the people against the...

The anger of the protesting farmers has started to boil over after three months of the agitation as they are upset with the government and the police over closure of the main roads at Ghazipur border and notices sent to several protesters.Farmer leaders...

Retired Army personnel came out in full support of the protesting farmers at Ghazipur on the Delhi-UP border on Wednesday.IANS spoke to Anurag Lathwal, National Secretary, Veterans Association of India, and he said, "All demands of the farmers are genuine. The...

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday warned the Centre that if the demands on the three controversial laws are not met, then 40 lakh tractors would join the farmers' agitation.While speaking to IANS, Tikait said: "Whenever the need arises, 40...

Farmer leader V.M. Singh, who had withdrawn from the ongoing farmers' agitation last month, has returned to protest against the farm laws under the banner of Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (UPKMM).The new group has come to change the form of the ongoing...

Farmers organised the "Pagdi Sambhal Diwas" on Tuesday at the Delhi borders to register their opposition to the government's three agricultural laws.Wearing colourful turbans, the agitating farmers at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders, celebrated the day...

Bharatiya Kissan Union leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni has clarified his statement about farmers taking police personnel hostage. "The police are not the enemy of farmers but farmers need to resist the manner in which the central government is adopting policies of...

When Naresh Tikait, the national president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, reached the Ghazipur border to meet farmers agitating against the three farm laws on Tuesday, he was given a traditional welcome with drum beats.While talking to IANS, Tikait said, "If...