Farm Protests In North India

A local club in north Kolkata is celebrating the Durga Puja by honouring the struggle of farmers protesting against the farm laws for nearly a year while criticising the violence in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri that left eight dead, including four farmers.

The three-hour nationwide "chakka jam" -- blockade of national and state highways -- by farmers was held amid a high alert in Delhi on Saturday. Highways across north India, including the Eastern Peripheral Expressway around Delhi, were blocked by farmers protesting against the centre's three farm laws passed in September. In Bengaluru, 30 people ...

India's agitating farmers show no signs of fading away. Angry cultivators have been camped on the doorstep of Delhi for weeks through north India's bitingly cold winter. They have shown a talent for staying in the headlines as well, with attention-grabbing stunts such as staging a tractor convoy to rival India's official Republic Day parade.

Coming forward in support of protesting farmers, transporters' top body All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has threatened to halt operations in northern India from December 8 if the government fails to address concerns of the farming community.

Independent MLA from Dadri assembly constituency Sombir Sangwan on Tuesday withdrew his support to the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, dubbing it "anti-farmer".

Shouting slogans, singing songs and carrying flags in reds, greens and blues, about 400 farmers from various groups and states on Satuuday gathered at north Delhi''s Burari ground where the government had allowed them to hold a peaceful protest against the new farm laws.

A large number of farmers are still camping around the Delhi border despite a ground being allocated to them in the capital's outskirts to hold their protest against the farm laws that they want repealed. The protesters - who have braved tear gas, water cannons and lathi-charge during their agitation - have said they have enough essentials to conti...

A local club in north Kolkata is celebrating the Durga Puja by honouring the struggle of farmers protesting against the farm laws for nearly a year while criticising the violence in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri that left eight dead, including four farmers.

The three-hour nationwide "chakka jam" -- blockade of national and state highways -- by farmers was held amid a high alert in Delhi on Saturday. Highways across north India, including the Eastern Peripheral Expressway around Delhi, were blocked by farmers protesting against the centre's three farm laws passed in September. In Bengaluru, 30 people ...

India's agitating farmers show no signs of fading away. Angry cultivators have been camped on the doorstep of Delhi for weeks through north India's bitingly cold winter. They have shown a talent for staying in the headlines as well, with attention-grabbing stunts such as staging a tractor convoy to rival India's official Republic Day parade.

Coming forward in support of protesting farmers, transporters' top body All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has threatened to halt operations in northern India from December 8 if the government fails to address concerns of the farming community.

Independent MLA from Dadri assembly constituency Sombir Sangwan on Tuesday withdrew his support to the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, dubbing it "anti-farmer".

Shouting slogans, singing songs and carrying flags in reds, greens and blues, about 400 farmers from various groups and states on Satuuday gathered at north Delhi''s Burari ground where the government had allowed them to hold a peaceful protest against the new farm laws.

A large number of farmers are still camping around the Delhi border despite a ground being allocated to them in the capital's outskirts to hold their protest against the farm laws that they want repealed. The protesters - who have braved tear gas, water cannons and lathi-charge during their agitation - have said they have enough essentials to conti...