Farners Protest

After the Congress's victory in Punjab municipal elections, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked whether the Modi government still believed that farm laws are popular and only a small section of farmers of Punjab are protesting against them.

Firm on backing the contentious farm laws, the government has offered concessions elsewhere to farmers -- the electricity amendment bill and penal provisions for stubble burning. "Of the four agendas of farmers, two have been agreed upon. Talks will resume on January 4 on the two outstanding issues," said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar a...

The standoff between protesting farmers and police at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border ended last night after the protesters reached an agreement with the government and they were allowed to march to the Kisan Ghat, the memorial of farmer leader and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh.

After the Congress's victory in Punjab municipal elections, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked whether the Modi government still believed that farm laws are popular and only a small section of farmers of Punjab are protesting against them.

Firm on backing the contentious farm laws, the government has offered concessions elsewhere to farmers -- the electricity amendment bill and penal provisions for stubble burning. "Of the four agendas of farmers, two have been agreed upon. Talks will resume on January 4 on the two outstanding issues," said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar a...

The standoff between protesting farmers and police at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border ended last night after the protesters reached an agreement with the government and they were allowed to march to the Kisan Ghat, the memorial of farmer leader and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh.