Haryana Farmers Protest

The key highway, blocked by farmers near Shahbad town in Kurukshetra, may soon be cleared as the government has also relented to the farmers' demand of early purchase of paddy.

Protest demanding early purchase of paddy began Friday morning, stretched into the night, leading to jam near Kurukshetra on key highway that connects Delhi with Chandigarh and Himachal via Haryana

A group of farmers protesting the acquisition of 1,810 acres of land in Haryana's Manesar region on Wednesday sought from the government "permission" for mass suicide, news agency PTI reported.

Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks and blocked roads at several places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's nationwide protest against the centre "reneging on its promises".

Meeting of khaps, farmer unions and student organisations was held to discuss agitation strategy against Agnipath defence recruitment scheme.

Punjabi actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu died Tuesday evening in a road accident in Haryana's Sonipat district.

Traffic slowed down on the Delhi-Sonipat-Karnal National Highway (NH) today as farmers began returning to their home states of Punjab and Haryana in large convoys of tractors and other vehicles, officials said.

Farmers camping at Delhi's Singhu and Tikri borders will take out a victory march today as they return to their villages in Punjab and Haryana after a 15-month agitation that forced the centre to withdraw three contentious farm laws.

State-owned National Highways Authority of India suffered a revenue loss of Rs 2,731.32 crore due to the farmers' protests in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

President Ram Nath Kovind has signed a bill to cancel three controversial farm laws, against which farmers - especially from Haryana, Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh - have been protesting for a year.

After Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the Centre has decriminalised stubble burning, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Haryana) president Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that those are mere words and nothing has been given in writing yet

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that it is not possible to draft a law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers as it would put pressure on the government to buy their produce in case nobody else does.

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday asked farmers' outfits to express gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his announcement to repeal the farm laws.

A Delhi Court today directed police to file a status report on a complaint against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court for allegedly giving provocative speeches to incite violence against protesting farmers.

Haryana Home minister Anil Vij on Friday asked farmers protesting the Centre's farm laws to think over changing their leadership as their current leaders have "failed" to resolve their issues even after almost a year-long agitation.

The key highway, blocked by farmers near Shahbad town in Kurukshetra, may soon be cleared as the government has also relented to the farmers' demand of early purchase of paddy.

Protest demanding early purchase of paddy began Friday morning, stretched into the night, leading to jam near Kurukshetra on key highway that connects Delhi with Chandigarh and Himachal via Haryana

A group of farmers protesting the acquisition of 1,810 acres of land in Haryana's Manesar region on Wednesday sought from the government "permission" for mass suicide, news agency PTI reported.

Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks and blocked roads at several places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's nationwide protest against the centre "reneging on its promises".

Meeting of khaps, farmer unions and student organisations was held to discuss agitation strategy against Agnipath defence recruitment scheme.

Punjabi actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu died Tuesday evening in a road accident in Haryana's Sonipat district.

Traffic slowed down on the Delhi-Sonipat-Karnal National Highway (NH) today as farmers began returning to their home states of Punjab and Haryana in large convoys of tractors and other vehicles, officials said.

Farmers camping at Delhi's Singhu and Tikri borders will take out a victory march today as they return to their villages in Punjab and Haryana after a 15-month agitation that forced the centre to withdraw three contentious farm laws.

State-owned National Highways Authority of India suffered a revenue loss of Rs 2,731.32 crore due to the farmers' protests in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

President Ram Nath Kovind has signed a bill to cancel three controversial farm laws, against which farmers - especially from Haryana, Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh - have been protesting for a year.

After Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the Centre has decriminalised stubble burning, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Haryana) president Gurnam Singh Chaduni said that those are mere words and nothing has been given in writing yet

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that it is not possible to draft a law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers as it would put pressure on the government to buy their produce in case nobody else does.

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday asked farmers' outfits to express gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his announcement to repeal the farm laws.

A Delhi Court today directed police to file a status report on a complaint against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court for allegedly giving provocative speeches to incite violence against protesting farmers.

Haryana Home minister Anil Vij on Friday asked farmers protesting the Centre's farm laws to think over changing their leadership as their current leaders have "failed" to resolve their issues even after almost a year-long agitation.