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BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur

No ‘ghar wapsi’ till farmers’ demands are met: Tikait

8:04 pm February 7, 2021

Charkhi Dadri: Asserting that the agitation against the Centre’s farm laws is a people’s movement that will not fail, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said there will be no ”ghar wapsi” till protesting farmers’ demands are met. Tikait lauded the role of ”khap panchayats” (caste councils) and their leaders in supporting the farmers’ stir. Addressing a […]

Farmers’ ‘chakka’ jam’ protest affects Punjab, Haryana, Raj; Scattered demonstrations in other states

11:02 pm February 6, 2021

New Delhi: Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan blocked highways with tractor-trolleys and squatted on key roads on Saturday, while scattered protests were held in other states during a three-hour ‘chakka jam‘ called by agitating farmer unions which are demanding scrapping of the Centre’s new agri laws. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait declared that their protest on Delhi’s outskirts will continue till October […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Farmers’ ‘chakka’ jam’ protest draws response in Punjab, Haryana, Raj; Scattered demonstrations in other states

8:28 pm February 6, 2021

Chandigarh: Protesters on Saturday blocked several key roads in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, while scattered demonstrations were held in several other states during a three-hour ‘chakka jam’ called by the farmer unions agitating against the Centre’s new farm laws. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait declared that their protest on Delhi’s outskirts will continue till October 2 and an effort will be made […]

‘Chakka jam’ on KMP Expressway: Protest songs, tricolor and polite request to commuters

8:21 pm February 6, 2021

New Delhi: Loud rustic protest songs blared from speakers, the Tricolour fluttered atop trucks and tractors, and commuters mostly waited patiently as farmers blocked the KMP Expressway Saturday as part of their three-hour ‘chakka jam’ to press their demand of repealing the three new agricultural laws. The call for the nationwide ‘chakka jam’ between 12-3 pm was given by […]

Farmers at Ghazipur plant flowers in response to ‘iron nails’

10:49 pm February 5, 2021

Noida: Farmers at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Friday planted flower saplings along a road stretch, saying it was their response to ”iron nails” fixed in the area by the police. Stringent security measures like multi-layered barricading, concertina wires, had come up along with iron nails cemented on roads around the protest site […]