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Rakesh Tikait, farmer rights activist and leader of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K. A general body meeting of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) held in New Delhi on Sunday (July 20, 2025) has warned the Union government against going ahead with the proposed trade agreement with the United States. The…
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Chandigarh: The Centre will hold a meeting with Punjab’s protesting farmers on February 14 in Chandigarh to discuss their demands, a senior official of the Union government said on Saturday evening. The breakthrough came after a delegation of officials from the Union Agriculture Ministry, led by joint secretary Priya Ranjan, met fasting farmer leader Jagjit…
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Chandigarh: Farmers blocked roads at many places across the state on Monday as part of their Punjab bandh call, hamstringing the commuter traffic. A call for a shutdown was given last week by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha over the Centre not accepting the demands of protesting farmers. The bandh will be…
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Farmers have been squatting on rail tracks at many places. Chandigarh: Farmers blocked train routes at several places in Punjab on Wednesday as part of their three-hour ‘Rail Roko’ protest to press the Centre into accepting their various demands, including a legally binding minimum support price for crops. The call for the ‘rail roko’ has…
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Workers weigh and pack paddy bags at a grain market. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amid complaints and protests by farmers’ organisations in Punjab that paddy procurement from the State has been delayed, the Centre said on Saturday (November 9, 2024) that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the State agencies have procured 120.67 lakh…
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A union leader said the demands of the farmers have been neglected for years. New Delhi: Thousands of farmers on Thursday participated in the ‘Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat’ at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan where a resolution was passed to intensify the protest against the Centre’s policies regarding the farming sector and to continue the stir during the…
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Farmers’ protest: Farmers want Centre to give a legal guarantee of MSP for crops New Delhi: Protesting farmers will start marching towards Delhi to press their various demands to the central government today. The announcement has prompted the police to increase security at the Punjab and Haryana borders. The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta…
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