Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday urged farmers to spare Punjab from their protests against the three central farm laws and advised them to shift their sit-in venues to Delhi’s borders or in Haryana. The Punjab chief minister’s appeal to farmers invited a quick reaction from Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij who dubbed his statement … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has notified one of the three central farm laws and is examining the remaining two, officials said on Tuesday. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020 was notified on November 23, said a senior Delhi government official. “The remaining two laws are under examination by the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar held deliberations over the farmers’ protest against the three central farm laws with BJP president J P Nadda here late on Sunday evening. According to sources, the three leaders met at Nadda’s residence to discuss the issue. Shah … Read more
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has suffered a revenue loss of about Rs 150 crore so far on account of farmers’ protest at toll plazas in Punjab, a senior official said on Thursday. Farmers, who are up in arms against three central farm laws, have been staging sit-ins at toll plazas in Punjab since … Read more