BUDGET TODAY, ALL EYES ON BOOSTER SHOT TO REVIVE ECONOMY Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the financial year 2021-22. As India emerges from the Covid crisis, the ninth Budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to f
FARMERS HANG ON AMIDST INCREASED TENSION AT PROTEST SITES The Delhi Police have arrested 44 people at Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana, the epicentre of the two-month long farmers' protest against three central laws.
PROTESTORS THINNING AS SECURITY TIGHTENED, LOCALS PUT PRESSURE ON FARMERS After the violence that rocked the Capital on Republic Day, it may be an uphill task for farm leaders to keep the agitation against the Centre's farm laws on course as the first signs of resistance to their sit-ins
FARMERS UNIONS CALL OFF PARLIAMENT MARCH, ALLEGE PLOT TO BREAK THEM Its negotiators with the government named in Republic Day violence FIRs and under pressure following cracks within over the direction of the protest, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella organisation of farmer unions
PM MEETS FARMERS, IN GUJRAT Prime Minister Narendra Modi met farmers on Tuesday, in Gujarat, where he declared that the new farm laws have the support of "almost the entire country". "These days, in Delhi's vicinity, there is a conspiracy under way to mislead the farmers)," Modi said.
FARMERS' LEADERS UP THE ANTE WITH DAYLONG HUNGER STRIKE Intensifying their agitation against the Centre's controversial agriculture laws, leaders of around 32 farmer unions observed a day-long hunger strike at Delhi's Singhu border Monday. The hunger strike began at 8 am and ended at 5 p
FARMERSÂ’ PROTEST: HEADS OF ALL FARMER UNIONS ON HUNGER STRIKE TODAY Amid the deadlock between farmers and the Centre, farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni Sunday announced that the heads of all farmer unions will observe a one-day hunger strike on Monday. The hunger strike, between 8 am to
PM MODI PERFORMS BHUMI-PUJAN FOR NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING Putting his own stamp on the Government's showpiece Central Vista redevelopment project, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building on Thursday and said that it will fulfil the country's a
CENTRE CONCEDES MOST DEMANDS BUT FARMERS WANT THE NEW LAWS REPEALED The Centre Wednesday offered significant concessions, ranging from a written assurance on continuation of minimum support price (MSP)-based procurement and ensuring parity in transactions inside and outside existing Agric
FARM TALKS WITH AMIT SHAH FAILS TO RESOLVE STANDOFF On a day when the Bharat Bandh called by farmer unions saw a mixed response across the country, Home Minister Amit Shah stepped in to resolve the crisis on Tuesday as he met a delegation of 13 farmer leaders, but could not break the dea
