The jute industry is pinning its hopes on the upcoming Expert Committee on Jute (ECJ) meeting, scheduled for June 3 in Kolkata, as it grapples with high raw jute prices, delayed crop arrivals, and tight supply conditions.The ECJ, under the Ministry of Textiles, will review the raw jute and mesta supply-demand situation for 2024–25 and…
Centre to continue dialogue with farmers despite clearance of road blockades NEW DELHI: Indicating that it will continue to engage with farmers, the Centre said its scheduled next round of talks on May 4 will be held despite detention of farm leaders and clearance of blockades at Shambhu and Khanauri borders.“It is learned that the…
BATHINDA/PATIALA: Punjab Police on Wednesday detained fasting farmer activist Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha head Sarvan Singh Pandher as well as other prominent agitators in Mohali when they were returning after attending a meeting with a central govt delegation in Chandigarh and also evicted protesting farmers from the Shambhu and Khanauri borders.The evictions…
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal NEW DELHI: Punjab farmer-activist Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death since months at the Khanauri border point to press the Centre to accept the agitating farmers’ demands, arrived in ambulance for meeting with Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the seventh round of talks. In the…
Potti Sriramulu and Jagjit Singh Dallewal (R) NEW DELHI: Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike since November 26 of last year, is not the first to resort to such an extreme form of protest. Sikh leaders in post-Independence India have a long history of undertaking prolonged fasts for various…
NEW DELHI: A group of 121 farmers, who had been on an indefinite hunger strike at the Khanauri protest site in support of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, ended their fast-onto-death on Sunday after he accepted medical assistance. The farmers ended their fast by sipping juice in the presence of deputy inspector general of police…
A flicker of hope emerged at the Khanauri and Shambhu border points on Saturday as the central government extended a proposal to protesting farmers, sparking anticipation of a breakthrough in their year-long standoff. Farmer leader Kaka Singh Kotra confirmed receiving the proposal, saying, “Leaders of both forums are discussing it, and we will respond soon.”…
NEW DELHI: Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal entered 50th day of indefinite fast on Tuesday pressing for legal guarantee to minimum support price for crops.Since November 26 last year, Dallewal, who serves as the convener of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), has been observing hunger strike at the Khanauri border between Punjab and Haryana. He…
NEW DELHI: Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been fasting for 48 days, wrote a letter to various religious leaders, requesting them to ask the Central government to fulfil farmers’ demands, legal guarantee to minimum support price for crops. Since November 26 last year, Dallewal, who serves as the convener of the Samyukta Kisan…
Bathinda/Hisar: Farmer union representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal, on 40th day of his indefinite fast, called for a nationwide mobilisation of farmers to ensure their demands, including legal right of minimum support price (MSP) on crops as per C2+50% formula, are met.Addressing a kisan mahapanchayat at Khanauri on Punjab-Haryana border, Dallewal said it was not his…