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/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…
NEW DELHI: Punjab government has written to the Centre, seeking Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan‘s intervention to end the impasse over the ongoing farmers’ protest at Punjab-Haryana border.The letter written by Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian also highlighted the hunger strike by farmer representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday sought to know the Centre’s stand on implementation of the proposal to deliberate on legal guarantee of MSP, mooted nearly a month after the PM in November 2021 announced withdrawal of the contentious farm laws that led to blocking of NH-44 by agitating farmers, mainly from Punjab, for more…
NEW DELHI: Doctors on Thursday described the condition of Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered its 24th day, as critical after he fainted for 8-10 minutes at the Khanauri border protest site. Doctors attending to him warned of risks of cardiac arrest and multi-organ failure.“His life is hanging by a thread,” said…