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In talks with farmers, Centre agrees to put on hold electricity Bill and withdraw some provisions in NCR air quality ordinance; both sides to meet on January 4

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On December 30, after a five-hour-long discussion that marked the seventh round of talks with representatives of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the

Interview: Major Singh Punnawale, AIKS (Punjab)

Major Singh Punnawale: ‘We never asked for these laws’

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Interview with Major Singh Punnawale, general secretary, All India Kisan Sabha (Punjab).

Interview: Satnam Singh Pannu, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee

‘We have only one demand: Repeal the farm laws,’ says Satnam Singh Pannu

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Interview with Satnam Singh Pannu, president, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee.

Farmers' Protests

Hannan Mollah: ‘The poor farmers know they have no other option but to peacefully protest as long as they can’

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Interview with Hannan Mollah, working group member, All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee.

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Farmers' struggle

Farmers' struggle in India offers a lesson in resilience

T.K. Rajalakshmi at Singhu, Ghazipur and Shahjahanpur

A month into the protests, farmers are determined not to yield. And they have alternative media, books, songs and a similar protest in history to keep

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Farmer organisations refute Prime Minister’s comments on Kerala with hard facts and fix December 29 for the seventh round of talks

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On December 26, as the farmers’ agitation against the three farm laws entered its 31st day and the government refused to back down on their demand for

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Armed with facts, unrelenting farmers counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charge that opposition parties are misleading them

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a fresh offensive against opposition parties a day after Vivek Agrawal, Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of

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The number of protesting farmers at the protest points around Delhi swells even as the unions reject another set of eight proposals put forward by the government

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On December 20, Vivek Agrawal, Joint Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry, sent a letter to the farmer organisations inviting them for consultations.

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Protesting farmer leaders send an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urging them not to discredit the farmers’ protest by spreading disinformation and rejecting the ‘assurances’ given by the government

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The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), which represents over 500 farmer organisations, has sent a strongly worded letter to Pr

Farmers reject Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s proposals even as Supreme Court upholds their right to protest

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The protests by farmers under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha entered its 23th day on the borders of Delhi at Singhu, Tikri, Ghazipur, and at

Inderjit Singh: ‘Modi regime the most anti-farmer government we have seen’

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Interview with Inderjit Singh, vice president, All India Kisan Sabha (Haryana).

Interview: Jagmohan Singh, BKU

Jagmohan Singh: ‘This Prime Minister lies like nobody else’

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Interview with Jagmohan Singh, general secretary, Bharatiya Kisan Union, Dakaunda, Punjab.

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The great Indian family

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A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.

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The hungry river

Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.