The Supreme Court on Friday directed the court-appointed high-powered panel to engage with protesting farmers to persuade them to temporarily suspend their agitation or relocate it from highways along the Punjab-Haryana border, while ensuring that the well-being of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered its 18th day, remains a top priority. The court took note of Punjab advocate …
Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks at many places across Punjab as part of a ‘rail roko’ protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price. “There are reports of railway tracks being blocked by farmers in various states of …
The farmers' march to Delhi has been put on hold till February 29, but the agitation continues as unions on Sunday organised seminars at the Khanauri and Shambhu borders connecting Punjab and Haryana to discuss the policies of the World Trade Organisation. The President of Bharti Kisan Union Ekta Sidhupur, Jagajit Singh Dallewal, told India Today TV on Sunday that …
