22:43 January 08
Tikri Border gets free WiFi
After Singhu border, the AAP has now started installing Wi-Fi hotspots at Tikri border for protesting farmers, party leader Raghav Chadha said.
The AAP said Wi-Fi connections would help the protesting farmers to keep in touch with their families.
19:55 January 08
Hoping solution will be reached in the next round of talks: Haryana CM
"We are hopeful. If there was no outcome today, maybe a solution will be reached in the next round of talks. If repealing of laws was the only issue, a solution would have been reached, there are several other issues to be addressed," Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah
19:54 January 08
Have discussed 50% of issues with farmer leaders: Agri Min
We will follow whatever direction the Supreme Court will give in the matter. We are still hopeful of having a resolution said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar adding that "We had discussed over 50 per cent of the issues with farmer leaders."
17:52 January 08
Farmers won't relent before the laws are repealed: Rakesh Tikait
Rakesh Tikait, Bharatiya Kisan Union's spokesperson, said Farmers won't relent before the laws are repealed.
"We'll come on 15th again. We're not going anywhere. The govt wanted to talk about amendments. We don't wish to have clause wise discussions. We simply want a repeal of the new farm laws," he added.
17:50 January 08
Either law will be repealed or will continue to fight: AIKS
Hannan Mollah, General Secretary, All India Kisan Sabha said, "There was a heated discussion, we said we don't want anything other than the repeal of laws. We won't go to any Court, this (repeal) will either be done or we'll continue to fight. Our parade on 26th Jan will go on as planned."
17:44 January 08
Discussion on the laws was taken up but no decision could be made: Tomar
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, "Discussion on the laws was taken up but no decision could be made. Govt urged that if farmer unions give an option other than repealing, we'll consider it. But no option could be presented, so the meeting was concluded & it was decided to hold the next meeting on 15th Jan."
"Those supporting the protest are of the view that the laws be repealed & there are many others who support the laws. Govt is continuously talking to the unions who want these laws be repealed. We also give the appointment to those supporting the laws, when they request us," he added.
17:13 January 08
Next round of talks to be held on Jan 15
The meeting just ended without any outcome, next round of talks to be held on January 15.
16:31 January 08
Langar distributed outside Vigyan Bhawan
Langar being distributed outside Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, where the eighth round of talks between the government and farmer leaders is underway.
16:30 January 08
Govt says repeal of farm laws not possible
According to sources, the government said the repeal of three Agri laws is not possible at the eighth round of talks between protesting farmer unions.
14:41 January 08
Union Ministers Tomar, Goyal reach Vigyan Bhawan
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal arrived at Vigyan Bhawan to hold talks with farmer leaders
14:21 January 08
Congress threatens to escalate protest if farmers problems are not resolved.
After meeting with the farmers' unions, Congress has threatened to escalate the protest if no solution is reached in today's talks.
13:18 January 08
We are going for talks with the hope that there will be a resolution today: Rakesh Tikait, Spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union, ahead of 8th round of talks with Centre on the three farm laws
13:18 January 08
I am hopeful that talks will be held in a positive atmosphere and a solution will be found. During discussions, each side has to take steps to reach a solution: Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture Minister ahead of 8th round of talks with the farmers.
13:01 January 08
Farmer leaders from Singhu border leave for Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi for the eighth round of talks with the Government on farm laws
13:00 January 08
Border crossing points to Delhi from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh continued to remain closed for traffic on Friday due to the ongoing farmers’ protest against the three farm laws enacted in September to liberalise the sector.
12:55 January 08
Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sangharsh Samanvaya Samiti joins farmers protest at Ghazipur border
12:49 January 08
Hours before the crucial eighth round of talks between the Centre and protesting farmer unions, Punjab BJP leaders met defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday and discussed the government strategy to resolve the current crisis.
11:33 January 08
The latest round of talks to be held at Vigyan Bhavan at 2 pm on Friday is crucial as the previous meeting on January 4 remained inconclusive. There was some breakthrough in the sixth round of talks on December 30 when the government conceded to two demands of the agitating farmers pertaining to power subsidy and stubble burning. The previous rounds of talks had failed to make any headway.
11:30 January 08
The Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary made an appeal to the agitating farmers to keep the protest march peaceful and emphasised that government was hopeful of a resolution today.
"I would like to appeal to farmers to keep it peaceful. It is their right to protest but there are people, like Communists, who are inciting farmers and don't want peace in the country. Farmers need to be cautious. I expect that tomorrow's meeting will bring some positive news," said Choudhary.
11:23 January 08
Farmers continue to protest for 44 days at Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana) against the Centre's farm laws. "There is no scope of clause-wise talks. The government should hold a meeting to repeal these laws today itself," says Balvinder Singh Raju, a farmer.
09:14 January 08
Standard three girl, Riya from Haryana's Sonipat at Delhi-Haryana border requests PM Modi to repeal farm laws. She reiterated that farmers will go home after the government listened to the demands of protesters and repeal the laws.
09:14 January 08
The ongoing farmers’ agitation against the three contentious agricultural laws entered day 44 on Friday when the eighth round of talks between the government and farm union leaders are scheduled to take place. Meanwhile, the eighth round of talks between the government and farm union leaders will take place at 2 pm today.
06:46 January 08
Farmers' Stir Updates
New Delhi: A day before the eighth round of talks, the government and the farmer unions stuck to their respective positions on Thursday -- the agitating farmers took out tractor rallies to press their demand for rollback of new agri laws and the Centre asserted it is ready to consider any proposal other than their repeal.
As both sides looked for a resolution to the over one-month-long deadlock, rumours about some states being allowed to opt-out of the central laws started doing the rounds, but the agitating unions said they had not received any such proposal from the government.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar too answered in the negative when he was asked by reporters if there was any proposal to give state governments the freedom to implement the new laws.
Tomar, along with Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash, has been leading the government's negotiations with 40 protesting farmer union leaders.
The latest round of talks to be held at Vigyan Bhavan at 2 PM on Friday is crucial as the previous meeting on January 4 remained inconclusive with both sides sticking to their positions. There was some breakthrough in the sixth round of talks on December 30 when the government conceded to two demands of the agitating farmers pertaining to power subsidy and stubble burning. The previous rounds of talks had failed to make any headway.
Farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka, a senior member of the Samkyukt Kisan Morch, said that unions have not received any proposal for allowing some states to opt-out and asserted that they will reject the same if it is sent to them. "I want to make it clear that Samkyukt Kisan Morcha has not received any proposal on allowing states to opt-out of the three farm laws. We will not accept anything less than the repeal of three agriculture laws and a legal guarantee on minimum support price for our crops," Kakka said.
"If it is true (about any such proposal), it is a divide and rule strategy by the government," the farmer leader also said.
The Samkyukt Kisan Morch is an umbrella body of around 40 farmer unions protesting at several Delhi border points for the last 43 days against the new agri laws.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan, who is also a senior member of the Morcha, denied receiving any proposal from the government.
"We have not got anything (any new proposal) from the government," Ugrahan said.
During interaction through Facebook, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, who is actively participating in the ongoing protest against the new farm laws, accused the government of "fuelling such rumours".
"It is being discussed in the media that the government has sent a proposal to farmer unions. We have not received any proposal from the government's side," Yadav said.
Earlier in the day, renowned religious leader Baba Lakha met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, even as the latter denied giving any proposal to the former.
Tomar said that the government is ready to consider any proposal other than the repeal of three farm laws, the key demand of the protesting farmers.
"I cannot say "I cannot say anything right now. In fact, it depends on what issues that will come up for discussion in the meeting," Tomar told reporters when asked about the likely outcome of the January 8 meeting.
Punjab BJP leaders Surjit Kumar Jyani and Harjit Singh Grewal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday.
After the meeting, Jyani told reporters that the farmer unions should not be adamant on their demand for the repeal of the three farm laws.
He also alleged that Left leaders have entered into the movement and do not want the matter to be resolved.
Grewal asserted that the government is ready for everything that is in farmers' interest.
Thousands of farmers on Thursday took out tractor marches from protest sites of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders and Haryana's Rewasan as the agitating unions asserted they would not accept the Centre's offer of amendments to the three farm laws.
According to the protesting farm unions, these marches were a "rehearsal" for their proposed January 26 "Kisan parade" to the national capital from different parts of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
The tractor marches started from four different points -- Singhu to Tikri Border, Tikri to Kundli, Ghazipur to Palwal and Rewasan to Palwal.
The protesting unions claimed the marches were "a grand success".
Enacted in September, the three farm laws have been projected by the Centre as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove the middlemen and allow farmers to sell their products anywhere in the country.
However, the protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that the new laws would pave the way for eliminating the safety cushion of the MSP and do away with the "mandi" (wholesale market) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.
22:43 January 08
Tikri Border gets free WiFi
After Singhu border, the AAP has now started installing Wi-Fi hotspots at Tikri border for protesting farmers, party leader Raghav Chadha said.
The AAP said Wi-Fi connections would help the protesting farmers to keep in touch with their families.
19:55 January 08
Hoping solution will be reached in the next round of talks: Haryana CM
"We are hopeful. If there was no outcome today, maybe a solution will be reached in the next round of talks. If repealing of laws was the only issue, a solution would have been reached, there are several other issues to be addressed," Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah
19:54 January 08
Have discussed 50% of issues with farmer leaders: Agri Min
We will follow whatever direction the Supreme Court will give in the matter. We are still hopeful of having a resolution said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar adding that "We had discussed over 50 per cent of the issues with farmer leaders."
17:52 January 08
Farmers won't relent before the laws are repealed: Rakesh Tikait
Rakesh Tikait, Bharatiya Kisan Union's spokesperson, said Farmers won't relent before the laws are repealed.
"We'll come on 15th again. We're not going anywhere. The govt wanted to talk about amendments. We don't wish to have clause wise discussions. We simply want a repeal of the new farm laws," he added.
17:50 January 08
Either law will be repealed or will continue to fight: AIKS
Hannan Mollah, General Secretary, All India Kisan Sabha said, "There was a heated discussion, we said we don't want anything other than the repeal of laws. We won't go to any Court, this (repeal) will either be done or we'll continue to fight. Our parade on 26th Jan will go on as planned."
17:44 January 08
Discussion on the laws was taken up but no decision could be made: Tomar
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, "Discussion on the laws was taken up but no decision could be made. Govt urged that if farmer unions give an option other than repealing, we'll consider it. But no option could be presented, so the meeting was concluded & it was decided to hold the next meeting on 15th Jan."
"Those supporting the protest are of the view that the laws be repealed & there are many others who support the laws. Govt is continuously talking to the unions who want these laws be repealed. We also give the appointment to those supporting the laws, when they request us," he added.
17:13 January 08
Next round of talks to be held on Jan 15
The meeting just ended without any outcome, next round of talks to be held on January 15.
16:31 January 08
Langar distributed outside Vigyan Bhawan
Langar being distributed outside Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, where the eighth round of talks between the government and farmer leaders is underway.
16:30 January 08
Govt says repeal of farm laws not possible
According to sources, the government said the repeal of three Agri laws is not possible at the eighth round of talks between protesting farmer unions.
14:41 January 08
Union Ministers Tomar, Goyal reach Vigyan Bhawan
Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal arrived at Vigyan Bhawan to hold talks with farmer leaders
14:21 January 08
Congress threatens to escalate protest if farmers problems are not resolved.
After meeting with the farmers' unions, Congress has threatened to escalate the protest if no solution is reached in today's talks.
13:18 January 08
We are going for talks with the hope that there will be a resolution today: Rakesh Tikait, Spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union, ahead of 8th round of talks with Centre on the three farm laws
13:18 January 08
I am hopeful that talks will be held in a positive atmosphere and a solution will be found. During discussions, each side has to take steps to reach a solution: Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture Minister ahead of 8th round of talks with the farmers.
13:01 January 08
Farmer leaders from Singhu border leave for Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi for the eighth round of talks with the Government on farm laws
13:00 January 08
Border crossing points to Delhi from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh continued to remain closed for traffic on Friday due to the ongoing farmers’ protest against the three farm laws enacted in September to liberalise the sector.
12:55 January 08
Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sangharsh Samanvaya Samiti joins farmers protest at Ghazipur border
12:49 January 08
Hours before the crucial eighth round of talks between the Centre and protesting farmer unions, Punjab BJP leaders met defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday and discussed the government strategy to resolve the current crisis.
11:33 January 08
The latest round of talks to be held at Vigyan Bhavan at 2 pm on Friday is crucial as the previous meeting on January 4 remained inconclusive. There was some breakthrough in the sixth round of talks on December 30 when the government conceded to two demands of the agitating farmers pertaining to power subsidy and stubble burning. The previous rounds of talks had failed to make any headway.
11:30 January 08
The Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary made an appeal to the agitating farmers to keep the protest march peaceful and emphasised that government was hopeful of a resolution today.
"I would like to appeal to farmers to keep it peaceful. It is their right to protest but there are people, like Communists, who are inciting farmers and don't want peace in the country. Farmers need to be cautious. I expect that tomorrow's meeting will bring some positive news," said Choudhary.
11:23 January 08
Farmers continue to protest for 44 days at Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana) against the Centre's farm laws. "There is no scope of clause-wise talks. The government should hold a meeting to repeal these laws today itself," says Balvinder Singh Raju, a farmer.
09:14 January 08
Standard three girl, Riya from Haryana's Sonipat at Delhi-Haryana border requests PM Modi to repeal farm laws. She reiterated that farmers will go home after the government listened to the demands of protesters and repeal the laws.
09:14 January 08
The ongoing farmers’ agitation against the three contentious agricultural laws entered day 44 on Friday when the eighth round of talks between the government and farm union leaders are scheduled to take place. Meanwhile, the eighth round of talks between the government and farm union leaders will take place at 2 pm today.
06:46 January 08
Farmers' Stir Updates
New Delhi: A day before the eighth round of talks, the government and the farmer unions stuck to their respective positions on Thursday -- the agitating farmers took out tractor rallies to press their demand for rollback of new agri laws and the Centre asserted it is ready to consider any proposal other than their repeal.
As both sides looked for a resolution to the over one-month-long deadlock, rumours about some states being allowed to opt-out of the central laws started doing the rounds, but the agitating unions said they had not received any such proposal from the government.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar too answered in the negative when he was asked by reporters if there was any proposal to give state governments the freedom to implement the new laws.
Tomar, along with Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash, has been leading the government's negotiations with 40 protesting farmer union leaders.
The latest round of talks to be held at Vigyan Bhavan at 2 PM on Friday is crucial as the previous meeting on January 4 remained inconclusive with both sides sticking to their positions. There was some breakthrough in the sixth round of talks on December 30 when the government conceded to two demands of the agitating farmers pertaining to power subsidy and stubble burning. The previous rounds of talks had failed to make any headway.
Farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka, a senior member of the Samkyukt Kisan Morch, said that unions have not received any proposal for allowing some states to opt-out and asserted that they will reject the same if it is sent to them. "I want to make it clear that Samkyukt Kisan Morcha has not received any proposal on allowing states to opt-out of the three farm laws. We will not accept anything less than the repeal of three agriculture laws and a legal guarantee on minimum support price for our crops," Kakka said.
"If it is true (about any such proposal), it is a divide and rule strategy by the government," the farmer leader also said.
The Samkyukt Kisan Morch is an umbrella body of around 40 farmer unions protesting at several Delhi border points for the last 43 days against the new agri laws.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan, who is also a senior member of the Morcha, denied receiving any proposal from the government.
"We have not got anything (any new proposal) from the government," Ugrahan said.
During interaction through Facebook, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, who is actively participating in the ongoing protest against the new farm laws, accused the government of "fuelling such rumours".
"It is being discussed in the media that the government has sent a proposal to farmer unions. We have not received any proposal from the government's side," Yadav said.
Earlier in the day, renowned religious leader Baba Lakha met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, even as the latter denied giving any proposal to the former.
Tomar said that the government is ready to consider any proposal other than the repeal of three farm laws, the key demand of the protesting farmers.
"I cannot say "I cannot say anything right now. In fact, it depends on what issues that will come up for discussion in the meeting," Tomar told reporters when asked about the likely outcome of the January 8 meeting.
Punjab BJP leaders Surjit Kumar Jyani and Harjit Singh Grewal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday.
After the meeting, Jyani told reporters that the farmer unions should not be adamant on their demand for the repeal of the three farm laws.
He also alleged that Left leaders have entered into the movement and do not want the matter to be resolved.
Grewal asserted that the government is ready for everything that is in farmers' interest.
Thousands of farmers on Thursday took out tractor marches from protest sites of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders and Haryana's Rewasan as the agitating unions asserted they would not accept the Centre's offer of amendments to the three farm laws.
According to the protesting farm unions, these marches were a "rehearsal" for their proposed January 26 "Kisan parade" to the national capital from different parts of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
The tractor marches started from four different points -- Singhu to Tikri Border, Tikri to Kundli, Ghazipur to Palwal and Rewasan to Palwal.
The protesting unions claimed the marches were "a grand success".
Enacted in September, the three farm laws have been projected by the Centre as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove the middlemen and allow farmers to sell their products anywhere in the country.
However, the protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that the new laws would pave the way for eliminating the safety cushion of the MSP and do away with the "mandi" (wholesale market) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.
Please write to us, for media partnership and Ad-sales inquiries. Email: adops@etvbharat.com
