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Published : Dec 6, 2020, 6:34 AM IST

Updated : Dec 6, 2020, 10:54 PM IST

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22:50 December 06

  • देश के किसानों द्वारा पुकारे गए राष्ट्रव्यापी बंद को शिवसेना का समर्थन!
    किसान अन्नदाता हैं,इसलिए उनके प्रति हमारी नैतिक जिम्मेदारी के नाते देश की जनता को भी किसानों के बंद में स्वेच्छा से हिस्सा लेना चाहिए।शिवसेना किसानों की मांगों और 8 दिसंबर के भारत बंद में उनके साथ है
    जय हिंद! pic.twitter.com/lcgVcLEIqJ

    — Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) December 6, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Shiv Sena supports 'Bharat Bandh' called by farmers on December 8, tweets party leader Sanjay Raut.

21:48 December 06

Members of Makkal Needhi Maiam took part in farmers' protest at Singhu border
Members of Makkal Needhi Maiam took part in farmers' protest at Singhu border

A group of members of Makkal Needhi Maiam took part in farmers' protest at Singhu border today.

Mugambika Ratnam, MNM said, "We're standing in solidarity with farmers of Haryana & Punjab. We're here to show the support of farmers from Tamil Nadu. New farm laws should be repealed."

20:45 December 06

London Police in full force giving protection to Indian High Commission while protestors raise slogans against Indian government in support of farmer protests.

20:44 December 06

Uttarakhand farmers bring modified tractor-trolley at the Ghazipur border for protesting old farmers
Uttarakhand farmers bring modified tractor-trolley at the Ghazipur border for protesting old farmers

Delhi: Farmers from Uttarakhand bring a modified tractor-trolley at the Ghazipur border for protesting old farmers. Trolley has got an inverter, AC, beds, mattresses & charging point.

"We've prepared this trolley so that our old farmers can take proper rest," says a farmer.

19:26 December 06

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party supports the call for 'Bharat Bandh by farmers'. The PM should take back the farm laws. We will take a decision on whether RLP will stay in NDA or not after December 8: Hanuman Beniwal, RLP leader and MP from Rajasthan

19:22 December 06

11 political parties have extended support to the Bharat bandh call given by all farmers organisations including AIKSCC on 8th December 2020. The parties include: Congress, DMK, NCP, RJD, SP, CPI (M), CPI, CPI (ML), People's Alliance of Gupkar Declaration, All India Forward Block, Revolutionary Socialist Party.

19:02 December 06

Farmers started a sit-in demonstration at Barkhal Chowk

Farmers started a sit-in demonstration at Barkhal Chowk, amidst heavy police force. Farmer leaders have warned the administration that they will hoist their flag on the Badarpur border.

18:06 December 06

Faridabad Police has stopped farmers' organizations from moving towards Delhi

Faridabad Police has stopped farmers' organizations from moving towards Delhi. The police have stopped the farmers near Barkhal Chowk. The farmers started the journey from Palwal on 3 December. Farmers of Madhya Pradesh are also involved in this journey.

18:03 December 06

Sunny Deol
Sunny Deol

I stand with BJP and farmers; govt always thinks of farmers' betterment: Sunny Deol

17:50 December 06

Real farmers in fields not in agitation says agriculture MoS Kailash Chowdhary

Real farmers in fields not in agitation says agriculture MoS Kailash Chowdhary.

17:22 December 06

I appeal to all to participate in 'Bharat Bandh' on 8th December. 250 farmers from Gujarat will be coming to Delhi. There is a need to strengthen this farmers' movement: Farmer leader Baldev Singh at Singhu border

17:12 December 06

We'll wholeheartedly support the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers: Congress leader Randeep Surjewala

Congress stands united with farmers & their struggles. We'll wholeheartedly support the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers. All our district units instructed already to have dharnas & demonstrations in support of farmers: Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on 8th Dec Bharat Bandh

15:52 December 06

Indian Tourist Transporters Assn (ITTA) & Delhi Goods Transport Assn call for strike on December 8

Indian Tourist Transporters Assn (ITTA) and Delhi Goods Transport Association call for strike on December 8 in solidarity with farmers’ protest in Delhi.

“51 unions decided to support farmers. Farming & transporting are like two sons of a father,” says Satish Sherawat, president of ITTA.

15:52 December 06

will return award, says Vijender Singh

I'd received training in Punjab & had their 'roti'. Today when they're here in cold, I've come as their brother. Other athletes from Haryana wanted to come but they have govt jobs & would've been in trouble. They say they're with farmers: Vijender Singh, boxer & Congress leader

15:51 December 06

Traffic congestion witnessed near Ghazipur industrial area due to farmers protest at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border.

15:12 December 06

Members of Bhartiya Kisan Union Lok Shakti begin march to Delhi

Noida: Members of Bhartiya Kisan Union Lok Shakti begin their march from Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal to Delhi in support of farmers' protest against Centre's farm laws. Security force deployed & barricading done at Kalindi Kunj border from where they're scheduled to enter Delhi

14:41 December 06

Gujarat: Congress workers observe symbolic fast to protest against the farm laws, in Gandhinagar. State Congress working president Hardik Patel also present.

14:22 December 06

K. Kavitha reiterates TRS support for farmers' bandh call 

"We'd opposed the Bills in Parliament, we continue to do so. MSP hasn't been assured in any of these Bills. Also, if mandi structure is dismantled there's no alternative structure in this country, so farmer is insecure. TRS will support the farmers Bandh call", says K Kavitha, TRS MLC

14:21 December 06

Sharad Pawar slams centre

"When Bill was being passed, we'd requested govt that they shouldn't be in a hurry, it should be sent to Select Committee & a discussion is needed, but that didn't happen and the Bill was passed in haste. Now govt is facing problems because of that haste. Farmers from Punjab and Haryana are the main producers of wheat and paddy, and they are protesting. If the situation is not resolved soon, we will see farmers from across the country joining them", says Sharad Pawar, NCP chief.

13:55 December 06

Boxer Vijender Singh joins the farmers' agitation at Singhu border
Boxer Vijender Singh joins the farmers' agitation at Singhu border

Boxer Vijender Singh joins the farmers' agitation at Singhu border

Delhi: If the government doesn't withdraw the black laws, I'll return my Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - the highest sporting honour of the nation, says boxer Vijender Singh.

13:47 December 06

Elderly farmers at Delhi's Gazipur border say will continue protest till issues resolved

Delhi: Elderly farmers from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh who are participating in the ongoing protests at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Gazipur against the three agriculture sector laws said on Sunday that they were neither afraid of Covid-19, nor death and will not end the agitation till their issues are resolved.

13:40 December 06

Bacchu kadu along with hundreds of farmers left for Delhi

Bacchu Kadu leaves for New Delhi

Betul (Madhya Pradesh): Hundreds of farmers, led by Maharashtra Minister of State and farmer leader Bacchu Kadu, left for Delhi from Betul on Sunday morning. These farmers will be involved in the ongoing farmers' movement in Delhi. This team of farmers from Maharashtra reached Betul on Saturday night. They wreathed this statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shivaji this morning. After this, all the farmers left for Delhi.

12:04 December 06

Protest at Singhu Border

Farmers' sit-in protest continues

Delhi: Farmers continue to hold a sit-in protest at Singhu (Haryana-Delhi border) against the Centre's #FarmLaws.

10:10 December 06

Farmers protest against farm laws at Ghazipur border
Farmers protest against farm laws at Ghazipur border

Farmers protest against farm laws at Ghazipur border

Farmers' protest against the farm laws enters Day 9 at Ghazipur border (Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border). Sixth round of talks between farmers and the Central government is scheduled to take place on December 9

10:01 December 06

Kalindi Kunj, Suraj Kund, Badarpur and Aaya Nagar borders are open: Traffic police

Delhi: Kalindi Kunj, Suraj Kund, Badarpur and Aaya Nagar borders are open from both sides for traffic movement: Traffic Police

09:34 December 06

Farmer protests: UPSRTC suspends bus service to Delhi

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has decided to temporarily suspend all its operations to the national capital with immediate effect.

The suspension of services and congestion of other alternate routes is bound to cause inconvenience for passengers from regions close to the national capital.

According to the official spokesman, all pre-bookings of AC buses to the national capital have also been cancelled, and UPSRTC will refund the fare.

The UPSRTC officials said the bus services will resume once the protest ends.

The state transport corporation had been operating at least 60 buses daily to and fro from Agra to Delhi. It had to suspend its services following feedback from the bus drivers.

09:22 December 06

Farmers continue to camp at Delhi-Haryana border in Tikri to protest farm laws

Delhi: Farmers continue to camp at Delhi-Haryana border in Tikri to protest against the farm laws; security personnel remain deployed. Next round of talks between the Centre and farmers will be held on 9th December.

09:05 December 06

Farmers protesting at Singhu
Farmers protesting at Singhu

Farmers continue to protest at Singhu

Delhi: Farmers continue to hold a sit-in protest at Singhu (Haryana-Delhi border) against the Centre's farm laws.

09:01 December 06

Farmers protest enters 11th day

Farmers protest at Burari's Nirankari Samagam Ground against recent farm laws enters 11th day.

07:11 December 06

Bacchu

Modi's bill is anti-farmer: Bacchu Bhau Kadu to ETV Bharat

Betul: Hundreds of farmers of Maharashtra, who are going to join the Kisan movement in Delhi, have entered the border of Betul district on Saturday night. These farmers have camped at the warehouse of Congress MLA Nilaya Daga from Betul, 7 km from Betul city. These hundreds of farmers are being led by the Minister of State for Maharashtra and farmer leader Bacchu Bhau Kadu. In an exclusive conversation with ETV India, Bachu Bhau Kadu said that the Modi government's agricultural bill is anti-farmer and that the government will have to amend this bill. 

06:21 December 06

Elderly farmers at Delhi's Gazipur border say will continue protest till issues resolved

'Ministers assured us of decision on farm laws after discussion with PM'

New Delhi: The meeting between the three ministers of the Central government and representatives of 32 major farmers' organisations will be held on December 9 again as the fifth round of meeting at Vigyan Bhawan didn't reach to any conclusion.

Farmer leaders present in the meeting on Saturday said that the ministers said that decision on the farm laws will be taken after discussing it with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sandeep Gidde of Rashtriya Kisan Majdoor Mahasangh, who came to participate in the meeting from Maharashtra, said when the farmer leaders warned to boycott the meeting if the three laws are not withdrawn, the Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of State Som Prakash said that they will take up the matter to Prime Minister and the cabinet under his chairmanship will take some decision on it.

Gidde said the ministers said a proposal will be made after discussion with PM Modi before December 9 and shared with us in the next meeting.

22:50 December 06

  • देश के किसानों द्वारा पुकारे गए राष्ट्रव्यापी बंद को शिवसेना का समर्थन!
    किसान अन्नदाता हैं,इसलिए उनके प्रति हमारी नैतिक जिम्मेदारी के नाते देश की जनता को भी किसानों के बंद में स्वेच्छा से हिस्सा लेना चाहिए।शिवसेना किसानों की मांगों और 8 दिसंबर के भारत बंद में उनके साथ है
    जय हिंद! pic.twitter.com/lcgVcLEIqJ

    — Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) December 6, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Shiv Sena supports 'Bharat Bandh' called by farmers on December 8, tweets party leader Sanjay Raut.

21:48 December 06

Members of Makkal Needhi Maiam took part in farmers' protest at Singhu border
Members of Makkal Needhi Maiam took part in farmers' protest at Singhu border

A group of members of Makkal Needhi Maiam took part in farmers' protest at Singhu border today.

Mugambika Ratnam, MNM said, "We're standing in solidarity with farmers of Haryana & Punjab. We're here to show the support of farmers from Tamil Nadu. New farm laws should be repealed."

20:45 December 06

London Police in full force giving protection to Indian High Commission while protestors raise slogans against Indian government in support of farmer protests.

20:44 December 06

Uttarakhand farmers bring modified tractor-trolley at the Ghazipur border for protesting old farmers
Uttarakhand farmers bring modified tractor-trolley at the Ghazipur border for protesting old farmers

Delhi: Farmers from Uttarakhand bring a modified tractor-trolley at the Ghazipur border for protesting old farmers. Trolley has got an inverter, AC, beds, mattresses & charging point.

"We've prepared this trolley so that our old farmers can take proper rest," says a farmer.

19:26 December 06

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party supports the call for 'Bharat Bandh by farmers'. The PM should take back the farm laws. We will take a decision on whether RLP will stay in NDA or not after December 8: Hanuman Beniwal, RLP leader and MP from Rajasthan

19:22 December 06

11 political parties have extended support to the Bharat bandh call given by all farmers organisations including AIKSCC on 8th December 2020. The parties include: Congress, DMK, NCP, RJD, SP, CPI (M), CPI, CPI (ML), People's Alliance of Gupkar Declaration, All India Forward Block, Revolutionary Socialist Party.

19:02 December 06

Farmers started a sit-in demonstration at Barkhal Chowk

Farmers started a sit-in demonstration at Barkhal Chowk, amidst heavy police force. Farmer leaders have warned the administration that they will hoist their flag on the Badarpur border.

18:06 December 06

Faridabad Police has stopped farmers' organizations from moving towards Delhi

Faridabad Police has stopped farmers' organizations from moving towards Delhi. The police have stopped the farmers near Barkhal Chowk. The farmers started the journey from Palwal on 3 December. Farmers of Madhya Pradesh are also involved in this journey.

18:03 December 06

Sunny Deol
Sunny Deol

I stand with BJP and farmers; govt always thinks of farmers' betterment: Sunny Deol

17:50 December 06

Real farmers in fields not in agitation says agriculture MoS Kailash Chowdhary

Real farmers in fields not in agitation says agriculture MoS Kailash Chowdhary.

17:22 December 06

I appeal to all to participate in 'Bharat Bandh' on 8th December. 250 farmers from Gujarat will be coming to Delhi. There is a need to strengthen this farmers' movement: Farmer leader Baldev Singh at Singhu border

17:12 December 06

We'll wholeheartedly support the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers: Congress leader Randeep Surjewala

Congress stands united with farmers & their struggles. We'll wholeheartedly support the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers. All our district units instructed already to have dharnas & demonstrations in support of farmers: Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on 8th Dec Bharat Bandh

15:52 December 06

Indian Tourist Transporters Assn (ITTA) & Delhi Goods Transport Assn call for strike on December 8

Indian Tourist Transporters Assn (ITTA) and Delhi Goods Transport Association call for strike on December 8 in solidarity with farmers’ protest in Delhi.

“51 unions decided to support farmers. Farming & transporting are like two sons of a father,” says Satish Sherawat, president of ITTA.

15:52 December 06

will return award, says Vijender Singh

I'd received training in Punjab & had their 'roti'. Today when they're here in cold, I've come as their brother. Other athletes from Haryana wanted to come but they have govt jobs & would've been in trouble. They say they're with farmers: Vijender Singh, boxer & Congress leader

15:51 December 06

Traffic congestion witnessed near Ghazipur industrial area due to farmers protest at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (Delhi-UP) border.

15:12 December 06

Members of Bhartiya Kisan Union Lok Shakti begin march to Delhi

Noida: Members of Bhartiya Kisan Union Lok Shakti begin their march from Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal to Delhi in support of farmers' protest against Centre's farm laws. Security force deployed & barricading done at Kalindi Kunj border from where they're scheduled to enter Delhi

14:41 December 06

Gujarat: Congress workers observe symbolic fast to protest against the farm laws, in Gandhinagar. State Congress working president Hardik Patel also present.

14:22 December 06

K. Kavitha reiterates TRS support for farmers' bandh call 

"We'd opposed the Bills in Parliament, we continue to do so. MSP hasn't been assured in any of these Bills. Also, if mandi structure is dismantled there's no alternative structure in this country, so farmer is insecure. TRS will support the farmers Bandh call", says K Kavitha, TRS MLC

14:21 December 06

Sharad Pawar slams centre

"When Bill was being passed, we'd requested govt that they shouldn't be in a hurry, it should be sent to Select Committee & a discussion is needed, but that didn't happen and the Bill was passed in haste. Now govt is facing problems because of that haste. Farmers from Punjab and Haryana are the main producers of wheat and paddy, and they are protesting. If the situation is not resolved soon, we will see farmers from across the country joining them", says Sharad Pawar, NCP chief.

13:55 December 06

Boxer Vijender Singh joins the farmers' agitation at Singhu border
Boxer Vijender Singh joins the farmers' agitation at Singhu border

Boxer Vijender Singh joins the farmers' agitation at Singhu border

Delhi: If the government doesn't withdraw the black laws, I'll return my Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - the highest sporting honour of the nation, says boxer Vijender Singh.

13:47 December 06

Elderly farmers at Delhi's Gazipur border say will continue protest till issues resolved

Delhi: Elderly farmers from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh who are participating in the ongoing protests at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Gazipur against the three agriculture sector laws said on Sunday that they were neither afraid of Covid-19, nor death and will not end the agitation till their issues are resolved.

13:40 December 06

Bacchu kadu along with hundreds of farmers left for Delhi

Bacchu Kadu leaves for New Delhi

Betul (Madhya Pradesh): Hundreds of farmers, led by Maharashtra Minister of State and farmer leader Bacchu Kadu, left for Delhi from Betul on Sunday morning. These farmers will be involved in the ongoing farmers' movement in Delhi. This team of farmers from Maharashtra reached Betul on Saturday night. They wreathed this statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shivaji this morning. After this, all the farmers left for Delhi.

12:04 December 06

Protest at Singhu Border

Farmers' sit-in protest continues

Delhi: Farmers continue to hold a sit-in protest at Singhu (Haryana-Delhi border) against the Centre's #FarmLaws.

10:10 December 06

Farmers protest against farm laws at Ghazipur border
Farmers protest against farm laws at Ghazipur border

Farmers protest against farm laws at Ghazipur border

Farmers' protest against the farm laws enters Day 9 at Ghazipur border (Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border). Sixth round of talks between farmers and the Central government is scheduled to take place on December 9

10:01 December 06

Kalindi Kunj, Suraj Kund, Badarpur and Aaya Nagar borders are open: Traffic police

Delhi: Kalindi Kunj, Suraj Kund, Badarpur and Aaya Nagar borders are open from both sides for traffic movement: Traffic Police

09:34 December 06

Farmer protests: UPSRTC suspends bus service to Delhi

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has decided to temporarily suspend all its operations to the national capital with immediate effect.

The suspension of services and congestion of other alternate routes is bound to cause inconvenience for passengers from regions close to the national capital.

According to the official spokesman, all pre-bookings of AC buses to the national capital have also been cancelled, and UPSRTC will refund the fare.

The UPSRTC officials said the bus services will resume once the protest ends.

The state transport corporation had been operating at least 60 buses daily to and fro from Agra to Delhi. It had to suspend its services following feedback from the bus drivers.

09:22 December 06

Farmers continue to camp at Delhi-Haryana border in Tikri to protest farm laws

Delhi: Farmers continue to camp at Delhi-Haryana border in Tikri to protest against the farm laws; security personnel remain deployed. Next round of talks between the Centre and farmers will be held on 9th December.

09:05 December 06

Farmers protesting at Singhu
Farmers protesting at Singhu

Farmers continue to protest at Singhu

Delhi: Farmers continue to hold a sit-in protest at Singhu (Haryana-Delhi border) against the Centre's farm laws.

09:01 December 06

Farmers protest enters 11th day

Farmers protest at Burari's Nirankari Samagam Ground against recent farm laws enters 11th day.

07:11 December 06

Bacchu

Modi's bill is anti-farmer: Bacchu Bhau Kadu to ETV Bharat

Betul: Hundreds of farmers of Maharashtra, who are going to join the Kisan movement in Delhi, have entered the border of Betul district on Saturday night. These farmers have camped at the warehouse of Congress MLA Nilaya Daga from Betul, 7 km from Betul city. These hundreds of farmers are being led by the Minister of State for Maharashtra and farmer leader Bacchu Bhau Kadu. In an exclusive conversation with ETV India, Bachu Bhau Kadu said that the Modi government's agricultural bill is anti-farmer and that the government will have to amend this bill. 

06:21 December 06

Elderly farmers at Delhi's Gazipur border say will continue protest till issues resolved

'Ministers assured us of decision on farm laws after discussion with PM'

New Delhi: The meeting between the three ministers of the Central government and representatives of 32 major farmers' organisations will be held on December 9 again as the fifth round of meeting at Vigyan Bhawan didn't reach to any conclusion.

Farmer leaders present in the meeting on Saturday said that the ministers said that decision on the farm laws will be taken after discussing it with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sandeep Gidde of Rashtriya Kisan Majdoor Mahasangh, who came to participate in the meeting from Maharashtra, said when the farmer leaders warned to boycott the meeting if the three laws are not withdrawn, the Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of State Som Prakash said that they will take up the matter to Prime Minister and the cabinet under his chairmanship will take some decision on it.

Gidde said the ministers said a proposal will be made after discussion with PM Modi before December 9 and shared with us in the next meeting.

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