Punjab: Farmers to hold 'chakka jam' in 4 locations over demands,including paddy procurementFarmers in Punjab started a sit-down protest in Kapurthala demanding timely paddy procurement. Organised by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Krantika...
26 Oct, 2024, 11.32 AM IST
Palpable anger among farmers against BJP as Punjab heads to pollsThe anger against the Modi government is now spilling into elections as all the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies of Punjab vote in the last phas...
31 May, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
Haryana farmers hold mahapanchayat, disrupt traffic on Delhi-Chandigarh highwayA large number of farmers gathered at Pipli in this district on Monday to attend a mahapanchayat being held to press for minimum support pr...
14 Jun, 2023, 03.51 PM IST
BKU thanks Punjab CM for support, but says won't share stage with political parties"First and foremost, this is not a protest run by any political party or the opposition. It is a farmers' movement against the three new an...
24 Sep, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
6 companies of PAC, 2 companies of RAF to be deployed for 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in UP on SundayBharatiya Kisan Union general secretary and member of Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the anti-agriculture law...
04 Sep, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait to join 7 'mahapanchayats' in 3 states starting February 14These farmers' meetings, which will culminate on February 23, are part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's outreach programme, BKU's media in-ch...
12 Feb, 2021, 05.04 PM IST
Farm laws: Petitioner seeks to implead over 40 protesting farmer unions as party in SCLaw student Rishabh Sharma, one of the petitioners in the case, has now filed an amended memo of parties in the top court in which he has i...
23 Dec, 2020, 07.54 PM IST
Stop holding parallel talks with other farmer bodies: Protesting farmer unions to CentreIn a letter to Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Joint Secretary Vivek Aggarwal, the Morcha said the Centre should also stop "defaming...
16 Dec, 2020, 11.54 AM IST
Bharatiya Kisan Union challenges new farm laws in Supreme CourtBKU president Bhanu Pratap Singh alleged that the laws would lead to commercialisation and cartelisation in agriculture, affecting the coun...
11 Dec, 2020, 11.15 PM IST
Key Delhi-Noida Link Road via Chilla closed due to farmers' stirDeputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Ganesh Saha said, "The closure of the route is not official and we are assessing the situation." Th...
05 Dec, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
Farmers begin protest in Punjab, Haryana over contentious farm billsAs many as 31 farmer organisations, under ageis of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) have joined hands for the complete shutdown of Punjab.
25 Sep, 2020, 11.19 AM IST
Farmers’ groups split over HTbt cotton cultivationThe agriculture ministry, however, has reiterated that it is not looking to review its decision of banning HTBt cotton as of now.
17 Jul, 2019, 05.34 PM IST
Bharatiya Kisan Union position not in line with ours, says Kisan SanghBKS president Prabhakar Kelkar said BKU demands for a pension and blanket debt waiver were unrealistic.
03 Oct, 2018, 09.57 AM IST
Bharatiya Kisan Union to hold stir in Delhi against land ordinanceBKU's president Naresh Tikait appealed to farmers to fight unitedly against the anti-farmer measure and called for its withdrawal.
03 Feb, 2015, 12.34 PM IST
- Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Krishanpal arrested on charges of black marketing; expelled
According to national spokesperson of the union, Rakesh Tikait, Krishanpal was arrested after his involvement was found in black marketing ...
01 Feb, 2015, 01.14 PM IST
Kisan Union criticizes Haryana's Government's ban on UP paddyThe members criticized the decision which ban the purchase of paddy crops from UP farmers and was being sold in Haryana.
03 Dec, 2014, 03.18 PM IST
Paddy sowing: Farmers face labour shortage in PunjabAs paddy sowing is in full swing in Punjab, farmers of numerous villages here have been hit hard by shortage of labourers.
14 Jun, 2013, 01.55 PM IST