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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicFarmer protests

Topic: Farmer protests

Before suicide at Singhu Border, Baba Ram Singh wrote BJP & RSS ‘trying to finish Sikh race’

The letter, mentioned in the one-page suicide note found alongside his body, was found at the Nanaksar gurdwara in Karnal that Baba Ram Singh headed.

10 senior economists write to Modi govt, demand repeal of ‘fundamentally harmful’ farm laws

The economists, from institutions in different parts of India, have given Agriculture Minister N.S. Tomar five reasons why the new laws should be scrapped.

How Baba Ram Singh’s ‘death with bullet’ at farmers protest echoes his predecessor’s in 1982

Baba Ram Singh allegedly shot himself at the farmer protests at Singhu Border. However, mystery over the weapon remains with police yet to recover it.

Supreme Court asks govt to consider putting farm laws on hold ‘to enable negotiations’

A bench led by CJI Bobde refused to order eviction of farmers from the Delhi borders, where they have been camping since last week of November, without hearing them.

VM Singh — UP crorepati farmer leader targeted by BJP is Maneka Gandhi’s cousin

V.M. Singh was removed as national convenor of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee by farmers after offering to hold separate talks with govt for special law on MSP. 

Sikh preacher, ‘pained’ by farmers plight, ‘kills himself’ at protest site at Delhi border

Sant Baba Ram Singh shoots himself at Singhu border. In suicide note, he accuses govt of oppression. Over 20 farmers have died either at Delhi borders or enroute to the protest.

Farmers formally reject Modi govt’s proposal to amend farm laws, demand total repeal

The central government, on 9 December, had sent a written proposal to the farmers offering amendments to the three farm laws.

BKU (Ugrahan) — the outlier kisan union that the farmers’ protest cannot do without

BKU (Ugrahan) stirred up a row after demanding release of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & others, but its leadership remains defiant about it, says what they did was integral to the protests.

Amit Shah ‘ready to offer more amendments’ to farm laws, next date of talks soon

BJP leaders claim farmers are ‘changing goalposts’ with their demands, making it difficult for the government to end the deadlock.

Farmers gathered near Delhi being misled as part of conspiracy, says PM Modi

PM Modi hit out at the Opposition parties accusing them of being in favour of these farm sector reforms when in power but spreading falsehood and misleading farmers now.

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?