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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicFarmers agitation

Topic: farmers agitation

Farmers in Sirsa have a message for Modi govt — Get ready for a winter of discontent

From a young girl breaking her gullak to fund the morcha to youth with engineering degrees joining the protest, it’s a different farmers’ movement against Modi govt’s farm laws.

Sunny Deol, action hero MP, is missing in action in Gurdaspur & farmers are booing him

Farm leaders say protesters will sit in a dharna outside his office and will not allow him to enter his constituency of Gurdaspur whenever if he plans to visit.

Rafale to farm bills, Opposition has fought against every decision we’ve taken, Modi says

At inauguration of Namami Gange projects, PM Modi says the nation can see how some people are opposing reforms just for the sake of it.

Is Bollywood victim of witch hunt — Mirror Now, what’s the point of farmer protest — Zee News

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Delhi Police deploys personnel at UP, Haryana borders after protest call by farmers

The development comes after the Bharatiya Kisan Union's Haryana unit announced that it will hold a statewide protest against the Centre's farm bills on Sunday.

BJP-SAD alliance of 23 yrs in trouble as Harsimrat Badal quits Modi cabinet over farmer issue

Harsimrat Badal resigned from Cabinet to protest against the passage of three 'anti-farmer' bills. Of the three bills, one was passed Tuesday, while the others were passed Thursday.

All about the 3 Modi govt ordinances Haryana farmers are protesting against

While govt stated the ordinances will help move towards a more flexible system, the farmers argued that in the garb of the ordinances, govt is trying to do away with the MSP regime.

How angry farmers voted is critical to Modi’s re-election bid

With crop prices depressed & farmers protesting & even committing suicide, Modi’s ability to hold on to these crucial voters is key to his victory

Gandhi’s vision becoming a ‘spectacle’, and the unsafe streets of Lucknow

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Rahul pits farmers against industrialists in Mandsaur – Indira Gandhi 2.0 or dangerous economics?

Experts weigh in on Rahul Gandhi's speech, in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh where he accused the Modi government of waiving Rs. 2.5 lakh crore in loans for top industrialists and not doing anything for the farmers.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.