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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicFarmer's protest

Topic: farmer's protest

Heads of farmer unions to go on hunger strike Monday against agricultural laws

The hunger strike between 8 am to 5 pm on Monday is part of the farmers' plan to intensify their agitation from 14 December.

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar meets Amit Shah as farmers protest enters day 17

Tomar was accompanied by Union minister Som Parkash, both of whom along with their ministerial colleague Piyush Goyal, had led the government's negotiations with the protesting farmers.

‘Christmas gifts’ for Rahul Gandhi & how to spot a ‘Leftist’

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

Singhu border shouldn’t become Shaheen Bagh, says Zee News, Ravish on Khalistanis at protests

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

Indian farmers want parity, not charity. Modi govt would do well to not teach them agriculture

The Indian farm laws are as convoluted and ill-advised as the notebandi.

Shops, commercial establishments remain shut in Punjab as farmers observe Bharat Bandh

In neighbouring BJP-JJP ruled Haryana, opposition parties Congress and Indian National Lok Dal have extended their support to the 'Bharat Bandh'.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar set to meet President Kovind on 9 December over farmers’ protest

Pawar, former Union agriculture minister, will apprise President of the situation in the country in the backdrop of the farmers’ agitation outside Delhi.

Congress, TRS express support for farmers’ Bharat Bandh call on 8 December

Congress says govt didn't take farmers into confidence on agri laws, while TRS says it had opposed them in Parliament because they harm farmers' interests.

4 lessons that Modi govt and Twitter warriors should take from the farmers’ protest

Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and UP know that the wheat-rice cycle cannot continue forever. Anxiety over MSP is its result.

In 20 yrs, farmers featured in just around 5% of BJP and Congress’ Lok Sabha questions

Every Indian political party says it stands for farmers. But look at Parliament data — they rarely do.

On Camera

Modi’s ‘Make in India’—a case study in what happens when strategy is replaced by storytelling

From day one, Make in India was driven by optics than economics. There were global summits, slick visuals, and media blitzes. But the real machinery never showed up.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.