SC would also hear on Monday a plea of the central government, filed though the Delhi Police, seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor march or any other kind of protest by farmers \"which seeks to disrupt the gathering and celebrations\" of Republic Day

Farmers' protest: The Bhartiya Kisan Union Lokshakti said the principle of natural justice is going to be violated as those appointed to the four-member committee have already supported these laws

Farmers' protest: The three-judge bench of CJI SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian pronounced the order. The bench said that the steps taken by the Centre to break the impasse have not yielded desired results

The Monday hearing on the pleas by a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde assumes significance as the Centre and the farmer leaders are scheduled to hold their next meeting on January 15

The government has issued an e-booklet in English and Hindi highlighting the success stories of farmers who have benefited from the reforms enacted in September

Tomar, in an eight-page open letter to farmers, said the Modi government is committed to the welfare of farmers and stressed that the new agri laws are aimed at benefiting small and marginal farmers

Hundreds of workers have been arrested or detained by police, and the Karnataka government has condemned the violence, vowing to take the 'strictest action' against the wrongdoers

The majority of farmers believes the news laws could pave the way for some of India's leading corporations to enter the Indian agriculture trade, leaders said

General Secretary, Hind Mazdoor Sabha Harbhajan Singh Sidhu told that the joint forum would extend moral support to the farmers' agitation but would not go on strike because a notice is required to be served for the purpose

Top-down reforms since the demonetisation of 2016 have already derailed the economy and brought misery to millions, yet the great zeal to do more of the same amidst protests from several segments of population demonstrate that the intent is far from public welfare

Farmers' protest in Delhi: It has been five days since thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and other states started a protest march against three controversial farm laws which received the President's nod in the Monsoon session of Parliament

Several thousand farmers from Punjab and Haryana have started reaching the borders of Delhi since this morning. It had resulted in skirmishes on the border after police started using water cannons and tear-gas on farmer groups

Several banks have urged customers to use digital channels and ATM services to carry out normal banking activities; AIBEA says 75% workers will be left with no legal protection if new labour codes come into force

With this, most of industrial, banking activities and road movements will be hampered. A joint platform of ten central unions says all preparations have been done as more than 25 crore workers are expected to participate in strike 

Stocks to watch today on November 26: Future Retail, DHFL, Siemens, AstraZeneca Pharma, Ashok Leyland, Laurus Labs among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Thursday's trading session

The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) also announced its decision to participate; strike notice has been issued in most parts of the country by associations of government employees in the public sector, as well as the independent sectoral federations.

Bank strike on November 26: The AIBEA, which has four lakh bank employees from several public and old private sector banks and few foreign banks as its members, represents majority of the banks except State Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank

Four trade unions of Coal India will hold one-day strike on November 26 against the commercial mining of coal

India was suffering from a twin problem of workers not having any social security because of the country's labour laws and companies not wanting to hire more workers for fear of the same laws that disincentivised labour-intensive production, said the PM

With notification of UT of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Third Order, 2020, twelve state laws have been repealed as a whole out of the 26 others adapted with changes and substitutes