The senior leader and former BJP President also said that remarks made by international entities on this issue were unjustifiable and uncalled for as India never interfered in internal matters of other countries

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi has said in a reply to Congress' leader of Opposition, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that the Parliament will now convene in January 2021 for the Budget session

Farmers protests update: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet farmers in Kutch during his day-long visit to Gujarat on Tuesday

In a letter to the telecom regulator, Jio alleged that \"large number of port out requests, wherein the customers are citing this as the sole reason for porting out of Jio without having any complaints or other issues related to Jio services\"

The 14th All India Sammelan of SJM held virtually on December 13 passed a resolution to ensure remunerative prices to farmers under the law. However, the organisation did not call for repealing the farm legislations

Thousands of farmers will start their 'Delhi Chalo' march with their tractors from Rajasthan's Shahjahanpur through the Jaipur-Delhi Highway at 11 am on Sunday. They say their mothers, sisters and daughters will also join them

The demands being raised on a farmers' platform to release so-called intellectuals and poets clearly demonstrate that the effort to derail farm law improvements is probably in the hands of certain elements who are not good for India, says Goyal

Niramala Sitharaman says MSP has always been generously kept up, and government hashonoured it lot more, both in terms of procurement volumes and prices to farmers

PM Modi, during 93rd annual general meeting of FICCI, says farmers can now sell produce anywhere and have option to now sell products digitally; the aim here is to increase the income of farmers of India, he adds

P Chidambaram, inconspicuously took a dig at NITI Aayog's CEO Amitabh Kant's reported comments on the topic of democracy

NCP chief Sharad Pawar says the farm bills concerned have been passed in a \"hurried\" manner in the Parliament despite the opposition parties calling for a detailed discussion on them

Former India chief economic advisor says new laws will end up serving corporate interests more than farmers. \"Hats off to the sensibility & moral strength of India's farmers,\" says former CEA

The government once again reached out to protesting farmers, urging them to end agitation while the talks are still on. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, along with commerce minister Piyush Goyal, urged farmers to return to negotiations and work with the government. \"It is not right to announce future agitation when talks are happening. The talks are still on. There is no break down. Farmers should express their views during the talks,\" Tomar said while addressing a press conference in New Delhi. The union even threatened of a nationwide blockade if their demands were not met. Watch the video for more details.

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Farmers reject Centre's 3-point draft proposal; call for pan-India protests on Dec 14 Farmer bodies protesting against the contentious farm bills have rejected the proposed amendments Centre suggested on Wednesday. The decision was followed by measures to further intesify the protests against the recently formed agriculture laws. Dissenting farmers, who have been protesting at borders of Delhi for the past 14 days, have said that they will block Delhi-Agra and Delhi-Jaipur highways on Decem...

Farmer bodies protesting against the contentious farm bills have rejected the proposed amendments Centre suggested on Wednesday. The decision was followed by measures to further intensify the protests against the recently formed agriculture laws. Dissenting farmers, who have been protesting at borders of Delhi for the past 14 days, have said that they will block Delhi-Agra and Delhi-Jaipur highways on December 12. Watch the video for more.

Dissenting farmers, who have been protesting at borders of Delhi for the past 14 days, have instead said that they will block Delhi-Agra and Delhi-Jaipur highways on December 12

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Farmers' agitation: The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) issued a statement and said that the government should come forward and resolve the demands of the nation and the farmers

The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) said the government should come forward and resolve their demands in the interest of the nation and farmers