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Punjab-Haryana water dispute being politicised: Ugrahan

Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) head Joginder Singh Ugrahan accuses both the Centre and Punjab governments of exploiting the issue for political benefit and misrepresenting the facts

Joginder Singh Ugrahan (centre). (ANI file)

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Published on May 07, 2025 08:38 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Sangrur

Farmer leader Dallewal under house arrest in Faridkot ahead of dharna in Shambhu

Several key farmer activists in various districts of Punjab are being held by the police to prevent any law-and-order situation.

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dhallewal on March 19, 2025, during his protest. (Keshav Singh/ HT Photo)

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Updated on May 05, 2025 11:05 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Rakesh Tikait ‘manhandled’ during protest against Pahalgam attack

As people pushed one another, Tikait’s headgear fell. All reports claiming that the farmer leader was attacked are wrong, said police

The unrest began after farmer leader Rakesh Tikait arrived at the rally held in protest against the Pahalgam incident at Town Hall ground in Muzaffarnagar on May 2. (Sourced)

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Published on May 03, 2025 05:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Meerut

Adarsh School row: BKU plans black flag protest against state govt in Mansa

The decision follows a state-level meeting of the union in Barnala, which was chaired by Joginder Singh Ugrahan, state president of BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan)

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) has announced a protest rally in Mansa against the Punjab government on April 24. (HT File)

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Published on Apr 24, 2025 09:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Sangrur

Ludhiana: ‘Betrayal’ has left deep scar, says Lakhowal

Lakhowal claimed that the entire operation was linked to the upcoming bypoll in Ludhiana West and said that the AAP government, acting under pressure, removed their protest site just to win one seat

Farmer unions raising slogans against the state government during the protest outside the DC office in Ludhiana on Friday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Published on Mar 29, 2025 05:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Punjab: SKM, Ugrahan group refuse talks with govt; March 26 stir postponed

In a video message, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan says there is no guarantee that those invited for talks with the state government won’t be arrested

Vehicles on the national highway 52 at Khanauri after the protesters were evicted. (HT photo)

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Published on Mar 22, 2025 09:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) refuses to attend meeting called by Punjab govt today

Farm union leader Joginder Singh Ugrahan terms attending meeting ‘untenable’, citing detention of farmers and confiscation of tractor-trolleys at Shambhu and Khanauri.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) leader Joginder Singh Ugrahan on Friday rejected the Punjab government’s invite for a meeting in view of the farmer detentions and confiscation of their tractor-trolleys at Shambhu and Khanauri borders. (HT file photo)

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Published on Mar 21, 2025 02:08 PM IST

ByMuskan

Close shave for Rakesh Tikait as car collides with nilgai in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Rakesh Tikait, a farmer leader, narrowly escaped injury in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, when a nilgai collided with his vehicle.

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait in New Delhi.(ANI file)

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Updated on Mar 15, 2025 11:44 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

BKU Charuni demands opening of e-kshatipurti portal for Kurukshetra

In a representation, the union’s media in-charge Rakesh Bains stated that on February 28 and March 1, crops in villages along the Ambala border under the jurisdiction of Shahabad tehsil of Kurukshetra suffered damage due to adverse weather conditions.

The Bharatiya Kisan Union’s (BKU) Charuni faction has written to the Kurukshetra deputy commissioner, demanding the opening of the e-kshatipurti portal so that farmers can report their crop losses from the recent spells of rain and hailstorm. (HT File/Representational image)

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Published on Mar 06, 2025 08:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Karnal

Farmers meet Gautam Budh Nagar authorities over land relate demands

The farmers raised key issues including 10 percent (of the total land acquired for development) residential plots, hiked 64.7 percent land compensation, among others

The officials met the farmers on Tuesday since they staged a protest at the Noida-Greater Noida border on December 30, 2024 to press for their demands and ended the agitation by evening after being assured by officials to hold discussions on February 7, said officials. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo (file))

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Updated on Jan 08, 2025 07:14 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Accept demands to end Dallewal’s fast: SAD to PM

Cheema claimed that the Union government and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab were equally responsible for the deepening agriculture crisis in the country.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that the fast-unto-death of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal comes to an end amid mounting concerns over his health. (HT File)

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Updated on Jan 07, 2025 10:52 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Tohana mahapanchayat will prove agitation is thriving: Rattan Mann

Mann said that the first will be held on January 4 in Tohana and the other in Moga of Punjab on January 9 that will be attended by senior leaders of the SKM in solidarity with farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on fast-unto-death at Khanauri border

State president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) Rattan Mann during a meeting to plan the mahapanchayats in Karnal on Tuesday. (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 31, 2024 10:58 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Karnal

BKU Charuni: Farmers observe six-hours fast in Haryana

The protest was held at all the district headquarters where 11 farmers also observed a hunger strike from 10 am to 4 pm on the same day.

The farmers also criticised the state government for not letting their protesting comrades at Shambhu and against union government for not paying heed to their demands for a law ensuring guarantee of procurement of crops on MSP. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 21, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Karnal

77 farmers arrested for protest at Zero Point in Greater Noida

Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which prohibits unlawful assembly of five or more people, is already imposed in Gautam Budh Nagar. No one is allowed to protest, and if anyone is found violating law and order, strict action will be taken, police said

A heavy police contingent was deployed near Mahamaya Flyover and Zero Point on Thursday afternoon. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 06, 2024 05:12 AM IST

ByArun Singh, Noida

Protesting farmers arrested from Dalit Prerna Sthal, expressway traffic affected for hours

Condemning the police action, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha said it was a violation of their constitutional rights to peacefully protest and urged the judiciary to intervene

On Tuesday, around 1pm, a heavy police force, including several senior officers, reached Dalit Prerna Sthal and arrested the protesters and moved them to Luksar jail in Kasna in roadways buses. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 04, 2024 05:22 AM IST

ByHT, Noida

Farmers reach Yeida office, say will march to Delhi if demands are not met by Dec 2

Farmers are demanding the allocation of 10% developed plots for families displaced by land acquisition, implementation of new legal benefits, and the adoption of recommendations by a state committee for farmer welfare, among others

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Updated on Nov 29, 2024 05:08 AM IST

ByMaria Khan, Greater Noida

Greater Noida: Farmers protest over land acquisition policies

The agitation was marked by demands for fair compensation, including 10% developed land and 64.7% enhanced compensation for acquired land

Farmers from around 20 districts, including Gautam Budh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, and Agra, joined the protest on the day that began with a tractor rally on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway early in the morning. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 26, 2024 06:56 AM IST

ByMaria Khan

11 cops injured in clash with BKU activists in Bathinda

Police used tear gas shells, water cannons and mild lathicharge to disperse the protesters on Dunewala-Shergarh road in Sangat block. This is the second time in 11 days that BKU has faced police action. Earlier, on November 11, police resorted to lathicharge after three government officials were held hostage in Raike Kalan over tardy paddy procurement.

Farm activists Bharatiya Kisan Union Ugrahan clash with police over land acquisition by authorities in Dunewala village in Bathind on Friday. (Sanjeev Kumar HT)

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Updated on Nov 23, 2024 08:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bathinda

Farm protesters attempt to gatecrash Kejriwal, Mann’s Gidderbaha rally venue

Hours before AAP rally, activists Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) broke through police barricades, blaming Punjab govt for poor paddy procurement this season.

Police preventing activists of BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) from going near the election rally venue in Gidderbaha, where AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Mann were to address the gathering on Saturday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

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Updated on Nov 16, 2024 04:03 PM IST

ByVishal Joshi

Farmers air grievances over land acquisition, block Sultanpur road

During the protest, they insisted on compensation at current market rates rather than the “outdated DM circle rates” and also sought reopening of land registries

Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) members block the road at Khurdahi Bazar during a protest over the issue of land acquisition by development authorities, in Lucknow on Thursday. (ANI Photo)

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Updated on Oct 24, 2024 09:03 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

BJP govts are for bizmen, not farmers: Tikait at mahapanchayat in Bijnor

Thousands of farmers from the district and nearby areas gathered at the mahapanchayat where their issues, including installation of smart meters, shortage of fertilisers, MSP for crops were discussed

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait at the mahapanchayat of farmers in Bijnor on Thursday. (Sourced)

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Published on Oct 24, 2024 08:47 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Farmers end 18-month stir outside DC office in Ferozepur

The protest led by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Ekta Sidhupur, stemmed from the government’s decision to allot the disputed land on an annual lease (chagota), causing unrest among 62 families from four villages

On Tuesday evening, two farmers Dara Singh, 77, and Ranjit Singh ended their hunger strike after the district administration agreed to their demands. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 24, 2024 06:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ferozepur

Khudian invites farmers protesting in Chandigarh for talks

The Punjab agriculture minister met the office-bearers of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) and Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union and accepted their memorandum.

Farmers during their protest at Matka Chowk in Chandigarh on Monday. (Ravi Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Sep 03, 2024 09:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Avoid these routes in Chandigarh due to farmers’ rally

The public is encouraged to use alternative routes to avoid delays and follow the Chandigarh Traffic Police’s social media for updates

Vehicles approaching Gaushala Chowk from Mataur Chowk will be redirected to take a left turn at Mataur Chowk. (HT File Photo for representation)

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Updated on Sep 02, 2024 08:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

NIA raids woman farm union leader’s house in Punjab’s Rampura Phul amid protest

The NIA raided BKU leader Sukhwinder Kaur's house in Bathinda, sparking farmer protests. Officials seized digital devices, alleging links to Maoist funding.

Farmer union members protest against the National Investigation Agency (NIA) outside Sukhwinder Kaur’s house at Rampura Phul in Punjab’ Bathinda on Friday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 31, 2024 05:14 AM IST

ByParteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot

NIA raids woman farm union leader Sukhwinder Kaur in Punjab’s Rampura Phul

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU-Krantikari) general secretary was not at home during two-hour raid, farm union activists hold protest.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the house of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU-Krantikari) general secretary Sukhwinder Kaur’s house at Rampura Phul in Bathinda district on Friday. (Representational photo)

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Published on Aug 30, 2024 03:26 PM IST

ByParteek Singh Mahal

Noida police halt BKU’s tractor march midway

The protest march started from Knowledge Park to Surajpur collectorate with protesters demanding the minimum support price (MSP) guarantee law

Police said it only requested them not to enter the collectorate in tractors, adding that they don’t discourage anyone from holding protests but they can enter the premises in any vehicle other than tractors. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 10, 2024 07:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Haryana: BKU (Charuni) extends support to Cong for Ambala Lok Sabha seat

Narinder Singh Nayagaon, district president of Panchkula unit of BKU (Charuni), said that after the meeting we have decided to extend support to Congress candidate Varun Chaudhary for the Ambala constituency

Narinder said the decision was taken in a meeting of the president of districts units of Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunanagar with their members on Wednesday. (HT File)

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Updated on May 10, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

Trust deficit between farm unions once again comes to fore during Rail Roko stir

Sharp differences among farmer union leaders resurfaced during 'rail roko' in Punjab. Lack of unity blamed as trust deficit widens. Leaders clash publicly.

Farm leader Sarwan Singh Pandher (C) with other leaders at Devidaspura in Amritsar on Sunday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

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Updated on Mar 11, 2024 08:31 AM IST

ByVishal Joshi, Bathinda

BKU Charuni to block Haryana roads for two hours today

The union will block major roads in every district of Haryana for two hours from 12 pm to 2 pm to protest against the death of the young farmer

Police and farmers clash at the Shambhu border of Punjab and Haryana. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

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Updated on Feb 22, 2024 10:02 AM IST

ByBhavey Nagpal, Karnal

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Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) head Joginder Singh Ugrahan accuses both the Centre and Punjab governments of exploiting the issue for political benefit and misrepresenting the facts

Several key farmer activists in various districts of Punjab are being held by the police to prevent any law-and-order situation.

As people pushed one another, Tikait’s headgear fell. All reports claiming that the farmer leader was attacked are wrong, said police

The decision follows a state-level meeting of the union in Barnala, which was chaired by Joginder Singh Ugrahan, state president of BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan)

Lakhowal claimed that the entire operation was linked to the upcoming bypoll in Ludhiana West and said that the AAP government, acting under pressure, removed their protest site just to win one seat

In a video message, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan says there is no guarantee that those invited for talks with the state government won’t be arrested

Farm union leader Joginder Singh Ugrahan terms attending meeting ‘untenable’, citing detention of farmers and confiscation of tractor-trolleys at Shambhu and Khanauri.

Rakesh Tikait, a farmer leader, narrowly escaped injury in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, when a nilgai collided with his vehicle.

In a representation, the union’s media in-charge Rakesh Bains stated that on February 28 and March 1, crops in villages along the Ambala border under the jurisdiction of Shahabad tehsil of Kurukshetra suffered damage due to adverse weather conditions.

The farmers raised key issues including 10 percent (of the total land acquired for development) residential plots, hiked 64.7 percent land compensation, among others

Cheema claimed that the Union government and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab were equally responsible for the deepening agriculture crisis in the country.

Mann said that the first will be held on January 4 in Tohana and the other in Moga of Punjab on January 9 that will be attended by senior leaders of the SKM in solidarity with farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on fast-unto-death at Khanauri border

The protest was held at all the district headquarters where 11 farmers also observed a hunger strike from 10 am to 4 pm on the same day.

Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which prohibits unlawful assembly of five or more people, is already imposed in Gautam Budh Nagar. No one is allowed to protest, and if anyone is found violating law and order, strict action will be taken, police said

Condemning the police action, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha said it was a violation of their constitutional rights to peacefully protest and urged the judiciary to intervene

Farmers are demanding the allocation of 10% developed plots for families displaced by land acquisition, implementation of new legal benefits, and the adoption of recommendations by a state committee for farmer welfare, among others

The agitation was marked by demands for fair compensation, including 10% developed land and 64.7% enhanced compensation for acquired land

Hours before AAP rally, activists Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) broke through police barricades, blaming Punjab govt for poor paddy procurement this season.

During the protest, they insisted on compensation at current market rates rather than the “outdated DM circle rates” and also sought reopening of land registries

Thousands of farmers from the district and nearby areas gathered at the mahapanchayat where their issues, including installation of smart meters, shortage of fertilisers, MSP for crops were discussed

The protest led by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Ekta Sidhupur, stemmed from the government’s decision to allot the disputed land on an annual lease (chagota), causing unrest among 62 families from four villages

The Punjab agriculture minister met the office-bearers of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) and Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union and accepted their memorandum.

The public is encouraged to use alternative routes to avoid delays and follow the Chandigarh Traffic Police’s social media for updates

The NIA raided BKU leader Sukhwinder Kaur's house in Bathinda, sparking farmer protests. Officials seized digital devices, alleging links to Maoist funding.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU-Krantikari) general secretary was not at home during two-hour raid, farm union activists hold protest.

The protest march started from Knowledge Park to Surajpur collectorate with protesters demanding the minimum support price (MSP) guarantee law

Narinder Singh Nayagaon, district president of Panchkula unit of BKU (Charuni), said that after the meeting we have decided to extend support to Congress candidate Varun Chaudhary for the Ambala constituency

Sharp differences among farmer union leaders resurfaced during 'rail roko' in Punjab. Lack of unity blamed as trust deficit widens. Leaders clash publicly.

The union will block major roads in every district of Haryana for two hours from 12 pm to 2 pm to protest against the death of the young farmer

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