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XXV, NO. 293, PAGES 8, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Most skilled The New Collection West Indies 114- India have My11Circle player to of Platinum Love 5 at lunch on Day unbelievable feature on SPN Bands celebrates 3, 1st test vs bowling attack, during the India Tour the love that leads New Zealand want to put them of Australia series us to a better under pressure: tomorrow Head PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 8 PAGE 8 Fifth meeting between govt and 20 more die in Pb, 19 in Hry as farmer leaders ends inconclusively national Covid cases cross 96- lakh mark Call for Bharat Bandh on Dec 8 remains NEW DELHI: India's COVID- AGENCY vince them to continue with the talks, 19 caseload rose to 96.08 NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 5 sources said some kind of division emerged lakh with 36,652 new cases among the participating farmer leaders on in a day, while 90,58,822 peo- The fifth meeting between the government various issues proposed by the ministers. ple have recuperated from and the farmer union leaders ended incon- Another source said the government also the disease so far pushing clusively on Saturday. The next meeting will offered to take back cases filed against farm- the national recovery rate to now take place on December 9. ers for stubble burning, as also the cases 94.28 per cent on Saturday, Sources said the government asked for filed against some farmer activists. according to the Union Health Ministry data. some more time to present a concrete pro- Later in the evening, the ministers began The total coronavirus cases posal. They told the unions that they “need talking to smaller groups of 3-4 farmer lead- mounted to 96,08,211 and further consultations within the government ers, out of the total 40 representatives pres- the death toll climbed to for that”. ent there. 1,39,700 with the coronavirus Therefore December 9 is the next meet- Farmer leaders were firm, saying that ei- virus claiming 512 lives in a ing date proposed at 11 am. ther say 'yes' or 'no' on taking back the laws, span of 24 hours in the coun- Farmer leaders said just like their agita- even though ministers said that the govern- try, the data updated at 8 am tion they put forth their points before the ment is ready for amendments to the laws . showed. The COVID-19 case union ministers peacefully. All members of delegation decided to fatality rate was recorded at They have agreed to the meeting on De- keep silent. The government side was trying 1.45 per cent. cember 9. Farmer leaders said the govern- to draw us out, they said. There are 4,09,689 active ment told them that after the amendments Farmer leaders were trying to force the cases of coronavirus infection nothing will be left in the Bills, however, government to say in black and white if it in the country which compris- they persisted with their demands of com- will repeal the laws. The government was es 4.26 per cent of the total plete roll back. not responding to this pinpointed question, caseload, the data stated. Earlier, seeking to break the deadlock they said. India's COVID-19 tally had over protests against the new farm laws, the Ahead of their meeting with farmers, crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August government on Saturday told representatives Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, 23 and 40 lakh on September of agitating farmers that their concerns are Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence 5. It went past 50 lakh on being looked into but the union leaders stuck Minister Rajnath Singh met Prime Minister September 16, 60 lakh on to their demand for repeal of the legislations Narendra Modi to discuss the matter. September 28, 70 lakh on and threatened to walk out of the talks. Sources say Agriculture Minister Naren- October 11 and crossed 80 The government side, however, man- dra Singh Tomar has requested farmer lead- lakh on October 29 and 90 aged to convince the farmer leaders to con- ers to ask elderly and young children to go lakh on November 20. tinue the talks, which began at 2.30 pm ear- back while farmers are saying that everyone lier in the day. is prepared to stay put. So far there does not This was the fifth round of talks between appear any middle path though. Gippy Grewal the government and representatives of farm- Farmers are also not ready to take back ers, thousands of whom are protesting at var- the call for ‘Bharat’ bandh. ‘disappointed’ ious borders of the national capital against Sources say the three ministers, Naren- what they claim are the laws meant to end dra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal and Som at Bollywood's the mandi system and minimum support Prakash, are holding independent consulta- 'lack of support' price procurement system to give for bene- tions. fits of corporates. While the government is insisting on a for farmers As the meeting resumed after a tea break middle path, farmer leaders are firm on their MUMBAI: Punjab star Gippy in the evening, during which the farmer lead- key demands around four hours into the Grewal on Saturday criticised ers had their own food and tea, they threat- meeting. Minister of State for Commerce Bollywood for not standing up ened to walk out if the government was not Som Parkash, who is from Punjab, also ad- for Punjab at a time when the willing to scrap the three laws enacted in dressed the leaders in Punjabi and said the state needs their support for September. government understands the sentiments of the ongoing farmers' protest. While the government managed to con- Punjab. Thousands of farmers from Haryana, Punjab, and other states held demonstrations for the ninth consecutive day at Delhi's border points, protesting against the new Farmers’ agitation: farm laws, which they fear will dismantle the minimum sup- port price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big Protest sites named after corporates. Rupinder Singh Grewal, pop- ular by his stage name Gippy Grewal, took to Twitter and historic personalities wrote that for years Punjab had welcomed Bollywood with open arms but its silence AGENCY perialist movement. over the issue was painful. NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 5 The women protesters represent the "Dear Bollywood, every now continuity of Gadri Gulab Kaur, Mann and then your movies have BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) has nominated five said. been shot in Punjab and protest sites after the names of historical Harinder Bindu, meanwhile, said that every time you have been personalities representing the legacy of Shaheed Bhagat Singh imagined a society welcomed with open heart. struggles leading up to the ongoing agita- free of exploitation and oppression, and But today when Punjab needs you the most, you did- tion against farm Bills passed by the Modi became Shaheed-e-Azam and was an in- n't show up and speak a government. spiration for the ongoing agitation. word. Disappointed," the 37- The protest site spread over kilometres His images inspire farmers, workers, year-old singer tweeted. have been divided into cities named after women and youth, said Bindu. these personalities – Baba Banda Singh Bindu further said that Shaheed Sadhu In second comments Nagar, Chacha Ajit Singh Nagar, Bibi Gu- Singh Takhtupura was leading light for the on farmer’ stir, lab Kaur Nagar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Na- struggling masses. Trudeau welcomes de- gar and Shaheed Sadhu Singh Takhtupura Shaheed Sadhu Singh Takhtupura was escalation Nagar. assassinated by land mafia patronised by Shingara Singh Mann, general secre- BJP-SAD. Takhtupura was a leader of NEW DELHI: External Af- tary of BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan), and Harinder BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) fighting against land fairs Minister S Jaishankar Kaur Bindu shared the whole information mafia and his martyrdom motivated the or- may not attend a meeting of Canada-led 14-nation group- with the press and the logic behind these ganisation to build mass movements on ing, apparently in protest names. people’s issues, said Bindu. against Canadian Prime They shared that a press gallery had The leaders explained that the sites Minister Justin Trudeau’s ob- been established and named as Shaheed named after these legendary personalities servations on the farmers’ Ashfaq Ullah Khan press gallery. manifest the progressive and secular char- protest. Meanwhile, the of- They shared that Baba Banda Singh acter of the ongoing agitation against farm fice of the UN Secretary Bahadar was a great hero of farmers as he laws. General Antonio Guterres gave land entitlements to the tillers after an The ongoing movement is in continuity has said people have a right intense fight against the rulers. with the glorious history created by strug- to demonstrate peacefully Mann stated that Chacha Ajit Singh gling masses and that history inspires and authorities should let was the founder of glorious anti-imperial- farmers, workers, women and youth to them do so. Several MPs of ist movement ‘Paghdi Sambhal Jatta’, struggle against the injustice, they said. Indian-origin and some from which remains an inspiration for the strug- The duo remained confident that the Green and Labour parties gling masses. ongoing movement would carry the peo- from the UK, Canada and He further said Gadri Gulab Kaur was ple’s history forward and emerge victori- Australia have also com- great inspiration as she was part of anti-im- ous.