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Stop steel plant sale or resign: NCB to Jagan Reddy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 17 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N Chandrababu Naidu (NCB) on Tuesday demanded Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy to take responsibility to lead the ongoing agitation for saving the prestigious Visakha Steel Plant from the
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BJP tells leaders to reach out to farmers on benefits of farm laws, list w
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Concerned over the narrative on the farmers' agitation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday asked its leaders to reach out to the masses, especially farmers on three farm laws.
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DK Shivakumar slams Centre, condemns arrest of 'climate activist' Disha Ra
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 16 (ANI): Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Tuesday slammed the Central government on the arrest of "climate activist" Disha Ravi, in connection with the "toolkit" case, related to the farmers' agitations.
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Farmers' agitation: Rakesh Tikait dismisses Haryana Cong leader's 'liquor
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 16 (ANI): Dismissing the remarks by Haryana Congress leader Vidya Rani on extending support to farmers' agitation by providing liquor, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said that "such people" don't have anything to do w
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Haryana Congress leader urges party workers to strengthen farmers' agitati
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jind (Haryana), February 15 (ANI): In remarks that are likely to stoke controversy, Haryana Congress leader Vidya Rani on Monday urged party workers to strengthen the farmers' agitation and said they can contribute "be it money, vegetables, liquor".
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Congress holds six-hour-long statewide bandh in Odisha over fuel price hik
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 15 (ANI) Odisha Congress workers on Monday sat on 'dharna' and participated in 'rail roko' agitation at Bhubaneswar railway station as part of the party's six-hour-long state-wide bandh to protest against the fuel price hike.
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40 farm leaders to embark on nationwide tour to gain support for agitation
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said that 40 leaders spearheading the agitation against the central farm laws will tour across the country to seek support for the stir.
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LS Speaker disapproves Rahul Gandhi's call for observing silence without p
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday expressed his disapproval over the move of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of leading Congress members to stand in silence briefly over deaths of farmers during the agitation against farm laws and said the Chair shoul
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Farmers to intensify protests against fam laws, announces nationwide 'Rail
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the farmers' union spearheading the ongoing agitation against the farm laws said it will further intensify the protest in the coming days.
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PM Modi calls farmers' agitation 'pavitra', asks citizens to differentiate
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that he considers the 'Kisan Andolan' as 'pavitra' (pious) and slammed the 'Andolanjeevis' for hijacking the protest.
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Farmers' agitation: 'Kisan Kranti' memorial to be built at Ghazipur border
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, [India], February 9 (ANI): Amid the farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws at Delhi borders, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Tuesday said that they will build a "Kisan Kranti" memorial at Ghazipur border in the memory of those farmers who died during the agitation
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Don't link farmers' agitation with one religion or community: Sukhbir Sing
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Fazilka (Punjab) [India], February 8 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to link the farmers' agitation with any one religion or community and said farmers from Uttar Pradesh to Kerala were united on one platform
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