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PM Modi gives sharp reply to opposition in RS, reacts to global attention
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protest against the Centre's newly enacted farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday quoted his predecessor Manmohan Singh on the need for reforms in the farm sector and also cautioned the nation about a new form of "F
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Cong, CPI-M move adjournment motion notice in LS demanding repeal of farm
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Congress MPs Manish Tewari, Jasbir Gill and Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP AM Ariff on Monday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha, demanding repealing of three farm laws in view of farmers' agitation.
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Centre asks Twitter to remove 1,178 Pak-Khalistani handles for posting pro
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Amid the 'Toolkit' controversy surrounding the ongoing farmers' protest, the Central government has directed the microblogging platform Twitter to remove 1,178 Pakistani-Khalistani accounts spreading misinformation and provocative content on farmers ag
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Delhi: Tikri, Singhu, Ghazipur borders to remain closed as farmers continu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): The Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur borders will remain closed for traffic as farmers at the borders of the national capital continued their agitation against the Central farm laws.
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Union Minister V Muraleedharan says some outside forces behind farmers' ag
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 7 (ANI): Hitting out at the opposition parties amid the ongoing farmers' protest, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday said that some of the political parties in the country are trying to "mislead the farmers
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Congress MP Jasbir Gill slams celebrities for comment on farmers' issue, c
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Congress MP Jasbir Singh Gill on Sunday slammed the celebrities who came out in support of the Centre on the farmers' issues after few international individuals commented on the ongoing agitation against farm laws.
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"Rihanna, Thunberg rallying for wrong cause in farmers' protests"
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): While a tweet by pop icon Rihanna on farmers agitation in India kicked up an Internet storm, an Indian-born American writer and journalist based in Washington points out that the international superstar along with other celebrities like climate activist
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'Khoon ki kheti' jibe was made in reference to Congress document, says Tom
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said his "khoon ki kheti" jibe against Congress in the Rajya Sabha earlier in the day was made in the context of a document shown by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
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Congress, Shiv Sena move adjournment motion notice in LS demanding repeali
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New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Congress and Shiv Sena on Friday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha, demanding repealing of three farm laws in view of farmers' agitation.
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BSP slams Centre's 'oppressive attitude' towards farmers, demands repeal o
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party Rajya Sabha MP Satish Chandra Misra on Friday slammed the Centre and alleged that the Centre had adopted an oppressive approach towards the ongoing farmers' agitation against the three farm laws. He also urged the Centre to shun its eg
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Urdu Bulletin: LS adjournments, US State Department's comments on farmers'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Various Urdu publications in their Friday editions continued to give prominence to the ongoing farmers' protest and related developments. The news of Lok Sabha facing repeated adjournments after continued protests by opposition members against the new
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Deadlock in Lok Sabha - Opposition demands dedicated hours for farmers iss
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): The process of consultation and arriving at a consensus on the smooth running of Lok Sabha seems to have hit a deadlock with opposition parties adamant on dedicated five hours for discussion in Parliament on farm laws and the ongoing farmers' agitation.
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