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Elderly farmers at Delhi's Gazipur border say will continue protest till i
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Elderly farmers from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh who are participating in the ongoing protests at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Gazipur against the three agriculture sector laws said on Sunday that they were neither afraid of Covid-19, nor death and w
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TRS lends total support to farmers' call for 'Bharat Bandh' on December 8
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 6 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister and TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday extended total support to the Bharat Bandh on December 8 called by farmers protesting against the new agriculture laws.
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Farmer protests enter Day 11, next round of talks with Government on Dec 9
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): The protest by farmers agitating against the three agriculture laws passed by the Centre entered its eleventh day on Sunday with demonstrations in Sant Nirankari Samagam ground in Burari on the outskirts of Delhi and other border areas.
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Punjab CM congratulates PAU for number 2 ICAR ranking among Agriculture Un
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], December 6 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday congratulated the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) for being accorded the No. 2 rankings, among agricultural universities, by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for the year 20
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Tomar urges farmer unions to give up agitation, says MSP will continue, AP
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on Saturday said that APMCs will not be weakened and MSP will continue as he urged farmer unions to give up their agitation and solve their grievances through talks.
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Centre's ordinances turned into 'death warrants' for farmers: TMC's Abhish
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal)[India], December 5 (ANI): With talks between the central government and agitating farmers deadlocked despite several rounds of talks over the last few days, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday lashed out at the Centre for introducing three agri
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Govt to hold next meet with farmers on Dec 9; MSP to continue: Agriculture
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): After its fifth round of talks on Saturday with farmer group leaders remained inconclusive, the Centre announced another meeting on December 9. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today reassured the agitating farmers that central governmen
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Tomar requests farmer leaders to ask protesting senior citizens, children
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): During the fifth round of talks on the farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday requested farmer leaders to ask senior citizens and children at the protest sites to go home.
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Farm laws will increase the income of farmers: MoS Agriculture
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): As the fifth round of talks between the Centre and farmers are underway, Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary on Saturday supported the new farm laws saying that they were in the interest of farmers.
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Fifth round of talks between farmers and Centre begins
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): The fifth round of talks between the central government and agitating farmers on the three recently enacted agriculture laws began in Vigyan Bhawan here on Saturday afternoon with Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar, and Piyush Goyal representing the Cent
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Rajasthan CM approves amnesty schemes for mandi traders
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 5 (ANI): Keeping in view the COVID-19 impact, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has provided relief to the mandi traders and land allottees by approving two amnesty schemes submitted by the Agricultural Marketing Department.
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Rahul Gandhi hits out at Centre over MSP, APMC, urges people to support fa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the minimum support price (MSP) and Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and also urged citizens to support the protests led by farmers.
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