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Toolkit Investigation: Law does not differentiate on the basis of age, say
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava on Tuesday said that all procedures were followed in the arrest of activist Disha Ravi for her alleged involvement in preparing a toolkit that details support for farmers protesting against the Central Governmen
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Revanth Reddy's padayatra against farm laws enters Hyderabad
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 14 (ANI): Telangana Congress working president Revanth Reddy's padayatra (foot march), which was launched to extend support to farmers protesting against the agricultural laws, entered Hyderabad on Saturday.
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Farm laws in the interest of farmers, says Nitish Kumar after meeting PM M
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): After a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Thursday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the new agricultural laws are in the interest of farmers.
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New Basmati variety by Jammu university doubles farmers' income
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 10 (ANI): Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu has come up with new varieties of seeds of Basmati rice which have doubled the yield per hectare and helped increase farmers' income.
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Congress misleading farmers for political gains: Anurag Thakur
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): In a scathing attack on Congress in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Union Minister of State Anurag Thakur said the party has been misleading the farmers for its political gains by claiming that the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) mandis will be scrapp
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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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AAP urges Tendulkar to tweet in favour of protesting farmers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing debate over Sachin Tendulkar's tweets over farmers issues, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has urged the cricket legend to tweet in favour of the agitating farmers.
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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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New agriculture cess will fund farm infrastructure, says FM Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 7 (ANI): Elaborating on the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC), a new cess announced in the union budget 2020-21, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that with AIDC, the central government will have some money
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Tikri, Singhu, Ghazipur borders remain closed amid farmers' stir; traffic
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur borders remain closed for traffic on Sunday as farmers continue to protest against the central agricultural laws.
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Rahul Gandhi to visit Rajasthan on Feb 12-13
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 7 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Rajasthan on February 12 and February 13 to express solidarity with farmers' who are protesting against the new agricultural laws of the Centre.
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'Exercise maximum restraint': UN Human Rights Office on farmers' protests
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 6 (ANI): The United Nations human rights office on Friday called on Indian authorities and those protesting against the new agricultural laws to exercise maximum restraint stating that it is crucial to find "equitable solutions" with due respect to human rights for al
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