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Oppn to hold 'dharna' on Aug 2-3 against Visakhapatnam Steel Plant privati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): In the ongoing Visakhapatnam Steel Plant privatization issue, several parties in Andhra Pradesh on Monday decided to take part in 'dharna' in Delhi on August 2-3.
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Farmers protest in Hyderabad to mark 7 months of their agitation against n
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 26 (ANI): The farmers' union All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) and trade unions staged a protest at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad on Saturday to mark the completion of seven months of the protest against the three new farm laws, amid ch
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File cases, take action against AAP, SAD over protests: Punjab CM to DGP
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh, (Punjab) [India], June 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday directed the Director-General of Police to register cases under the Disaster Management Act against Opposition leaders and workers who have been staging dharnas in the state over the past few
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Tikait on dharna in Haryana's Fatehabad, demands release of arrested farme
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], June 6 (ANI): A large number of farmers led by farmer leaders Rakesh Tikait, Gurnam Singh Chaduni and United Kisan Morcha leader Yogendra Yadav have been staging a dharna in front of Tohana Sadar police station in Fatehabad district of Haryana since Saturday n
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Punjab CM urges farmers to not hold dharna, says it may turn into COVID su
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 23 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday urged the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) not to go ahead with their proposed dharna, fearing that it could turn into a COVID-19 super-spreader.
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Surge in COVID cases in villages: Haryana CM urges farmers to suspend prot
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 14 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday urged farmers to suspend their protest against farm laws amid the Covid-19 situation, claiming that their movements to and from dharna sites were spreading the infection in villages.
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YS Sharmila stages hunger strike in Hyderabad, taken into police custody
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 15 (ANI): YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Thursday was taken into police custody as she breached the time allotted for her sit-in hunger strike at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad demanding the Telangana government t
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Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLAs staged dharna over shortage of medical oxyge
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 15 (ANI): Congress MLAs on Wednesday staged a silent sit-in at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Bhopal with empty oxygen cylinders protested against the alleged poor state of health services in Madhya Pradesh.
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SAD to hold dharnas across Punjab on April 5 against anti-farmer, anti-dal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday announced that it would organise demonstrations in every constituency across Punjab on April 5 to protest against the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government's hike of domestic power tariff, hefty state taxes on
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Pashtun leaders Manzoor Pashteen, Mohsin Dawar arrested in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], March 28 (ANI): Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Ahmad Pashtun and Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Mohsin Dawar were arrested on Sunday by the provincial police in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while they were on way to participate in 'Pasht
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Protestors march towards Islamabad against killing of Pashtun youths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 28 (ANI): Hundreds of demonstrators of Jani Khel dharna on Sunday marched towards Islamabad to protest against the brutal murder of four Pashtun youths hailing from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Train services resume in Amritsar after farmers end 169-day-long dharna
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab), March 12 (ANI): Train services resume in Amritsar after farm union on Thursday suspended 169-day long 'dharna' on tracks ahead of the wheat harvest season.
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