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Northern Railways cancels, short-terminates trains due to farmer agitation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Keeping in view the farmers' agitation in Punjab against farm bills, Northern Railways said on Thursday that some trains will be cancelled, short terminated or diverted.
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Agricultural reforms will increase farmers' productivity, income: Piyush G
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday described agriculture reforms as a watershed movement for the farmers and said that the move will increase their productivity and income.
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Haryana's ban on foodgrain from UP, Rajasthan shows farm bills were bulldo
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], September 20(ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday said the Haryana government's move banning entry of paddy and bajra crop from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan shows that the Agricultural Bills had been bulldozed through parliament without giving stakeho
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Sitharaman slams Sonia Gandhi's advice to party-ruled states on farm bills
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday targeted Congress over party chief Sonia Gandhi's advice to party-rules states to bypass farm laws brought by Centre through legislative measures and said the opposition party in its 2019 Lok Sabha ma
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GPCC holds protest against farm bills, demands withdrawal
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Panaji (Goa) [India], September 29 (ANI): Congress workers and farmers held a protest rally on Monday under the leadership of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar, and demanded the withdrawal of the three farm laws.
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Will give up all posts held in city's municipal corporations: Delhi SAD ch
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): We will give up all posts which we held as part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) including those in the municipal corporations in Delhi, said Delhi Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President, Harmeet Singh Kalka.
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Retired civil servants issue statement in support of farm sector laws
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): A group of former public servants on Monday lent its support to the farm reform laws enacted by the Centre government and condemned the "surreptitious practices of vested interests" which it claimed were misleading and misguiding the farmers and discred
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Congress trying to create confusion about Farm Acts: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
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New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said the Congress was putting the interests of the farmers in jeopardy by trying to create confusion among the farmers about the three Farm Acts.
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury urges West Bengal governor to withdraw, repeal agri
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New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday wrote a letter to West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, urging him to intervene and ensure that "Three Black Laws" withdrawn and repealed forthwith.
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UP Cong chief, workers detained in Lucknow after protest against agricultu
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Kumar Lallu, along with supporters, was detained by the police on Monday while staging a protest against the agriculture sector reform laws.
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India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) welcomes the amendment to the E
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI/Hunk Golden and Media): India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India's pulses trade and industry welcomes the amendment to the Essential Commodity Act by the Government of India and President giving his assent for the three farm
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Congress will pay heavy price for taking anti-farmer stand, says Kiren Rij
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Congress will pay a very heavy price for misleading people and taking an anti-farmers' stand, said Union Minister Kiren Rijiju over the incident which took place on Monday morning in New Delhi.
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