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Hazare warns of sitting on fast if demands related to agriculture not fulf
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and warned of resuming hunger strike if the Centre does not fulfil his demands including the implementation of the recommendations made by MS S
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We are not terrorists, but are fighting for our rights: Farmers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Farmers who were on a day-long hunger strike at the Singhu border as part of their protest against Centre's farm laws broke their fast on Monday evening and said they are not Aatankwadi (terrorists) but Hakwadi (fighting for rights).
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Demand of protesting farmers for repeal of three farm laws most reasonable
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Monday said that the demand of protesting farmers for the repeal of three farm laws was "most reasonable" and the government should accept it.
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Farmers protest being used to defame India, says MoS Kishan Reddy
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 14 (ANI): Asserting that the ongoing farmers' protest against the recently enacted farm laws is being used to defame India on international platforms, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Monday advised farmers not to walk into the t
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Reliance Jio writes to TRAI, accuses Airtel, Vodafone of 'unethical' pract
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Reliance Jio has written to the Telecom Regulator Authority of India (TRAI) seeking strict action against Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea for "unethical practices" and "unscrupulous violations" and to stop campaigns under which "false propaganda is be
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Odisha farmer shaves head at Singhu border to register protest
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protest in and around Delhi, a farmer from Odisha shaved his head at Singhu border on Monday to mark his dissent over the three recently passed agricultural laws.
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Government should repeal farm laws, end farmers' protest: Former MoS Agric
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Congress MP and former Minister of State for Agriculture Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Monday said the government should repeal the three farm laws against which farmers have been protesting on Delhi borders.
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All India Kisan Coordination Committee members meet Tomar, extend support
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Ten organisations from various states such as Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Bihar and Haryana associated with All India Kisan Coordination Committee met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday to extend their support
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Former envoy writes open letter on Canada's vote bank politics
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made remarks on the farmers' agitation in the wake of the recently enacted farm laws, Former High Commissioner to Canada Vishnu Prakash slammed Trudeau for "gratuitously wading" into ongoing protests by I
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'I assure you that Government of India is with farmers', says MoS Kailash
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): As farmer protests continue along the borders of Delhi, Union Minister of State Kailash Choudhary has assured that the Government of India is with the farmers.
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AIKSCC decides to do away with post of Convenor
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The National Working Group of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) met on Sunday and decided to do away with the post of Convenor, an official statement said here on Monday.
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Delhi govt ministers, AAP MLAs hold 'hunger strike' in support of farmers'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Senior Delhi government ministers and AAP MLAs, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, are sitting on a 'hunger strike' in support of farmers who are protesting against the Centre's farm laws. Ministers Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, and party leade
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