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Mamata Banerjee expresses solidarity with farmers protesting against 'drac
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 4 (ANI): Recalling her 26-day long hunger strike against the forceful acquisition of agricultural land in 2006, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed her solidarity with the protesting farmers against the three farm laws pas
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Sukhdev Dhindsa returns Padma Bhushan award, writes to President about far
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New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) Chief and rebel Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Friday returned the Padma Bhushan award to "express solidarity" and "protest against the treatment" meted out to farmers protesting at the borders of Delhi aga
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Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award winners from Punjab return awards in suppor
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 4 (ANI): The winners of Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi including Sirmour Shire Dr Mohanjit, eminent thinker Dr Jaswinder Singh and Punjabi playwright and editor of Punjabi Tribune Swarajbir have returned their awards to show support for farmer
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Traffic on Delhi borders continues to remain affected as farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Commuters in the national capital region continued to suffer as multiple borders between Delhi and neighbouring states remained closed with the ongoing farmers' agitation entering the ninth day on Friday.
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Locals distribute tea to protesting farmers at Singhu border
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New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Locals distributed tea to protesting farmers stationed at the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border), on Friday night.
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Not just farmers, whoever commits suicide is coward, clarifies K'taka Min
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kodagu (Karnataka) [India], December 4 (ANI): I had said that whoever commits suicide is a coward, never said farmers are cowards, they are the nation's backbone, clarified Karnataka Agriculture Minister, BC Patil on Thursday.
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Speculations about closure of Mandis, Support Price System misleading: Shi
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 4 (ANI): Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the speculations about the closure of mandis and support price system are misleading and untrue and farmers should not pay attention to such speculations.
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Government has talked of amendments, we want repeal of farm laws, say farm
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New Delhi [India], December 3(ANI): The government has talked of some amendments to farm laws, farmer leaders said on Thursday as they continued to press for their demand for repeal of the laws.
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MSP will continue, government will consider demand for registration of tra
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New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday reached out to protesting farmers over their demands, saying MSP will not be touched, the government was open to their suggestions for parity between mandis under APMC Act and those outside, f
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MSP will not be touched, Tomar assures farmer leaders
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New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday told the farmer representatives during their meeting here that the minimum support price (MSP) "will not be touched and no changes will be made to it", official sources said.
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Farmers seek special Parliament session, abolition of farm laws at Vigyan
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New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): In the fourth round of meeting held with the Centre here at the Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday, farmer leaders suggested the government to hold a special session of the Parliament and sought abolition of the three farm laws.
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Nihang Sikhs reach Singhu border in support of farmers protesting 'black l
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New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Nihang Sikhs on Thursday reached the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) to express solidarity with the farmers protesting against the newly enacted farm laws.
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