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Punjab's local Kabaddi team joins farmer protest at Delhi's Singhu border
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A local kabaddi team from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab on Thursday reached Singhu at the Delhi-Haryana border to join in the farmers protest.
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Centre should suspend 'controversial' farm laws, says former Union Ministe
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The central government should suspend the three 'controversial' farm laws and respect the sentiments of the community for whose benefit the laws are stated to have been passed, senior Congress leader and former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said on Thursd
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Amarinder Singh passed similar farm laws 3 years ago: Sukhbir Badal
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, three years ago, passed the same farm laws in the state Assembly that the union government promulgated recently, said Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday.
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Farmers have 'langar' at Vigyan Bhawan meet, refuse govt's offer of food,
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Farmer leaders refused to accept tea or food offered by the government during the fourth round of talks with the Centre at Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday, amid the ongoing protest to repeal the new agricultural laws.
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Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa to return Padma Bhushan amid farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): After former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) chief and rebel Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Thursday announced that he would be returning his Padma Bhushan award in solidarity with the far
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Parkash Singh Badal returns Padma Vibhushan in protest against farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday returned the Padma Vibhushan award "in protest" against the "betrayal of the farmers by the Government of India" and for the "shocking
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Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal meet farmers for fourth round of talks
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): In the fourth round of talks with the farmers protesting at the gates of Delhi on Thursday, hopes for a resolution run high on both ends -- farmers and the government -- as they commit to continuing the dialogue and reach a positive outcome.
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Centre hopeful of positive outcome in talks with farmers, ready to give MS
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Just hours ahead of talks with protesting farmers, Som Prakash, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry on Thursday stated that farmers are coming for talks because there is hope for a solution that will be acceptable to both government and farmers an
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Khalistan sympathizers use farmers' protest to promote their separatist ag
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Among the farmers protesting against the Central farm laws, some "unwanted elements" like Khalistan sympathizers have been seen, said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
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Bar Council of Delhi writes to PM Modi, calls for repeal of farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Extending support to farmers' protest against new farm laws, the Bar Council of Delhi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to repeal the new farm laws.
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Centre will talk to those who take law in their hands, says AIKSCC conveno
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Alleging that the central government did not invite the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) for talks here on Tuesday, the convenor of the farmers' union VM Singh has said that the government will talk to those "who take the law i
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Punjab CM lashes out at Kejriwal for 'low-level politics' on farmers' issu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday alleged that his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal was "stooping to shamelessly low level of politics" and indulging in "brazen double-speak in a desperate bid to wriggle out of his own
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