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Sukhbir Badal accuses Khattar of maligning agitating farmers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 28 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday accused Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar of "maligning and insulting" farmers protesting against three farm laws and said the party formed a three-member panel to coordi
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Punjab farmers are protesting due to state politics: Anil Vij over ongoing
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], November 28 (ANI): Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said that Punjab farmers were protesting against the farm laws due to internal state politics and hoped that the issues will be resolved after dialogue between the Centre and Farmer Unions.
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Elderly farmers at the front line on Burari ground
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Age and approaching winter couldn't dither them from asking for their rights. After a stand-off with police in the last two days, facing tear gas and water cannons, crossing all barricades, the nonagenarian, octogenarian, and septuagenarian farmers are n
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Opposition demands larger venue, food & lodging facility for protestin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Asserting that the Burari ground on the outskirts of the national capital is "too small to accommodate tens of thousands" of farmers, leaders of several opposition parties issued a joint statement on Saturday demanding a larger venue for them to prote
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Avoid NH-44 due to farmers' protest, Sonipat police advise commuters
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], November 28 (ANI): Sonipat police on Saturday issued a travel advisory for commuters to avoid National Highway-44 which has been blocked by farmer organisations during their Delhi Chalo march in protest against the new farm laws.
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Fight against farm laws will continue till they are repealed: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Modi government cannot change strong intentions of farmers through "fake FIRs" and the fight against "anti-agriculture" laws will continue till they are repealed.
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As farmers start protesting in Burari, Tomar invites them for talk on Dec
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] November 28 (ANI): As farmers from Punjab and Haryana started protesting against the three new farm laws on Nirankari Samagam Ground in Burari on Saturday, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar reiterated that the central government was ready for talks with the fa
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Manohar Lal Khattar says Haryana farmers did not participate in 'Dilli Cha
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], November 28 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that farmers from his state did not participate in the 'Dilli Chalo' protest march against the Centre's farm laws, adding the ongoing demonstrations is being driven by certain political
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BJP govt failed to prevent Chinese from trespassing, using force to suppre
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Congress on Saturday demanded that the BJP government should apologise for the use of tear gas, lathicharge and water cannons on farmers protesting the farm laws and alleged that Centre failed to prevent Chinese troops from trespassing the Line of Actual
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Centre fails to address farmers' issues, says Bharatiya Kisan Union
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Meerut/New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union headed to Delhi from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut to protest against the new farm laws, demanding a rollback.
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'We are here for long haul': Farmers start gathering at Delhi's Burari Gro
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana on Saturday morning began arriving at the Nirankari Samagam Ground on the outskirts of the national capital for a protest against the new farm laws.
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Protesting farmers retire for the night at Singhu border, set up langar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Farmers from Punjab who were part of the 'Delhi Chalo' movement retired for the night at the Singhu (Delhi-Haryana) border on Friday, after a gruelling day of confrontation with the police.
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