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Farmers to intensify protests against fam laws, announces nationwide 'Rail
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the farmers' union spearheading the ongoing agitation against the farm laws said it will further intensify the protest in the coming days.
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Lok Sabha sees huge increase in productivity in past two days
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Lok Sabha has witnessed "record productivity" over the past two days following resolution of logjam over the demand by opposition parties for a separate discussion on the new farm laws that had caused repeated disruptions last week.
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R-Day violence: Accused Iqbal Singh sent to 7-day police custody
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] February 10 (ANI): Iqbal Singh, an accused in the January 26 Delhi violence case, has been sent to seven-day police custody by a local court here on Wednesday.
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PM Modi had demanded legalisation of MSP as Gujarat CM: Badal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Firozpur (Punjab) [India], February 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protest over the new farm laws, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had demanded the "legalisation" of minimum support price (MSP) to the Centre when he was
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PM Modi urges farmers to resume talks, says need for efforts to make them
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Emphasising the need to work towards self-reliance of farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the new farm laws have been brought to ease difficulties in agriculture and called upon protesting farmers to resume talks with the gove
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Don't step back, farm laws will be scrapped once Congress comes to power:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 10 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday urged farmers protesting against the three farm laws not to step back until their demands are met and said these laws will be scrapped when her party comes to power.
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Agriculture reforms are necessary, farm laws provide an option: PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Noting that the process of reforms in agriculture is necessary and important, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the new farm laws provide an option to farmers and have been brought to meet the emerging challenges.
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Rajasthan Congress MLA reaches state assembly on tractor to support protes
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 10 (ANI): Congress MLA from Bamanwas Indira Meena on Wednesday reached the Rajasthan Assembly here on a tractor on the first day of the budget session to extend her support to the farmers protesting against the new farm laws.
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Narendra Singh Tomar slams Congress for lying, misleading people on new fa
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New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday slammed Congress for misleading the people by lying about the new farm laws pointing that the party is losing its support base.
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R-Day violence accused Iqbal Singh arrested from Hoshiarpur, Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Another accused in the January 26 Delhi violence case, Iqbal Singh, was arrested by a Special Cell from Hoshiarpur in Punjab on Tuesday night, the Delhi Police informed.
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Odisha govt to move Centre for implementation of Swaminathan Committee rec
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 10 (ANI): Taking into account the ongoing farmers' protest against the newly passed farm laws, the Odisha Cabinet has resolved to move the Union Government demanding implementation of the MS Swaminathan Committee recommendations regarding minimum suppor
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Congress misleading farmers for political gains: Anurag Thakur
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): In a scathing attack on Congress in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Union Minister of State Anurag Thakur said the party has been misleading the farmers for its political gains by claiming that the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) mandis will be scrapp
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