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Fight is against three farm laws, not the govt, says boxer Vijender Singh
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Boxer and Congress leader Vijender Singh on Friday distributed food at a langar organised by the Jamindara Student Organisation (JSO) for protesting farmers at the Tikri Border on Friday.
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Leaders of farmers' union begin day-long hunger strike at Delhi borders
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): As many as 40 farmer leaders of the United Farmers Front began their day-long hunger strike on Monday at various border points near Delhi against the Centre's newly enacted farm laws, thereby intensifying the ongoing agitation in the national capital reg
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Farmer leaders to observe hunger strike today over farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The ongoing farmers' protest is set to intensify as the heads of all farmer unions agitating against the Centre's new farm laws will observe a one-day hunger strike on Monday.
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RJD leader Manoj Jha urges govt to listen to farmers, says its stature wil
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha has urged the government to speak to farmer leaders protesting against the three farm laws passed in the Parliament recently.
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We will intensify agitation, block railway tracks: Farmer leaders
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): The farmer leaders on Thursday said that they will intensify their agitation to press for repeal of three farm laws and railway tracks will be blocked.
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Meeting with Amit Shah positive, Centre will give proposal to farmer leade
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Describing the meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday evening as 'positive', Rakesh Tikait, spokesperson of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Wednesday said that the government would give a draft to the farm leaders today, which would be
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Farmer leaders hold talks in presence of Amit Shah; say no meeting with go
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Leaders of farmers unions on Tuesday held a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal over their demands and said there will be no meeting with the government tomorrow and they wi
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Ahead of sixth round of talks, farmers to meet Home Minister at 7 pm today
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): A day before the sixth round of talks between the protesting farmers and the Central government, farmer leaders have been invited to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah at 7 pm on Tuesday.
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Bharat Bandh: No political leaders to be allowed on stage, road blockade t
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): As the farmer agitation entered its twelfth day, their representatives reiterated on Monday that the 'Bharat Bandh' scheduled for December 8 will be observed the whole day while 'chakka jam' (road blockade) would only be till 3 pm, adding that no politica
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Tomar urges farmer unions to give up agitation, says MSP will continue, AP
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on Saturday said that APMCs will not be weakened and MSP will continue as he urged farmer unions to give up their agitation and solve their grievances through talks.
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Govt to hold next meet with farmers on Dec 9; MSP to continue: Agriculture
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): After its fifth round of talks on Saturday with farmer group leaders remained inconclusive, the Centre announced another meeting on December 9. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today reassured the agitating farmers that central governmen
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Tomar requests farmer leaders to ask protesting senior citizens, children
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): During the fifth round of talks on the farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday requested farmer leaders to ask senior citizens and children at the protest sites to go home.
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