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Farmer unions ask centre to resume talks on agri laws on Dec 29
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27(ANI): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a joint front of almost 40 farmer organisations, wrote a letter to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare accepting the Centre's offer for dialogue and proposed December 29 as the next date for the meeting.
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INLD declares support to Bharat Bandh on December 8 called by farmer organ
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], December 7 (ANI): Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) general secretary and MLA Abhay Singh Chautala declared support to Bharat Bandh called by the farmer organisations on December 8.
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Left parties support farmer organisations' call for Bharat Bandh on Dec 8
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): The Left parties on Saturday extended their support to the farmer organisations' call for a 'Bharat Bandh' on December 8 and urged other opposition parties to join forces against the recent farm laws.
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Delegation of farmers to meet Agriculture Minister today
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A delegation of farmers will meet Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday, said Spokesperson, Bharatiya Kisan Union while adding that all farmer organisations across the country should hit the streets now.
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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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Carrying rations for 6 months, Ludhiana farmers leave for Delhi to protest
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], November 25 (ANI): Carrying rations for six months, farmers from Ludhiana under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Wednesday left for the 'Delhi Chalo' protest in the capital against the new farm laws.
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Punjab farmers block Delhi-Amritsar highway to protest farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 5 (ANI): Several farmer organisations in Punjab have declared a nationwide protest against the farm laws by blocking the Delhi Amritsar highway from 12 pm to 4 pm on Thursday, according to the Kisaan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee.
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New agri laws are death sentence for farmers: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Days after agriculture Bills were passed in the Parliament leading to protests by a number of farmer organisations and political parties in various states, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday called it 'a death sentence'.
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Punjab Youth Cong extends support to farmer organisations' Punjab bandh ca
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh, (Punjab) [India], September 23 (ANI): The Punjab Youth Congress will organise a statewide '8 Vaje 8 Minute Mashal March' on September 24 to support the Punjab bandh call of farmers agitating against the "anti-farmers" bill passed by BJP-SAD led Narendra Modi government.
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