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K'taka: Farmer protests enter 11th day, agitators block Bengaluru-Mysuru h
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mandya (Karnataka)[India], July 3 (ANI): As the farmers' protest over water scarcity entered its eleventh day, protesters on Wednesday blocked the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway here.
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K'taka: Police tightens security at KRS Dam as farmers' protest enters day
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mandya (Karnataka), Jun 28 (ANI): Farmers' protest in Mandya entered into the eighth day on Friday as the state government deployed additional forces to tighten security around Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) Dam.
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Day 2 Farmers' protests continue at DND flyway
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Scores of farmers blocked the Delhi-Noida (DND) flyway on Saturday, as they continued their agitation demanding fourfold compensation in lieu of their land acquisition.
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Two-day farmer protest rally begins in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): More than one lakh farmers, belonging to 200 farmers' organisations, gathered in the national capital on Thursday to push their demands, including implementation of the MS Swaminathan Committee report, farm loan waiver and better Minimum Support Price (MSP) f
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Farmers march to Azad Maidan in Mumbai for land ownership
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Thousands of farmers under the aegis of Lok Sangharsh Morcha on Thursday marched towards Azad Maidan here to press for their demands, which include farm land ownership and implementation of Forest Rights Act.
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Farmers pelted stones, wielded lathis: Delhi Police
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 02 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday clarified that limited measures had to be used during the Kisan Kranti Yatra earlier in the day as a number of protesting farmers resorted to stone pelting and wielded lathis, causing injuries to police personnel on duty.
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Dairy farmer protest: Truck set on fire in Malegaon
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Malegaon (Maharashtra) [India], Jul 16 (ANI): Demanding price hike for milk farmers, workers of Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathna (SSS), on Monday set ablaze a truck of Rajhans Milk Shop in Washim's Malegaon.
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Shatrughan Sinha slams Agriculture Min over farmers' protest remark
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Shatrughan Sinha on Monday termed Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh's remark on the nationwide farmer protest a 'publicity stunt'.
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Farmers launch 10-day long nationwide strike starting today
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Thousands of farmers from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on Friday started a 10-day nationwide strike demanding waiver of loans, right price for their crops and implementation of recommendations of Swaminath
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