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Punjab Speaker Sandhwan condemns decision to honour policemen who "stopped
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Tuesday wrote a letter to PM Modi condemning the decision to award "gallantry medals" to the policemen who were allegedly involved in stopping farmers protests.
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SC posts for July 22 appeal of Haryana govt against HC's order to open Sha
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to post a July 22 plea by the Haryana government challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's recent interim order directing the opening of the Shambhu border on an experimental basis within a week so that the general public is not inconvenienced.
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Pakistan: PM Shehbaz Sharif raises wheat procurement target amid farmer pr
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an increase in the wheat procurement target from USD 1.4 million tonnes to USD 1.8 million tonnes after protests by farmers over delays in the grain's buying process.
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Samyukt Kisan Morcha to convene Jana Mahapanchayat across India
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has called up the organisations and platforms of farmers, workers, students, youth, women and other sections including small traders, journalists, professionals, retired workers etc. to join hands to convene Jana Mahapanchayat across India asking BJP to explain why f
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"Politically motivated": Nitin Gadkari weighs in farmer protests 2.0, says
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
On whether the electoral fallout of the farm protests 2.0 could hurt the BJP-led NDA going into the general elections, the Union Minister said he was hopeful that the farmers won't be 'misled' like last time and will demonstrate their electoral support for the government.
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Punjab police register FIR on farmer Shubhkaran Singh's death
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Punjab Police on Thursday registered a zero FIR in the case of Shubhkaran Singh, who lost his life during the farmer protests. Punjab IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill stated that after consulting legal experts, the investigation will proceed according to the law.
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'FIR lodged on Shubkaran Singh's death, last rites to be performed today':
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The general secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher, said that the last rites of Shubkaran Singh, who died during the protests, will be performed on Thursday as the police have lodged an FIR in the case.
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Noida Police issue traffic advisory ahead of farmers' tractor march; Delhi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In view of the tractor march in Noida by farmers affiliated with Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Tikait and BKU Lokshakti, the Noida police issued a traffic advisory on Monday morning urging commuters heading to Delhi to use the metro instead of taking roads.
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"Even for war criminals, such treatments...": Farmer leader alleges tortur
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid the ongoing farmer protests and ahead of Monday's nationwide tractor march to press for their demands, Gurmanmeet Singh Mangat, the secretary-general of the Progressive Farmers Front on Sunday alleged that a farmer, who was arrested from the scene of a protest earlier, was 'brutally'
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'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra': Priyanka Gandhi questions BJP's decade-long rule
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra questioned the BJP's decade-long rule, highlighting concerns over youth unemployment, farmer protests, and inflation in the country on Sunday.
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Ahead of LS polls, BJP's preparations in full swing to woo farmers through
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party is having an important dialogue with the farmers of 1.25 lakh villages across the country through the "Gram Parikrama Yatra" program. This program started on February 12 and will continue till March 12, the entire program will last for one month.
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"State stopping farmers from exercising their fundamental rights," says ad
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
On PIL filed in Punjab Haryana High Court for farmers' right to protest, Advocate Uday Pratap Singh on Wednesday said that the state is stopping farmers from exercising their fundamental rights.
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