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Farmers to go on 24-hour relay hunger strike, urge citizens to skip one me
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): In a bid to intensify the ongoing agitation against the Centre's farm laws, farmer unions on Sunday announced a 24-hour relay hunger strike starting from tomorrow, and appealed to citizens to skip a meal on December 23 on the occasion of 'Kisan Diwas'.
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Seeing no headway in talks with Government: Farmer Unions
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): As the farmers' protest entered 25th day on Sunday around 40 farmers' unions have been demanding a complete repeal of the recently passed three farm laws while several rounds of talks between the government and farmers' leaders have failed to break th
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Tomar writes open letter to farmers; says reforms done for their welfare,
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Amid protests on Delhi borders against new farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has written an open letter to farmers, saying "misunderstanding has been created among some farmer unions" and "white lies" are being spread on minimum suppo
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SC allows impleadment of 8 farmer unions in PILs seeking removal of protes
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the impleadment of eight farmer unions as respondents in the petitions seeking the removal of protestors from the borders in the national capital.
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Modi govt followed Swaminathan Commission recommendations, Oppn misleading
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), December 16 (ANI): It is the Narendra Modi government, which followed the recommendations of Swaminathan Commission, and declared Minimum Support Price (MSP) for various farm produces by adding 50 per cent profit on the cost of the farmer, Union Agriculture Minis
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MP Agriculture Minister terms farmer unions protesting agri laws as 'organ
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Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 15 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel has termed farmer unions protest against the new farm laws as "organisations of middlemen and anti-nationals".
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Farmer leaders to observe hunger strike today over farm laws
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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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Farmers from Haryana meet Tomar, express support for three farm laws with
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New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): A delegation of farmers and farmer union representatives from Haryana, including those connected to Farmers Producer Organisation, on Saturday met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and expressed their support for the three farm laws with
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Hopeful final round of Centre-farmer union talks will be held in 24 to 48
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New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): Noting that the Centre "is positive" to find a solution to demands of protesting farmers, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Saturday expressed hope that the final round of talks between the government and farmer unions will be held in
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Farmers protest: 3,500 police personnel to be deployed at 5 Delhi-Haryana
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Faridabad (Haryana) [India], December 12 (ANI): With farmers gearing up to block the highway and picket toll plazas on the border to Delhi on Saturday in response to a call from protesting farmer unions to intensify their agitation against the three agricultural sector laws, police personnel
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'Posterbazi' on other issues aimed at diluting farmers' agitation: Tomar
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New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said that farmer unions have accountability not to allow their protest to be "distracted" and "posterbaazi" on other issues is aimed at "diluting" their agitation.
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SAD backs farmer unions rejecting government proposals over farm laws
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 9 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) urged the Government of India to stop playing games with the innocent farmers of the country and immediately and unconditionally withdraw the three controversial Acts and accept all the other demands of the farmers,
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