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Telangana CLP leader slams CM Chandrashekar Rao for failing to rescue farm
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Adilabad (Telangana) [India], February 10 (ANI): Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader in the Telangana State Assembly Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday lashed out at the state government for its sheer "negligence and incapacity" to come to the rescue of farmers and for its utter failure
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Pak opposition slams govt over farmer leader's arrest in Lahore
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 10 (ANI): Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) president Chaudhry Anwar was arrested from his residence on Monday by the Raiwand police, which has led to the opposition claiming that the government was putting pressure on the farmer leader to withdraw a complaint against
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Congress misleading farmers for political gains: Anurag Thakur
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): In a scathing attack on Congress in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Union Minister of State Anurag Thakur said the party has been misleading the farmers for its political gains by claiming that the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) mandis will be scrapp
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Delhi HC directs police to file status report on man missing since tractor
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to submit a status report on the whereabouts of Bajinder, who has been missing since he participated in tractor rally on January 26 called by farmer unions.
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Centre took measures to restrain farmers instead of China: Owaisi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], February 9 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday that instead of taking measures against China at the Line of Actual Control, the central government has set up infrastructure at Singhu and
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Toolkit investigations: Google yet to respond to Delhi Police's communicat
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Delhi Police on Tuesday said they have not yet received a reply from Google in response to their communication seeking details about a "toolkit" related to the farmers' protest.
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Farm laws not scriptures that cannot be changed: Farooq Abdullah
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Amid the protest by farmers on the Delhi borders, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said in Lok Sabha that the farm laws are not religious scriptures that cannot be changed.
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Akhilesh refers to PM Modi's 'andolan jeevi' jibe, talks of 'chanda jivi s
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday attacked the BJP-led government over the new farm laws and its assurance on continuing minimum support price mechanism, saying farmers were not getting MSP even now in several parts of the country.
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Farmers' agitation: 'Kisan Kranti' memorial to be built at Ghazipur border
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], February 9 (ANI): Amid the farmers' agitation against the new agricultural laws at Delhi borders, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Tuesday said that they will build a "Kisan Kranti" memorial at Ghazipur border in the memory of those farmers who died during the agitation
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Scientists suggest early Indian monsoon forecasts could benefit farmers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Farmers in India should be provided with early forecasts of expected variations in the monsoon season in order to reduce crop losses, said a team of scientists.
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Amid row, Maharashtra Minister asks celebrities to tweet in favour of farm
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 9 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing debate over celebrities' tweets on the ongoing farmers' protests, Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday said that Indian celebrities should also tweet in favour of farmers as their opinion makes a difference.
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BJP will loot farmers, take their land, alleges Mamata
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Purba Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], February 9 (ANI): Amid the farmers' protest along Delhi borders against the new farm laws, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will loot the farmers and take their land.
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