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"Punjab CM may face defamation case..." SAD refutes allegations levelled b
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Terming the chief minister's allegations as a "pack of lies", SAD general secretary Parambans Singh Romana said on Friday that it is clear that these allegations have been levelled purely to 'divert attention from the manner in which the CM has backstabbed the farmers and their cause and
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"TMC government big hurdle in empowerment of poor...": PM Modi in West Be
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Launching the Bharatiya Janata Party's poll campaign in Mamata Banerjee's turf for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the TMC government is a big hurdle in the empowerment of poor, farmers, youth and women.
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"Anyay-kaal": Congress' Jairam Ramesh slams Centre over rise in rejected E
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The defining feature of the Anyay-kaal of the last ten years has been that no community is able to get its full due: women are left out of the job market, the youth are unable to seek employment, and the farmers are unable to get adequate prices," Jairam Ramesh posted on X.
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"New Parliament building is a 5-star jail": Sanjay Raut attacks Centre
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking to the media, Raut said, "The new Parliament building that has been built is neither fit for work nor fit for sitting. The new parliament is like a five-star jail where you can't work. When we form our government, we will start our parliament session in our historical parliament
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Haryana Samyukta Kisan Morcha to hold large gathering in Delhi on March 14
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Haryana Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders held a meeting in Narwana town of Jind district on Thursday to mull over the strategy to support ongoing farmers' protests at Data Singhwala-Khanauri and Shambhu borders of Punjab -Haryana.
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Punjab police register FIR on farmer Shubhkaran Singh's death
Updated : 2 years, 4 months 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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Jharkhand: PM Modi to dedicate revived Sindri fertiliser plant tomorrow
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The plant would ensure adequate supply of urea to the farmers in the state of Jharkhand as well as West Bengal, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar," the ministry asserted.
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Centre estimates wheat procurement at 320 lakh tonne wheat, paddy 100 lakh
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
After deliberations, the estimates for wheat procurement during ensuing marketing season 2024-25 were fixed in the range of 300-320 lakh tonne. Similarly, the estimates for paddy procurement in term of rice during 2023-24 (Rabi Crop) were fixed in the range of 90-100 LMT.
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'FIR lodged on Shubkaran Singh's death, last rites to be performed today':
Updated : 2 years, 4 months 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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Farmer stopped at Bengaluru Metro for "untidy" clothes, Rights Body issues
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report that a farmer was stopped from boarding a metro train by an official at Rajajinagar station in Karnataka's Bengaluru "because his clothes were untidy," the National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Government of
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"Money under farmer packages were looted midway": PM Modi invokes Sharad P
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Invoking Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar's tenure as Union Agriculture Minister under the Congress-led UPA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said money sanctioned by Delhi for the distressed farmers of Vidarbha was 'looted' midway.
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Rajasthan: Clashes erupt between police, Congress workers en route their m
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
During the protest, Hindoli MLA Ashok Chandna alleged that the brutal killing of farmers during the farmers' movement took place on the orders of the Government of India.
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