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Chilla, Gazipur borders to remain closed for traffic
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): As farmer protests continue at the Delhi borders, the Chilla and Gazipur borders will remain closed for traffic on Tuesday, according to the Delhi Traffic Police (DTP).
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Congress MLAs protest in support of sugarcane farmers in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 22 (ANI): The Congress MLAs of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, who came with sugarcanes, were stopped entering the house on the second day of the winter session on Tuesday by the security personnel.
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Delhi HC's women legal forum to fast tomorrow in solidarity with protestin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): A forum of women lawyers, social Group of Lawyers of Delhi High Court have decided to fast on Wednesday in solidarity with the ongoing "Satyagrah" by farmers demanding to roll back the recently passed farm laws.
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Farmers' protest: Commuters face troubles on Delhi-Meerut Expressway
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Commuters on Tuesday faced difficulty due to the closure of both carriageways on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway as protesting farmers blocked the Ghazipur (Delhi-Ghaziabad) border completely.
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Fijian govt takes swift action to help cyclone-affected farmers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Suva [Fiji], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture will provide farming materials to cyclone-affected farmers in the north, Agriculture Minister Mahendra Reddy said on Tuesday.
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Protesting farmers block Ghazipur border
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Protesting farmers on Tuesday has blocked Delhi's Ghazipur border completely, as the farmers' protest against new farm laws has entered day 27.
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Centre must shun its ego, agree to farmers' demands: AAP's Raghav Chadha
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Central Government must shun its ego and agree to the demands of the farmers that are reasonable and the farm laws must be repealed with immediate effect, said Raghav Chadha, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader.
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SAD to reach out like-minded parties to force Centre to repeal farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 22 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has decided to hold Akhand Paths from January 2 onwards "to commemorate the sacrifice of Sant Ram Singh Singhriwala and 42 others who died during the ongoing farmer agitation" besides "redoubling efforts to reach ou
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Maharashtra BJP leaders meet Anna Hazare, urge him not to go on protest
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], December 22 (ANI): Days after social activist Anna Hazare warned of resuming his hunger strike if his demands concerning farmers were not met by the central government, Maharashtra BJP leaders Haribhau Bagade and Bhagwat Karad, MP, met him on Monday in his h
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Two Patiala art students contribute painting to the farmer movement at Sin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Singhu Border (Punjab) [India], December 21 (ANI): In order to express their dissent and show support to the farmers two artists from Patiala are doing live painting at the Singhu border where the farmers are protesting against the three new agricultural laws.
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Mamata Banerjee writes to Union Agri Minister, seeks transfer of funds to
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 21 (ANI): Amidst ongoing farmers' agitation against the farm laws, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar requesting a transfer of funds under the central government's PM Kisan S
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Farmers' protest: Facebook clarifies Kisan Ekta Morcha page was marked 'sp
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Clarifying the reason behind the suspension of the Kisan Ekta Morcha page, social media giant Facebook on Monday said its automated systems found an increased activity on the page and flagged it as "spam".
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