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Farmers' protest: AIKS Maharashtra vehicle 'jatha' to Delhi to begin tomor
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 20 (ANI): Thousands of farmers from 21 districts of Maharashtra under All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) leadership will converge on Monday morning at the Golf Club Maidan in Nashik to begin their 'vehicle jatha' (march) to Delhi.
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Farmers to go on 24-hour relay hunger strike, urge citizens to skip one me
Updated : 5 years, 6 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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Bang utensils to drown out PM's Mann ki Baat: Farmers appeal to citizens
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Leaders of several farmers' unions have appealed to people in the country to bang utensils to drown out Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat on December 27.
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Farmers pay tribute to those who died during protest
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Farmers protesting at the borders of the national capital on Sunday observed Shradhanjali Diwas to pay tributes to those who lost their lives during the protest against the Centre's farm laws.
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Street vendors gather at Singhu Border hoping for more business
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): As thousands of farmers are protesting against the contentious farm laws for the last 25 days, the scenario at Singhu Border has slightly changed during the last two-three days with the buzz from street vendors filling the protest site.
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NGOs donate toilets, geysers, tents for protesting farmers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): US-based Sikh NGOs donated toilets, geysers, and tents for farmers protesting against the farm laws and sleeping in the open at Tikri border and other places on Sunday.
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Farmers facing problems to sell their products in Rajkot
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], December 20 (ANI): Farmers in Rajkot are facing difficulties in selling their products due to the night curfew imposed in the state.
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Seeing no headway in talks with Government: Farmer Unions
Updated : 5 years, 6 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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Centre to explain benefits of new farm laws to farmers across country in l
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): The Narendra Modi government is reaching out to farmers across the country, with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar's eight-page letter to protestors being translated into various vernacular languages.
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BSP slams Centre for not listening to protesting farmer's
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Coming out in support of the protesting farmers, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria has expressed displeasure over the Central government not listening to the voices of the agitators and said that those who provide food
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Medical staff joins farmers' protest at Singhu borders
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): As farmers continue to protest against the centre's agricultural laws near Delhi borders, nurses and medical staff from Punjab on Sunday extended their support to agitation and joined the protest at Singhu border.
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Gadkari says ethanol production at large scale will help improve farmers'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that ethanol production at a large scale will help improve farmers' income.
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