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Farmers seek special Parliament session, abolition of farm laws at Vigyan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): In the fourth round of meeting held with the Centre here at the Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday, farmer leaders suggested the government to hold a special session of the Parliament and sought abolition of the three farm laws.
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Nihang Sikhs reach Singhu border in support of farmers protesting 'black l
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Nihang Sikhs on Thursday reached the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) to express solidarity with the farmers protesting against the newly enacted farm laws.
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Punjab's local Kabaddi team joins farmer protest at Delhi's Singhu border
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): A local kabaddi team from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab on Thursday reached Singhu at the Delhi-Haryana border to join in the farmers protest.
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Centre should suspend 'controversial' farm laws, says former Union Ministe
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The central government should suspend the three 'controversial' farm laws and respect the sentiments of the community for whose benefit the laws are stated to have been passed, senior Congress leader and former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said on Thursd
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Nawab Malik backs Adhir Ranjan's demand for Parliament's Winter Session to
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 3 (ANI): Terming Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's demand for the Winter Session of Parliament as 'valid', Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Thursday said there is a need for the session to discuss va
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Amarinder Singh passed similar farm laws 3 years ago: Sukhbir Badal
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, three years ago, passed the same farm laws in the state Assembly that the union government promulgated recently, said Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday.
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Farmers don't need certificate from BJP: Sukhbir Singh Badal
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after its party leader compared the protesting farmers to Khalistanis and said that farmers do not need a certificate from its former
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One carriageway of NH 24 for UP to Delhi closed due to farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): As agitating farmers assemble at Gazipur border and tried to break police barricades, one carriageway of the National Highway 24 for Uttar Pradesh to Delhi has been closed for traffic on Thursday.
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Farmers have 'langar' at Vigyan Bhawan meet, refuse govt's offer of food,
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Farmer leaders refused to accept tea or food offered by the government during the fourth round of talks with the Centre at Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday, amid the ongoing protest to repeal the new agricultural laws.
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Parkash Singh Badal sent strong message to government by returning Padma V
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said his father and SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal has sent a strong message to the union government by returning his Padma Vibhushan award "as a sign of protest" against
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Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa to return Padma Bhushan amid farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): After former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) chief and rebel Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Thursday announced that he would be returning his Padma Bhushan award in solidarity with the far
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Kangana's comment on 'same dadi at Shaheen Bagh, farmers' protest' leads t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Actor Kangana Ranaut has got herself mired in yet another controversy after she said that an elderly woman, who was seen protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh in the national capital in December-March, was seen in the on
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