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Youth Congress holds "Rail Roko" protest at Ghatkopar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ghatkopar (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): Indian Youth Congress (IYC) activists staged a "Rail Roko" protest at Mumbai's Ghatkopar railway station in support of the farmers' protest in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.
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Farmers' protest: Rahul Gandhi arrested in MP's Neemuch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was on Thursday arrested in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch under Section 151.
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PM Modi can fire bullets at farmers but can't waive off their loan: R
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi only knows to fire bullets at farmers and not to waive off their loans.
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Central, state governments. should fulfill farmers' demands: CPI (M)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) on Thursday strongly condemned the Mandsaur incident, where five farmers were killed in firing and demanded that both the state government and Central Government should fulfill the promises made to the farmers t
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MP farmers' agitation: Police assures continuous patrolling
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh Police on Thursday stated that continuous patrolling is on and at least sixty two people have been detained in connection with the farmers' agitation in the violence-hit district.
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Farmers' protest: Rahul Gandhi detained on his way to Neemuch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was detained by the police on Thursday while he was on his way to Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district to meet the families of the deceased farmers.
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62 people detained in violence-hit Mandsaur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): As many as 62 persons have been detained in connection with the farmers' protest in Mandsaur's district of Madhya Pradesh.
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Mandsaur toll plaza vandalised during farmers' protest
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh), June 8 (ANI): A fresh round of violence erupted in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district after a toll plaza was vandalised. Protestors reportedly looted the toll plaza of Rs. eight to ten lakh.
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MP Home Minister confirms death of five farmers by police firing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Thursday confirmed that five farmers had lost their lives in police firing during a protest in the state's Mandsaur district.
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MP farmers' protest: Mandsaur collector, police chief removed
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh), June 8 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh Government has removed and transferred Mandsaur Collector Swatantra Kumar Singh and District Superintendent of Police (SP) Omprakash Tripathi for their reported inability to contain and control the farmers' protest that led to
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Digvijaya questions MP CM's announcement of ex-gratia to farmers'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India],June 08 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Mandsaur fiasco, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday questioned as to why the state government announced an ex-gratia to the deceased farmers' kin when they were 'anti-social ele
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Rahul Gandhi to visit MP's Mandsaur to meet farmers' kin
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur today to meet the grieving families of farmers who lost their lives in the police firing.
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