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Panjab University to remain shut on November 26 amid statewide protests
Updated : 4 months ago IST
In view of the escalating agitation, the university administration has announced that all teaching and non-teaching departments and offices on the PU campus will remain closed on Wednesday. According to an official notice issued by the Registrar on Tuesday, the shutdown will apply to all
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"Ready to leave but...": Bacchu Kadu after Bombay HC directs protesting fa
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The farmers' agitation led by Kadu entered its second day in Nagpur. Visuals showed police personnel trying to pacify the protestors who had blocked railway tracks and the Nagpur-Hyderabad National Highway (NH-44).
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34 farmers detained who were heading to Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in No
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
As many as 34 farmers were detained on Wednesday night who were going from zero point to Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida, to hold a protest without taking permission, police officials said on Thursday.
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Congress' Randeep Surjewala moves adjournment motion in RS to discuss 'gra
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday filed a Suspension of Business notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 on Wednesday, seeking to discuss 'grave agrarian crisis' and farmers' agitation over demands for a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP).
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"It seems this country will never stop...": Kangana Ranaut slams SAD Presi
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Expressing her anger the actor-turned-politician expressed her outrage on X and posted, "It seems this country will never stop trivialising rape, today this senior politician compared getting raped to riding a bicycle no wonder rapes and violence against women for fun, is so deep-rooted i
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People elected Kangana to resolve issues in Mandi, not to make "absurd" st
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, responding to the recent remarks of actor-turned-politician and MP Kangana Ranaut on farmers' agitation, said people elected Kangana to resolve the issues of her parliamentary constituency, Mandi, and not to make "absurd" and "baseless" statements.
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"Habit of making useless statements...": Congress's Mumtaz Patel slams Kan
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Meanwhile, the BJP distanced itself from Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut's statement about the farmers' agitation and also asked the actor-turned-politician to refrain from giving such statements in the future.
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"Not authorised to speak..." BJP distances itself from Kangana Ranaut's co
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) distanced itself from MP Kangana Ranaut's statement about the farmers' agitation and also asked the actor-turned-politician to refrain from giving such statements in the future.
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Punjab chief secretary writes to Haryana counterpart to hand over injured
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Chief Secretary of Punjab, Anurag Verma on Saturday wrote to Chief Secretary of Haryana and requested him to hand over the farmer who was injured in the farmers' agitation in Haryana for free of cost treatment by the Punjab government.
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CAIT urge Centre to include traders, other stakeholders in talks with farm
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The ongoing farmers' agitation has prompted the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) to call for inclusive dialogue from stakeholders across the agricultural sector.
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MHA sends advisory to Punjab govt, asks to maintain law and order as farme
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sent an advisory to Punjab Government asking it to maintain law and order in the wake of the farmers agitation, sources said on Wednesday.
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Protesting farmers hurl eggs, clog streets with tractors as EU summit begi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Farmers have called for a loosening of the rules that govern the bloc's shared agricultural policy, saying they are not paid enough, are being choked by taxes and environmental restrictions and face unfair competition from abroad - including cheap agricultural imports from Ukraine.
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