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Farmer destroys cauliflower crops over poor prices, says 'forced to sell p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protests against farm laws and minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce, a farmer in Shamli's Mayapuri village destroyed his standing crop of cauliflowers, claiming that he was being forced to sell his p
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60-yr-old from Bihar's Siwan cycles 1,000 km to join farmers' protest in D
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Satyadev Manjhi, a 60-year-old man from Bihar's Siwan reached Tikri at Delhi-Haryana border on Thursday after completing a journey of nearly 1,000 kilometres in 11 days on a bicycle to participate in the ongoing farmers' protest against agricultural laws
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Kurukshetra man opens free makeshift salon for protesting farmers at Singh
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): As farmers continue their agitation against the farm laws at Delhi's Singhu border, many people have come forward to support and help them in daily tasks.
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PM Modi urges protesting farmers to read Tomar's letter, Shah shares it on
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appreciated Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar for “attempting to have a polite dialogue” with the farmers through an open letter, requesting them to read it.
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Farmers' protest can continue as long as it does not result in damage to l
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Allowing the farmers' protest to be continued, as long as it "does not result in damage to the life and properties of other citizens", the Supreme Court on Thursday suggested the constitution of a "committee, comprising of independent and impartial pe
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SC must direct Centre to put farm laws on hold: All India Kisan Sabha
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court must direct the Central government to put on hold the three farm laws against which thousands of farmers are protesting at the borders of Delhi, All India Kisan Sabha President Ashok Dhawale said on Thursday.
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Opposition, those against farmers' and country's progress misleading peopl
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Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the opposition and those who do not like the progress of farmers and the country are misleading people on farm laws.
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SC asks Centre to explore possibility of putting three farm laws on hold
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central government to explore the possibility of putting on hold the three farm laws, against which farmers are protesting at different borders of the national capital.
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Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari, Sabholi and Mangesh borders closed: Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari, Sabholi and Mangesh borders will remain closed due to the farmers' protests, Delhi Traffic Police said on Thursday.
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Rajasthan farmers are still waiting for their loans to be written off: BJP
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 17 (ANI): Amid continued farmers' protest across various states in India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajasthan President, Satish Poonia, on Thursday said that the state's farmers are still waiting for their loans to be written off.
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Farmers' protest constitutional until it doesn't destroy property, endange
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New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that a protest is constitutional until it doesn't destroy property or endanger life and remarked that the purpose of the farmers' protest cannot be realised by demonstrating without engaging in discussions.
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Delhi HC refuses to entertain PIL against farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a pubic interest litigation (PIL) filed against the farmers' protest at the various borders of the national capital in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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