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Farmers' protest: 'Delhi Chalo' march to restart amid tight security at bo
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), the two umbrella bodies that are leading the farmers' protests, on March 3 gave a call to farmers from across the country to reach the national capital today.
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Farmers protest: SC asks petitioner not to file plea for publicity
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a petitioner to withdraw his plea seeking direction to the government of India to consider the reasonable demands of the farmers who are staging continuous peaceful protest and demonstration.
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'Haryana and Delhi have no right to stop farmers': Punjab LoP Partap Singh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Punjab Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday slammed the Central and Haryana governments for their handling of the ongoing farmers' protest, drawing parallels with the recent French farmers' protest in Paris.
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"Anti-farmer": Congress launches fresh attack on Centre amid farmers prote
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) national body has given a call for the Mahapanchayat in Delhi on March 14 to highlight issues of a legal guarantee of MSP, against the electricity amendment bill, freedom from debt, old age pension, rolling back of labour codes, and other pending issues. Read More
"Farmers will remain at Shambhu, Khanauri borders until govt opens roads":
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The general secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher, said on Monday that the decision to March towards Delhi has not changed amid incidents of death during the protests.
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Sons of our farmers are being killed and so-called leaders of political pa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Tearing into both the incumbent AAP, and state Congress leadership, Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar blamed leaders of both these on Friday for colluding and conspiring against the farming community to orchestrate the protest with the aim to only gain petty political mileage.
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Haryana Samyukta Kisan Morcha to hold large gathering in Delhi on March 14
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Haryana Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders held a meeting in Narwana town of Jind district on Thursday to mull over the strategy to support ongoing farmers' protests at Data Singhwala-Khanauri and Shambhu borders of Punjab -Haryana.
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Centre estimates wheat procurement at 320 lakh tonne wheat, paddy 100 lakh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
After deliberations, the estimates for wheat procurement during ensuing marketing season 2024-25 were fixed in the range of 300-320 lakh tonne. Similarly, the estimates for paddy procurement in term of rice during 2023-24 (Rabi Crop) were fixed in the range of 90-100 LMT.
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Rajasthan: Clashes erupt between police, Congress workers en route their m
Updated : 2 years ago IST
During the protest, Hindoli MLA Ashok Chandna alleged that the brutal killing of farmers during the farmers' movement took place on the orders of the Government of India.
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticizes BJP's 'Jumlas' for farmers, vows
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday criticized the Bhartiya Janata party for failing to fulfill promises made to the farmers and asserted that the Congress party will make MSP legal if it comes to power.
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Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait ups ante says farmers to form 'Tractor Chain'
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"A program to take out a 'Tractor Chain' has been decided. Tractors will be parked on the highway that leads to Delhi, especially the divider highway. It was decided to register a different kind of protest so that the government would listen to us and not forget the farmers," said farmer lea
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WTO subsidy policy bad for farmers, says leader Sarwan Singh Pandher ahead
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Farmers under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) are all set to launch a nationwide tractor procession on highways on Monday.
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