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Farmers' protest: MHA extends RAF's stay in UP till Feb 26
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Union Home Ministry has extended deployment of Rapid Action Force till February 26 due to farmers' agitation to maintain law and order in Uttar Pradesh.
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Haryana Cong to move no-confidence motion against BJP-JJP govt
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], February 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protest against the Central agri laws, Congress leader and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said that the party has decided to bring a no-confidence motion against the BJP-JJP government in Haryan
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Tejashwi Yadav slams Centre over farm laws, fuel price hike
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], February 22 (ANI): Slamming the Central government over the new farm laws and fuel price hike, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said it is 'injustice' to not listen to farmers in an agricultural country like India.
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Toolkit case: Disha Ravi sent to one-day police remand
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 22 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Monday granted one-day police remand to climate activist Disha Ravi, who was taken into custody by Delhi Police on February 13 from Bengaluru in connection with the 'toolkit' case as part of the police probe into violence on January 26 i
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New farm laws like 'death warrant' for farmers, says Kejriwal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): After a meeting with farmer leaders from Westen Uttar Pradesh at Vidhan Sabha on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the Centre's new farm laws "death warrant for farmers" and said these laws will lead farming under the control of "a f
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SAD demands resignation of Punjab CM for failing to waive off farmer loans
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for failing to waive off farmer loans and stated that the lies and deceit of the Congress government had been unmasked.
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Former judges, police officers write to President, say unsubstantiated all
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): A group of citizens comprising former judges and former senior police officers have written to President Ram Nath Kovind expressing concern over "unsubstantiated allegations being presented to the media as well the public in general through social med
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Toolkit Case: Delhi court sends climate activist Disha Ravi 3 day judicial
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Climate activist Disha Ravi has been sent to three days in judicial custody by a Delhi court on Friday in connection with the 'toolkit' case on the farmers' protest that the police is investigating.
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Farmers ready to sacrifice one crop but would not let movement weaken: Rak
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 19 (ANI): Farmers are ready to sacrifice one crop, but will not leave the protest sites and let the ongoing agitation weaken at any cost, said Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday.
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Inappropriate to link results of Punjab civic polls with farmers' protest,
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 18 (ANI): Asserting that the Central government is still willing to talk to the farmers protesting against the three farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that it would be "inappropriate" to link the results of the m
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Rail roko: Protesting farmers shower flower petals, distribute sweets to p
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 18 (ANI): Members of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Thursday showered flower petals on police personnel and offered them sweets when the latter appealed to farmers to end their 'Rail roko' agitation on Thursday at Modinagar in Ghaziabad.
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We will take our tractors to West Bengal, warns Rakesh Tikait
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Hisar (Haryana) [India], February 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the protesting farmers will take the agitation to the poll-bound West Bengal if the Centre does not concur with their demands against the new farm laws.
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