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Delhi: 3 more arrested in connection with R-Day violence
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Three more people have been arrested in connection with the violence that took place during the farmers' tractor rally in Delhi's Burari area on January 26, police said.
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'Farmers will go home only after Centre repeals farm laws,' says Tikait
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bahadurgarh (Haryana) [India], February 12 (ANI): Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday said farmers will not go home unless the Centre repeals the new farm laws.
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Rakesh Tikait warns farmers' protest will go on for indefinite period
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 12 (ANI): Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday said the ongoing farmers' protest will go on for indefinite period as there is no planning regarding the duration yet.
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Anurag Thakur attacks Rahul, says he was not prepared to speak on budget
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): In a veiled attack on Rahul Gandhi, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the Congress leader was "not prepared" to speak on the union budget.
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LS Speaker disapproves Rahul Gandhi's call for observing silence without p
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday expressed his disapproval over the move of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of leading Congress members to stand in silence briefly over deaths of farmers during the agitation against farm laws and said the Chair shoul
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Children learn alphabets, counting at makeshift pathshala amid farmers' pr
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Around 12 noon, a little far from the sound of speeches and patriotic songs at Ghazipur border, one can hear the voice of young children learning alphabets, poems or counting inside a makeshift "pathshala" in the middle of the protest site.
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Only farmers can bring winds of change in country: Rajnath
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protest, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he understands the difficulties of farmers and believes only they can bring winds of change in the country.
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Action will be taken if social media used to spread fake news, violence: L
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the government respects social media for empowering common people but action will be taken if it is misused to spread fake news and violence.
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Centre raises concern over Twitter's commitment to transparency, says it a
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): The Central government has conveyed to Twitter officials that the manner in which the social media giant officially allows fake, unverified, and automated bot accounts to be operated on its platform, raises doubts about its commitment to transparency
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Committed to supporting democratic values: US on Twitter suspending accoun
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): Responding to queries on Twitter suspending nearly 500 accounts after receiving orders from the Indian government, the US reiterated its commitment to supporting democratic values including freedom of expression.
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Trevor Noah latest to speak about ongoing farmers' protests in India
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): The latest international celebrity to speak out about the ongoing farmers' protest in India is comedian-TV host Trevor Noah, who addressed the issue in his American late-night show 'The Daily Show With Trevor Noah'.
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PM Modi had demanded legalisation of MSP as Gujarat CM: Badal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Firozpur (Punjab) [India], February 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protest over the new farm laws, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had demanded the "legalisation" of minimum support price (MSP) to the Centre when he was
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