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Congress will support 'Chakka Jam' tomorrow, says BS Hooda
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday said his party will support the 'Chakka Jam' called by the farmers on February 6 in protest against the farm laws.
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Haryana govt extends ban on mobile internet in Sonipat, Jhajjar till 5 pm
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 5 (ANI): Haryana Government on Friday extended the suspension of mobile internet services, SMS services, and all dongle services in Sonipat and Jhajjar till 5 pm on February 6 "to prevent any disturbance to the peace and public order" amid farmers' protest aga
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Opposition leaders not telling what is 'black' in the new farm laws, says
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said that opposition has failed to point flaws in new farm laws and the opposition did not discuss provisions of these legislations during the motion of thanks to the President's Address in Rajy
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Centre dragging me on farmers' issue to divert attention from real issues,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra said that whenever the Central government is attacked for its wrongdoings, Centre uses him to divert from the real issues.
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Comparing Ghazipur with India-Pak border, Oppn demands discussion on agri
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Member of Parliaments (MPs) from various opposition parties have in a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, compared the situation at Delhi-Ghazipur border with India-Pakistan border and demanded a separate discussion on the issue of new agriculture laws.
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Chakka jam to be held peacefully pan-India, says Rakesh Tikait
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 5 (ANI): Ahead of the February 6 'chakka jam' by agitating farmers, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday said the nationwide protest will be peaceful and added that there will be no 'chakka jam' in Delhi.
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Farmers' protest: Ahead of 'chakka jam', Delhi Police Commissioner holds m
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Ahead of 'chakka jam' by agitating farmers on February 6 (Saturday), Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma is holding a meeting on the proposed blockade with senior police officials.
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Farmers protest: Delhi Police to seek info from Google on authors of 'Tool
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Delhi Police is set to write to Google to get the IP (internet protocol) address or the location from where the 'Toolkit' document was created and uploaded on the social media platform.
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Farmers forced to fight for their rights, Centre responsible for situation
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Congress MP Anand Sharma on Friday said that the farmers were forced to fight for their rights and the Centre is responsible for the situation that has arisen. He also expressed sympathies for police personnel and officers who were injured during the Repu
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Urdu Bulletin: LS adjournments, US State Department's comments on farmers'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Various Urdu publications in their Friday editions continued to give prominence to the ongoing farmers' protest and related developments. The news of Lok Sabha facing repeated adjournments after continued protests by opposition members against the new
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'Why get so rattled by Rihanna, Greta?' asks Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday asked why we are getting so much rattled over the attack on the international celebrities who tweeted in support of farmers.
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Deadlock in Lok Sabha - Opposition demands dedicated hours for farmers iss
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): The process of consultation and arriving at a consensus on the smooth running of Lok Sabha seems to have hit a deadlock with opposition parties adamant on dedicated five hours for discussion in Parliament on farm laws and the ongoing farmers' agitation.
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