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"We are not from Pakistan": Farmer leaders express concern over forces' ac
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Three Union ministers held talks with the leaders of protesting farmer unions for more than five hours on Thursday night, amid a standoff between the protesters and security personnel at two points on the Punjab-Haryana border.
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Farmers protest: Punjab urges Centre to direct Haryana govt to maintain pe
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Meanwhile, the third round of talks between the Union ministers and the 14 farmer union leaders concluded after around five hours on Friday. It ended in a stalemate, with no common ground in sight, the next round of the talks will take place on Sunday at 6 pm.
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Farmers protest: No breakthrough in talks with Centre; next meet on Sunday
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Previous talks with the representatives of the farm bodies also had turned out to be unfruitful, which spurred the farmers to come up with the 'Delhi Chalo' march.
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Traders to continue their business operations amidst Bharat Bandh called b
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
BC Bhartia, President, and Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said that traders will keep their establishments open during the Bharat Bandh, emphasising their role in ensuring the availability of essential goods and services to the public,
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Congress will enact law relating to MSP, says Kharge
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Expressing their solidarity with the protesting farmers Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Thursday that his party will give legal status to Minimum Support Price if it forms government after the Lok Sabha polls
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Farmers' protest: Third round of dialogue between Centre, farmers underway
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the Delhi Chalo march by farmers entered its third day today, the third round of dialogue between a delegation of the central government and representatives of farmers' bodies is underway in Chandigarh.
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"Congress stands firm with peaceful protest of farmers": Rajasthan party c
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing protest of farmers, Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasara said on Thursday that the party stands firm with the peaceful demonstration of farmers.
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"Graph of PM Modi will increase further": Haryana CM objects to 'political
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Objecting to the "political statement" made by farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal that 'they(farmers) have to bring graph of PM Modi down' in their protest, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that the kind of tactics being used by farmers to press for their deman
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Arrested Karnataka farmers 'ill-treated', claims Siddaramaiah in letter to
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday wrote to his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Mohan Yadav over the arrest of some farmers from Hubbali in his state, seeking his intervention in the matter.
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Demand for law on MSP unwise, can create many complexities: Agricultural e
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid ongoing protest by farmers for a law on Minimum Support Price law, prominent agro-economist Ashok Gulati has said that MSP as a legal obligation can introduce numerous complexities into the food procurement system and suggested alternative mechanisms such as price stabilization fund to
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Farmers' leader announces protest escalation, won't pay toll in Haryana fo
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing farmers' protest, Gurnam Singh Charuni, head of Bharatiya Kisan Union, announced on Thursday that they will not pay toll in Haryana for three hours on Friday, which will be followed by a tractor parade in every Tehsil the next day and a joint meeting of all farmers' and labo
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Farmers protest: Protesters block railway track at Rajpura in Patiala
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Protesting farmers from Rajpura in Punjab's Patiala are sitting on rail tracks and blocking trains at Rajpura Railway Station as the farmer's protest enters its third day on Thursday, which has escalated into a full-blown crisis ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
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