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Rail services affected due to farmers' protest
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Due to the ongoing farmers' protest, rail traffic on the Ambala division of the Northern Railway has been affected, an official said.
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Conferring award to MS Swaminathan not sufficient, must endorse his recomm
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday accused the Centre of ignoring the Swaminathan Commission's recommendation of fixing the minimum support price at 50 per cent of the cost of comprehensive production costs for farmers.
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Farmer leader Pandher alleges police using "military like ammunitions", di
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher on Thursday came with serious allegations and alleged police of using weapons used by the military against the agitating farmers.
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"Why is Delhi like a war zone?": Tamil Nadu CM Stalin criticises Centre's
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin on Thursday criticised the central government regarding the high-level security arrangements in Delhi to resist the Punjab farmers' protest.
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Rahul Gandhi launches fresh attack on PM Modi amid farmers protest
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
From doubling the farmer's income to bring back black money, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the PM of failing to provide 2 crore jobs to the youths in the country every year.
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"We want PM Modi to have talks" says farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher ah
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold talks with the farmers and find a solution for their demands.
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"We should be allowed to protest peacefully": Farmer leader Sarwan Singh P
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Meanwhile, police lobbed multiple rounds of teargas shells to disperse farmers who were approaching the police barricade at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border to resume the 'Dilli Chalo' protest on Wednesday.
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Farmers' protest: Police use tear gas, traffic jams result on roads, talks
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters on the second day of the farmers' stir even as the local people suffered due to traffic jams near the borders, and the farmers' organisations said they would hold a meeting with the Central government on Thursday to discuss their demands.
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Centre's stance on farmers' protest hypocritical: Congress leader Jairam R
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday lashed out at the centre over the farmer issue saying that there is a need to understand chronology now.
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"Even China border is not fortified like it is in national capital": Shash
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said he doesn't think the China border is fortified the way the national capital is, adding that it's a democratic right of the farmers to protest and to be heard in the national capital.
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"Govt working on the farmers' issues with sensitivity ": BJP's Sudhanshu T
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday assured that the government is committed to finding a solution to farmer's problems but said that technically, the demand for a law (on MSP) is strange as the government cannot form laws now.
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Group of intellectuals, artists extend support to industrial strike, Grame
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A number of public intellectuals and artists issued a joint statement on Wednesday in support of the joint call by the workers and farmers for a sectoral industrial strike and Grameen Bharat Bandh on February 16.
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