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"Foreigner's version should not be taken seriously": Members of parliament
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Days after former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey alleged that the BJP-led central government threatened to shut down Twitter in India and have its employees raided at the height of the farmers' protest in 2020, the Parliamentary Panel for Communication and Information Technology on Thursday refu
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Dharmendra Pradhan participates in launch of Gabon's first agriculture SEZ
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Under this, farmers from Odisha will go to Gabon and teach farming of maze, banana, cereals to the people there," Dharmendra Pradhan said.
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"Congress should learn management from BJP govt": MP Minister Narottam Mis
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Management is what is done by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in Madhya Pradesh. The government is ready to help women, Ladli Laxmi, farmers and everyone here. There is no overdraft situation. Congress should watch and learn management from BJP government," Mishra further said.
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Farmers handcuffed while being taken to Telangana court sparks outrage
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The arrest and handcuffing of farmers who were protesting against the acquisition of their land for the Regional Ring Road (RRR) project in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district sparked a wave of political outrage.
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Hyderabad to host G20 agriculture ministerial meeting during June 15-17
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The three-day event, starting Thursday, will be attended by more than 200 delegates from G20 member countries, invited countries and international organizations, a release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said.
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Farmers ending protest as Haryana govt agreed to pay MSP for sunflower see
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"We are ending our protest. The blocked roads will be opened today," Tikait said.
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Govt agrees to increase minimum price for sunflower crops: Haryana Farmer
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had on Saturday released Rs 29.13 crore as interim compensation to 8,528 farmers for sunflowers grown on 36,414 acres.
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MP CM Chouhan announces increase in Kisan Samman Nidhi, farmers will get R
Updated : 3 years ago IST
CM Chouhan said, "Farmers get a total of Rs 10,000 a year under the Kisan Samman Nidhi from the central government and the state government. The eligible farmers get Rs 6000 from the Prime Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi and Rs 4000 from the state government. Now, the state government will also pr
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"No reason for Jack Dorsey to lie," says Kapil Sibal on former Twitter CEO
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"First of all, I would like to know, why would Jack Dorsey make such a statement. Rajeev Chandrasekhar says that this is a lie. Why would he tell a lie? There is no reason for Jack Dorsey to tell a lie that they threatened Twitter when the protests were going on, that they would shut their o
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"That's why they banned Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account": Congress leader V
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"The statement of Twitter CEO is totally alarming and shocking for all of us. Entire government machinery is pressurising Twitter CEO to suppress and shut the opposition's voice. That is why they banned Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account," Venugopal said.
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Govt of India must have made such attempts: Rakesh Tikait on Dorsey's "pre
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"We had information that the kind of reach on Facebook and Twitter that was expected on farmers' protest, was not coming. They used to try to stop it at their level. The Head (former CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey) has said this clearly now. But such companies don't come under anyone's pressu
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Utter lies, blasphemous, little too rich, little too late: Entrepreneur Su
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"What Jack Dorsey has said to a television channel in the United States is nothing short of utter lies, blasphemous, and a little too rich, a little too late. Twitter must understand that it is not a sovereign nation," Entrepreneur Suhel Seth said in a video message to ANI.
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