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Punjab CM urges PM Modi to allow state to begin paddy procurement from tod
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 1 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday sought the personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to advise the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to withdraw its letter regarding postponem
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Karnataka CM stresses need to sell agri-products on e-commerce platforms
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 30 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai on Thursday stressed the need to sell agri-products on e-commerce platforms and the farmers (producers) must be directly benefitted, informed the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
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Farmers protest: How can highways be blocked perpetually, asks SC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday took a view of the continued blockade of highways in Delhi-NCR due to farmers protests against the three agriculture laws and said that this can not be a perpetual problem.
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Govt lies that it's open to dialogue, alleges BKU leader Rakesh Tikait
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that Government lies to the media that it is open to dialogue on the issue of ongoing farmers agitation.
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BJP always welcomes a nationalist, no political talk during Amarinder Sing
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): With former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Wednesday over farmers' agitation against farm laws, BJP Punjab in-charge Dushyant Gautam said no political discussions had taken place but the BJP "
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Amarinder Singh meets Amit Shah, discusses farmers' agitation against farm
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the ongoing farmers' agitation and urged him to resolve the crisis by immediately repealing the three farm laws.
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Punjab CM appeals to Centre to repeal 3 farm laws
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 28 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday extended his support to the farmers protesting against the farm laws and appealed to the Centre to withdraw them immediately.
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UP govt to pay every penny for damage caused to farmers by floods
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed the officials to compensate the farmers whose houses have been damaged due to floods and excessive rain in the state.
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Centre should take farmers' protest seriously, Punjab should not be made i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 28 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday said that farmers' protest is an important issue and the Centre should take it seriously adding the state should not be made into another Jammu and Kashmir.
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Tikait cautioned media houses will be 'next target' of Centre
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 28 (ANI): Asking the media houses to align with the farmers' movement, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday warned that they are the "next target" of the Centre.
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Over 430 lakh MT wheat procured by Centre during Rabi season: PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the government improved the procurement process to benefit the farmers, which resulted in over 430 lakh metric tonnes (MT) wheat procurement during the Rabi season.
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Punjab CM asks ministers to give appointment letters to kin of farmers who
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 28 (ANI): Following the meeting with the new cabinet over lending support to Bharat Bandh on September 28, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi asked the ministers to visit the houses of deceased farmers and deliver appointment letters for gover
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