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Amarinder Singh slams Centre, terms hike in MSP of wheat 'pathetic'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 9 (ANI): Terming the hike in minimum support price of wheat announced by the Centre as "pathetic", Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday accused the Centre of rubbing salt on the wounds of farmers, who have been out on the roads a
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MSP hike for rabi crops a joke, says Rakesh Tikait
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], September 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said the increase in the minimum support prices of Rabi crops announced by the Centre today was "a joke played on farmers."
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Karnal: Our talks with farmers will continue, says DC Nishant Yadav
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], September 8 (ANI): After talks between the farmers and the district administration on Wednesday failed to make headway, Karnal Deputy Commissioner (DC) Nishant Yadav said our talks with the farmers will continue and hopes for a positive outcome.
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Agitation by farmers not politically motivated, carried out by their union
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): The agitation by farmers against farm laws is being run by their unions and not any political party, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Wednesday and urged the government to initiate talks with them over their demands.
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Farmers to continue protest, talks with Karnal administration has failed,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], September 8 (ANI): Farmers will continue their sit-in protest around the mini secretariat in Haryana's Karnal district after talks between them and the district administration failed to make headway, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Wednesday. Read More
Naqvi slams farm leaders, calls them "confused"
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday slammed the protesting farmers and called their leaders "confused."
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'Some people propagating misinformation', says Union Agri minister after C
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister on Wednesday hit back at those propagating "misinformation" about minimum support price after the farm laws were introduced.
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Farmers continue sit-in protest at mini Secretariat in Karnal
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], September 8 (ANI): Farmers have continued to sit-in protest around the mini secretariat in Haryana's Karnal district after talks with the district administration failed over their call for action against officials involved in lathi-charge on farmers on August 28.
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Union Cabinet to meet today at 11 am
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): The meeting of the Union Cabinet is scheduled to be held at 11 am on Wednesday.
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BJP demands Sonia Gandhi's apology over Surjewala's remark on farmers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday slammed Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala for allegedly comparing protesting farmers with the Taliban which has seized control of Afghanistan and demanded an apology from Congress interim president
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Farmers' stir: Haryana extends ban on mobile internet, SMS services in Kar
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 8 (ANI): As farmers gathered around the mini secretariat here over August 28 lathi-charge incident continue their protest, the Haryana government on Tuesday evening extended the temporary suspension of mobile internet and SMS service in Karnal district to preven
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BJP government has failed to fulfil promises to farmers, says Harish Rawat
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Congress leader Harish Rawat on Tuesday slammed the BJP government in Haryana and at the Centre over protest by farmers, saying it has failed to fulfil promises made to them.
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