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BKU to observe 'black day' on Wednesday, Tikait says Centre should take ba
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) will observe 'Black Day' on Wednesday to protest against the government for not taking back three new farm laws, its leader Rakesh Tikait said on Tuesday.
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Delhi HC refuses to interfere into matter concerning farmers' march on May
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to look into the issue of proposed march by farmers against the new agricultural law on May 26, stating that the Supreme Court is looking into the cases relating to farmers and the high court (HC) will not interfere in
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NHRC seeks report from Delhi, Haryana, UP on COVID control measures at far
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notices to Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Governments seeking reports on steps taken to control the spread of COVID-19 infection at the protest sites of the farmers.
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Haryana Police asked for month's time to process resolution for cases file
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hisar (Haryana) [India], May 24 (ANI): The Haryana Police has asked for a month's time for the legal process and resolution for all the cases that were filed on or around May 16 when a clash broke out between the police and protesting farmers, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait
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Flouting Covid-19 lockdown, BKU chief Tikait, huge farmers' group protest
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hisar (Haryana) [India], May 24 (ANI): Farmers gathered in large numbers in Hisar on Monday to protest the police action against them for clashing with police earlier this month.
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Cyclone Tauktae damages mango trees, ruins farmers in Gujarat's Amreli
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Amreli (Gujarat) [India], May 24 (ANI): The strong winds and intense rainfall when Cyclone Tauktae made a landfall recently damaged mango trees and fruits in Amreli and other mango-producing districts in Gujarat.
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AAP extends support to farmers' protest on May 26
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday extended its support to the call given the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) to observe a country-wide protest on May 26 to mark the completion of six months of the nationwide protest.
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Punjab CM urges farmers to not hold dharna, says it may turn into COVID su
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 23 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday urged the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) not to go ahead with their proposed dharna, fearing that it could turn into a COVID-19 super-spreader.
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Telangana BJP slams TRS govt for not procuring paddy yields, leaders prote
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 23 (ANI): Telangana's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit on Sunday staged a protest against the state government, alleging that it has stopped the procurement of farmers' paddy yields.
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12 opposition parties back Samyukta Kisan Morcha's call to observe May 26
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Three days after the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farmers' unions, announced that it will observe May 26 as a 'Black Day For Democracy', opposition parties on Sunday extended their support to the decision of the farmers' body.
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Convoy of farmers leaves Haryana's Karnal to join Tikri border protest
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], May 23 (ANI): Scores of farmers from Karnal in Haryana on Sunday left for Tikri on the state's border with Delhi and the site where farmers have been sitting in protest since last November, demanding a repeal of the Centre's three agricultural laws.
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Pak's rice export association expresses concern over 'shocking, irresponsi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 21 (ANI): The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has expressed concern over a 'shocking and very irresponsible' statement by the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Agriculture Jamshed Cheema, who said that Pakistani farmers are 'intoxicated' with bas
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