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Amarinder Singh failed to perform responsibility towards farmers: SAD
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday said the Punjab Chief Minister Captain (retired) Amarinder Singh has failed to perform the responsibility towards the farmers of the state.
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PAC, paramilitary forces deployed at state, national highways in UP amid '
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 6 (ANI): About 144 UP-PAC companies, six paramilitary companies, along with senior officers, have been deployed at the state and national highways and everything is being recorded in the wake of 'chakka jam' call by the farmer unions who were protes
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Chakka jam: ADG, Law and order assures adequate security in UP
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 6 (ANI): Amid the nationwide call for 'chakka jam' by the farmer unions Uttar Pradesh Police has deployed an adequate security force across the State on Saturday, said Prashant Kumar, Additional Director General (ADG) of Law and Order in Uttar Prades
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Security personnel deployed at strategic locations amid 'chakka jam' by fa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Amid the nationwide call for 'chakka jam' by the farmer unions, Delhi Joint Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar on Saturday said that police personnel have been deployed at strategic locations across national capital's borders.
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Rahul Gandhi says farm laws dangerous for country, offers support to prote
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday extended support to the agitating farmers and said that the new agriculture laws are not only dangerous for them, but for the whole country.
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BSP hopes nationwide 'chakka jam' called by farmers' unions will be peacef
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Saturday said the nationwide 'chakka jam' called by farmers' unions today should be peaceful and the repeat of January 26 violence during the tractor rally must not be repeated.
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Urdu Publication: Farmers call for chakka jam, bail to Munawar Faruqui cov
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Various Urdu publications on Saturday again highlighted the farmers' protest and the heightened security in the national capital on their respective page one. The nationwide call, given by farmers' unions, for chakka jam across the nation has received pro
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Government's responsibility to ensure peace during 'Chakka Jaam': Farmer l
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Kisan Andolan Committee (KAC) leader Jagtar Singh Bajwa on Saturday said the 'Chakka Jaam' will be peaceful, and it is government's responsibility to ensure that no anti-social elements create violence.
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Punjab Contract Farming Act has provision to jail farmers, in Centre's law
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Punjab Government's Contract Farming Act has a provision to send farmers behind the bars and fine of up to Rs 5 lakh whereas in the Government of India's Act a farmer can exit a contract anytime, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Read More
Chakka jam: Around 50,000 police, paramilitary forces deployed in Delhi-NC
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Around 50,000 personnel of Delhi Police, Paramilitary and Reserve Forces deployed in Delhi-NCR region to maintain law and order situation here on Saturday, amid 'chakka jaam' call by the protesting farmers' representatives. Atleast 12 metro stations have
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"Rihanna, Thunberg rallying for wrong cause in farmers' protests"
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): While a tweet by pop icon Rihanna on farmers agitation in India kicked up an Internet storm, an Indian-born American writer and journalist based in Washington points out that the international superstar along with other celebrities like climate activist
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'Exercise maximum restraint': UN Human Rights Office on farmers' protests
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], February 6 (ANI): The United Nations human rights office on Friday called on Indian authorities and those protesting against the new agricultural laws to exercise maximum restraint stating that it is crucial to find "equitable solutions" with due respect to human rights for al
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