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Suspending internet an administrative decision: Haryana CM
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], January 31 (ANI): Suspending the internet was a decision of the administration to maintain public safety and to avert public emergency in the state after the violence during farmers' tractor rally in Delhi, said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday.
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Writer Ranendra conferred with Shrilal Shukla Smriti IFFCO Sahitya Samman-
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], January 31 (ANI): Hindi writer and storyteller Ranendra bagged the 'Shrilal Shukla Smriti IFFCO Sahitya Samman-2020' award by Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), a leading cooperative in the fertilizer sector.
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AAP's demand for police protection for farmers nothing more than 'dramebaa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], January 31 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party's demand for deployment of the state police to protect the agitating farmers from Punjab at Delhi borders is "nothing more than dramebaazi", said Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday.
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SAD president meets farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur border, assure
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday reached the Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) border and met Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait. Badal assured complete support to farm unions in the ongoing farmers' agitation at the
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AAP asks Punjab govt to deploy cops to protect farmers protesting on Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Days after several incidents of violence took place in farmers' tractor rally against new farm laws on January 26, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Sunday wrote a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and demanded that Punjab pol
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Satya Pal Malik warns Centre not to suppress farmers' movement
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday urged the Centre not to suppress the farmers' movement but to listen to their concerns about the three farm laws passed during the last Monsoon Session of parliament.
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Will hold talks on farm laws after our people are released, says Rakesh Ti
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): There will not be any agreement under pressure. We will hold discussions on the farm law issue only after our people to be released from the jail, said Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday.
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Farmers' protest continues amid tight security
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Heightened security deployment has continued at the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border) as farmers' protest against three agriculture laws entered the 67th day on Sunday.
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Punjab CM calls all-party meet on Feb 2 to discuss farmers' stir
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], January 31 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday called an all-party meeting on February 2 to discuss the farmers' agitation against agricultural laws in the light of the recent developments in the national capital.
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Govt committed to modernise farming: PM Modi
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New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Asserting that the income of the farmers is increasing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the central government is committed to modernise farming and will continue with its efforts in the future.
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Delhi Police arrests freelance journalist Mandeep Poonia for 'misbehaving'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Delhi Police has arrested freelance journalist Mandeep Poonia for allegedly misbehaving with police personnel and obstructing a public servant from discharging duties at the Singhu border, where farmers have been protesting farm laws for over two months.
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Javadekar hopes for peaceful resolution of farmers' agitation
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New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that the government believes in a peaceful resolution of the ongoing farmers' agitation against the Central agri laws.
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