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UP government to start wheat procurement from April 1
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday issued directions to start wheat procurement from April 1.
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Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar concludes
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): Thousands of farmers participated in a Kisan Mahapanchayat at Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Friday in support of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU)- led protest against the Centre's new farm laws at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh
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Rahul accuses government of bullying farmers, says repealing new farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Accusing the government of "beating, threatening and bullying" farmers, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the three new farm laws should be repealed immediately and it would be wrong for the ruling coalition to think that the protests will end
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Rahul Gandhi, Congress MPs stages protest against farm laws in Parliament
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several other party MPs on Friday staged a protest against three farm laws in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the premises of the Parliament.
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FIR filed in Bhopal against Shashi Tharoor, others for instigating tweets
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): An FIR has been registered against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, several senior journalists and others in Bhopal by a local farmer on Friday for allegedly making defamatory and instigating posts on their Twitter handles regarding the Republic
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Yogendra Yadav urges farmers to send one family member to Delhi borders
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): Urging all farmers across India to send one member of their family at Delhi borders to participate in the protest, Swaraj India Chief Yogendra Yadav on Friday said the agitation against the three farm laws is not over.
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'Insensitive' Centre responsible if anything happens to farmers, their sup
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 29 (ANI): Calling the central government 'insensitive', Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Member of Parliament Supriya Sule on Friday said the Centre will be responsible for any harm caused to the protesting farmers and their supporters.
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Delhi Police asks 12 Kisan leaders to join probe into Republic Day tractor
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Delhi Police on Friday served notices to 12 farmer leaders to join the investigation into the violence during the tractor rally on Republic Day. Among those who were served the notices include Buta Singh Burjgill, Darshan Pal Singh, Rakesh Tikait, Sham
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Lahiri opens with solid 68, lies 21st at the Farmers Insurance Open
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
California [USA], January 29 (ANI): Anirban Lahiri got off to a solid start for the second week running as he carded a 4-under 68 in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open. He picked up seven birdies, including on all four Par-5s of the Torrey Pines North Course.
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Maha Vikas Aghadi will make its own law for farmers if needed, says Ashok
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 29 (ANI): Minister of Public Works Department (PWD) of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan on Friday sparked a controversy by saying that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government will make new laws for farmers in the State.
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Alipur SHO injured in clash between farmers and locals at Singhu border
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Alipur Station House Officer was injured in a clash that broke out at Singhu border on Friday between farmers and locals, who were demanding that the area be vacated by protestors.
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Police security tightened at Ghazipur border to avoid rowdy elements
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): The police administration has tightened the security at the Ghazipur border to ensure that no unwanted or rowdy element enters into the farmers' protest site and create disturbances, said Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Pol
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