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Samyukta Kisan Morcha writes to President Kovind demanding end to 'repress
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): On the occasion of 'Daman Pratirodh Diwas' marked by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday, the umbrella body of protesting farmer unions sent a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, demanding an end to repression on the protesting farmers and their
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Govt ready to discuss if farmers have point to raise: Tomar on Rakesh Tika
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Wednesday that the government has still left its door open for discussions with the farmers regarding the three new farm laws.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu slams Centre, terms farm laws 'black'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 24 (ANI): Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday criticised the Centre over the farmers' protest and said that this is a practice of black laws.
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Toolkit case: Court asks Delhi Police to file reply on Shantanu Muluk's an
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Wednesday asked Delhi Police to file a reply on an anticipatory bail plea moved by Shantanu Muluk, co-accused in the ongoing 'toolkit' document case related to the farmers' protest.
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Delhi HC adjourns hearing on PIL seeking to remove people 'squatting under
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the matter to March 26 on a plea seeking to remove people "squatting under the garb of farmers' agitation" in the national capital and clear all the roads and public places.
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Statutory warning posters at Delhi borders put as precautionary measure, s
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Regarding the hoardings placed at Delhi borders warning of action against gatherings, the Delhi Police on Wednesday clarified that the posters have been put as a precautionary measure and no action is being taken against protesting farmers.
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On PM-Kisan's 2nd anniversary, PM Modi says govt doing everything possible
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): On the second anniversary of the PM-Kisan scheme on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP government in the Centre is doing everything possible to double the income of farmers.
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Rakesh Tikait threatens Centre, says repeal farm laws or will march to Par
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sikar (Rajasthan) [India], February 24 (ANI): Issuing a threat to the Central Government, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader, Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said if the three laws are not repealed, the farmers will march to the Parliament on 40 lakh tractors.
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Kapil Sibal expresses happiness over bail to 'climate activist' Disha Ravi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday expressed happiness over the release of "climate activist" Disha Ravi in connection with the 'toolkit' case and said that the subordinate judiciary has started questioning the misuse of sedition law.
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Farmers from UP villages to fast, send messages to PM every day from March
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Morcha on Tuesday said it will launch a village-level agitation across the state from March 1 seeking withdrawal of the Centre's three farm laws and guarantee to purchase at the minimum support price (MSP).
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Punjab launches 'PSCADB' mobile app to provide information on loan schemes
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh, [India] February 23 (ANI): In a bid to benefit common people in general and farmers in particular, one of the most significant institutions of the cooperative sector, the Punjab State Cooperative Agriculture Development Bank (PSCADB), took a giant digital leap with the launch of
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Despite ban on political gatherings in Maharashtra, Congress holds Parliam
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): After Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray banned political, religious, and social gatherings in wake of a surge in COVID-19 cases, the state Congress on Tuesday held a meeting of its Parliamentary Board to discuss issues related to state politics,
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