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Smriti Irani slams Cong for its 'save cow, save farmers' rally in UP
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 27 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani has slammed the Congress party over issues of farmers' welfare and cow protection.
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'Debate with farmer leaders in public on new laws':At Singhu protest site,
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday visited Singhu border where thousands of farmers have been protesting against the new agricultural laws and threw a challenge to Central government leaders to an open debate with farmer leaders on the far
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Modi government gave financial assistance to Himachal based on its strateg
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led central government extended financial help to Himachal Pradesh, based not on its size and population but on its strategic and economic importance.
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Talks on December 29 will resolve issues only if done with farmers perspec
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) Agriculture Kailash Choudhary has said that talks scheduled on December 29 will resolve issues if they are conducted from farmers' perspective, and not from the perspective of politicians who are politicising the issue.
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MSP will continue, no one can take away land from farmers: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday assured that farmers that the minimum support price (MSP) for their agricultural produce and mandis will continue and asserted that no one can take away land from farmers.
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Rahul Gandhi's 2015 speech on Amethi Food Park circulates on social media,
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi told the Lok Sabha in 2015 that the farmers should be allowed to sell their produce directly to the companies, contradicting his current stand on the new farm laws where he has been sternly slamming the Centre to revoke the "
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Protesting farmers use Nirankari Samagam ground in Burari to grow crops
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Farmers who are protesting against the new farm laws, are using Nirankari Samagam ground in Burari to grow crops.
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Urdu Bulletin: Farmers' unions proposed talks with govt on Dec 29, RLP qui
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Various Urdu publications have highlighted the news of farmers' unions, protesting against the three farm laws, proposing to hold the next round of talks with the government on December 29. Most publications have also reported the quitting of NDA by the
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Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait receives death threat over phone
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait who has been participating in the agitation against the farm laws alleged that he has received a death threat over the phone.
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Farmer unions ask centre to resume talks on agri laws on Dec 29
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27(ANI): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a joint front of almost 40 farmer organisations, wrote a letter to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare accepting the Centre's offer for dialogue and proposed December 29 as the next date for the meeting.
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Govt not taking farmers seriously because opposition parties weak: Shiv Se
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 27 (ANI): The central government is not taking the demands of the protesting farmers seriously because the opposition is weak, said the Shiv Sena adding that though Rahul Gandhi is putting up a vigorous fight, there is something lacking in the Congress'
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Farm laws are in interest of farmers: Dharmendra Pradhan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhenkanal (Odisha) [India], December 27 (ANI): Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that the new farm laws brought by the BJP-led government are in the interest of farmers.
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