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Harish Rawat demands special session of Parliament to discuss farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Congress leader Harish Rawat on Saturday alleged that BJP-led central government is trying to "end" farmers' protest against the three agriculture laws and demanded a special session of Parliament to discuss their demands.
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Hanuman Beniwal resigns from Parliamentary Committees in support of farmer
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 19 (ANI): Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal on Saturday resigned from three parliamentary committees registering his protest against the government on the farmers' agitation and a host of other local issues related to hi
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Farmers at Ghazipur border use solar panels to charge phones, tractor batt
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Amid the lack of facilities, farmers protesting against the new farm laws at Delhi's Ghazipur border have started using solar panels to charge their phones, tractor batteries and to carry out other important works.
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Urdu Bulletin: PM Modi's appeal to farmers, cases against Azam Khan grab m
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): In today's editions of various Urdu newspapers on Saturday kept their emphasis on the ongoing farmers' agitation against the recently enacted Central farm laws. Most publications have focussed on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to farmers to
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Central govt should immediately withdraw farm laws, says Mayawati
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 19 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief, Mayawati on Saturday said that her party demands immediate withdrawal of the recent farm laws.
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PM Modi urges everyone to read, share content elaborating Agro-reforms on
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged everyone to read and widely share the content including graphics and booklets that elaborate on the Agro-reforms, that can be found on the NaMo App Volunteer Module's Your Voice and Downloads sections.
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Singhu, Auchandi, Piau Maniyari, Mangesh borders closed for traffic: Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The Singhu border, along with Auchandi, Piau Maniyari, and Mangesh borders have been closed for traffic, the Delhi Traffic Police said on Friday due to the ongoing farmers' protest.
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Farmer in UP's Shamli sells cauliflower at Rs 10/kg digitally after Ravi S
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): A day after a farmer in Mayapuri village of Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district destroyed his standing crop of cauliflowers, claiming that he was being forced to sell his produce at Rs 1 kilogram-- much below the cost price, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasa
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Volunteers launch newsletter Trolley Times for protesting farmers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): As the ongoing farmers' protest entered the 23rd day at the Singhu and Tikri borders of the national capital, a group of volunteers launched a newsletter named 'Trolley Times' on Friday.
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Badal writes to Kovind seeking intervention to conduct winter session of P
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India] December 18 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday called upon President Ram Nath Kovind and urged his intervention to immediately convene the winter session of the Parliament.
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Makeshift library set up at Singhu border, amid farmers' protests
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Amid the farmers' protest, a library-cum-cultural centre has been set up at Singhu border which aims to provide books and newspapers for youth and also imparts school education to students from nearby slums.
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Sonia Gandhi to hold important meeting with Congress leaders tomorrow
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Congress party's interim president Sonia Gandhi has called for a meeting of senior party leaders on Saturday to formulate the party's strategy on the current political scenario amid the ongoing farmers' agitation against farm laws. The meeting will co
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