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Opposition leaders meet President, urge him to persuade government to acce
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and leaders of some other opposition parties including NCP, DMK, CPI-M on Wednesday met President Ram Nath Kovind and urged him to persuade the government "not to be obdurate" and accept the demand of protesting farmers for
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BJP Leader Dr Krishan Jha Questions Political Exploitation Of Indian Farme
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New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI/PNN): "If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right in the country." as M. S. Swaminathan, the agricultural geneticist from the Green Revolution said rightly, there is no doubt that Indian farmers have been shortchanged over the de
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Farmer unions reject government proposals on changes in farm laws, to inte
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New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Farmer unions on Wednesday rejected the government's proposals on changes in three farm laws and said they will intensify their protest for the repeal of these laws.
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Farmers' protest: Digvijaya Singh pitches for JPC to find solution
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 9 (ANI): Demanding three farm laws should be repealed, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday said Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) should be formed to find a solution after talking to farmers.
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JDS made Land Reforms Amendment Act balanced, Cong and BJP didn't do any j
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Kolar (Karnataka) [India], December 9 (ANI): Former Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said that in terms of the Land Reforms Amendment Act, his party has worked for the benefit of the farmers but Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not do an
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Farmers' Hindusthan bandh perfect answer to government-backed anarchy: Shi
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 9 (ANI): Calling Tuesday's Bharat bandh by protesting farmers a perfect answer to "government-backed anarchy", Shiv Sena on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre is calling the agitators Khalistanis to get "political mileage" by p
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Farmers to decide further course of action after discussing Centre's draft
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New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Farmer unions will hold a meeting over the draft of proposals that will be sent by the Centre later on Wednesday and hoped it will ease the ongoing stalemate by providing some clarity on the issues by today evening, said Rakesh Tikait, spokesperson of
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Protest not in favour of country, farmers should accept proposal: MoS Som
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New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Asserting that the ongoing farmers' protest is in favour of neither the country nor Punjab, Som Prakash, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, on Wednesday said they should end the agitation and accept the Centre's proposal "if most of their demand
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3EA funded Gujarat based agricultural start-up HirenBhai.com
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): With the reforms in the agricultural sector and introduction of Farmers Act 2020, Government of India has boosted the overall growth of the sector by building infrastructure and supply chains for farm produce in national and global mar
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Punjab: SAD workers provide free fuel to farmers on way to Delhi
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Amritsar (Punjab) [India], December 9 (ANI): In an attempt to "further strengthen" the ongoing agitation against the three recently enacted farm laws, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) workers are providing free fuel at a petrol pump on Delhi-Amritsar National Highway to farmers heading for the
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Traffic near borders in Delhi remains affected due to farmers' agitation
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): With the ongoing farmers' agitation against the three newly enacted farm laws entering the 14th day, traffic near the borders of the national capital remained affected as several borders between Delhi and neighbouring states remained closed for commuters.
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Farmers' protest enters 14th day, Centre to send draft proposal for delibe
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New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): With farmers firm on their demand about the repealing of the three agriculture laws passed by the Centre in the last monsoon session of Parliament, their protest entered the 14th day on Wednesday with demonstrations continuing on Sant Nirankari Samagam
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