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Farmers don't need certificate from BJP: Sukhbir Singh Badal
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after its party leader compared the protesting farmers to Khalistanis and said that farmers do not need a certificate from its former
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One carriageway of NH 24 for UP to Delhi closed due to farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): As agitating farmers assemble at Gazipur border and tried to break police barricades, one carriageway of the National Highway 24 for Uttar Pradesh to Delhi has been closed for traffic on Thursday.
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Farmers have 'langar' at Vigyan Bhawan meet, refuse govt's offer of food,
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Farmer leaders refused to accept tea or food offered by the government during the fourth round of talks with the Centre at Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday, amid the ongoing protest to repeal the new agricultural laws.
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Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa to return Padma Bhushan amid farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): After former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) chief and rebel Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Thursday announced that he would be returning his Padma Bhushan award in solidarity with the far
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Kangana's comment on 'same dadi at Shaheen Bagh, farmers' protest' leads t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Actor Kangana Ranaut has got herself mired in yet another controversy after she said that an elderly woman, who was seen protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh in the national capital in December-March, was seen in the on
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Left organisations protest in Bengaluru, Jaipur in support of farmers' agi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru/ Jaipur (Karnataka/ Rajasthan) [India], December 3 (ANI): Multiple left-leaning organisations including Students' Federation of India and All India Democratic Women's Association, staged a protest in Mysore Bank Circle of Bengaluru to support the protesting farmers.
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Punjab announces financial assistance for families of two farmers who died
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Mourning the death of two farmers, who were participating in the agitation against the three farm sector laws passed by the Centre, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to their familie
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Parkash Singh Badal returns Padma Vibhushan in protest against farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday returned the Padma Vibhushan award "in protest" against the "betrayal of the farmers by the Government of India" and for the "shocking
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Hoping for positive outcome: Narendra Tomar on fourth round of talks with
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The fourth round of talks commenced between the Centre and representatives of farmers' on Thursday afternoon at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister Piyush Goyal representing the Central governmen
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Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal meet farmers for fourth round of talks
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): In the fourth round of talks with the farmers protesting at the gates of Delhi on Thursday, hopes for a resolution run high on both ends -- farmers and the government -- as they commit to continuing the dialogue and reach a positive outcome.
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Centre hopeful of positive outcome in talks with farmers, ready to give MS
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Just hours ahead of talks with protesting farmers, Som Prakash, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry on Thursday stated that farmers are coming for talks because there is hope for a solution that will be acceptable to both government and farmers an
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Govt hopes meeting with farmers will be successful, says MoS Som Prakash
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The government is hopeful that the meeting with representatives of protesting farmers, scheduled for later today, will be successful, said Som Prakash, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry on Thursday.
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