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Punjab govt did not forward assembly resolution against farm ordinances
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], September 29 (ANI): Former union minister and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday attacked Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh over the farm laws, saying his government had not forwarded the resolution passed by the state assembly l
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Ready to call assembly session to decide steps against new farm laws: Amar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 29 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday assured farmers of all possible legal and other steps to fight the new farm laws including a special session of the Vidhan Sabha to discuss the way forward.
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PM Modi targets opposition over farm laws, says another source of black mo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a strong attack on the Congress and other opposition parties over their opposition to agriculture laws, saying some people are not able to "tolerate freedom to farmers as one more source of black money has en
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Mamata Banerjee attacks Modi govt over farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], September 29 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday criticised the Central government for the recently enacted farm laws.
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Govt continues to procure Kharif crops as per existing MSP schemes: Minist
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Kharif marketing season 2020-21 has just begun and the government continues to procure Kharif crops at MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP schemes as done in previous seasons, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Tuesday.
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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee to call Rahul Gandhi to join farmers' pr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is likely to join farmers' protest in Punjab beginning from October 2 on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sunil Jakhar said on Tuesday.
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New Acts will make farmers slaves of corporates: Andhra Congress submits m
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 29 (ANI): Alleging that the new farm Acts will make farmers slaves of corporates, the Andhra Pradesh Congress protested near Raj Bhawan and submitted a representation to Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan on Tuesday.
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GPCC holds protest against farm bills, demands withdrawal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], September 29 (ANI): Congress workers and farmers held a protest rally on Monday under the leadership of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar, and demanded the withdrawal of the three farm laws.
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Stir against farm laws: Karnataka BJP accuses Congress of 'reckless and ir
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Responding to the nationwide agitation in state capitals under the aegis of the Pradesh Congress Committees (PCC), Karnataka BJP accused the Congress of displaying "fake concern for farmers" and "risking people's lives with reckless and irr
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Punjab CM's sit-in protest at Khatkar Kalaan is 'shameful political nautan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 28 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday termed the sit-in protest by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh as "shameful political nautanki" and alleged that "Singh's claim of farmers' struggle in Punjab turning vi
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Andhra Govt launches YSR Jala Kala scheme to facilitate irrigation to farm
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 28 (ANI): In a bid to a roll out a green carpet on the uplands and arid terrain, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday launched the 'YSR Jala Kala' scheme, under which bore wells will be drilled to benefit small and medium
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Retired civil servants issue statement in support of farm sector laws
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): A group of former public servants on Monday lent its support to the farm reform laws enacted by the Centre government and condemned the "surreptitious practices of vested interests" which it claimed were misleading and misguiding the farmers and discred
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