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"Anti-farmer": Congress launches fresh attack on Centre amid farmers prote
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) national body has given a call for the Mahapanchayat in Delhi on March 14 to highlight issues of a legal guarantee of MSP, against the electricity amendment bill, freedom from debt, old age pension, rolling back of labour codes, and other pending issues. Read More
"Farmers will remain at Shambhu, Khanauri borders until govt opens roads":
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The general secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher, said on Monday that the decision to March towards Delhi has not changed amid incidents of death during the protests.
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Centre estimates wheat procurement at 320 lakh tonne wheat, paddy 100 lakh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
After deliberations, the estimates for wheat procurement during ensuing marketing season 2024-25 were fixed in the range of 300-320 lakh tonne. Similarly, the estimates for paddy procurement in term of rice during 2023-24 (Rabi Crop) were fixed in the range of 90-100 LMT.
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Rajasthan: Clashes erupt between police, Congress workers en route their m
Updated : 2 years ago IST
During the protest, Hindoli MLA Ashok Chandna alleged that the brutal killing of farmers during the farmers' movement took place on the orders of the Government of India.
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticizes BJP's 'Jumlas' for farmers, vows
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday criticized the Bhartiya Janata party for failing to fulfill promises made to the farmers and asserted that the Congress party will make MSP legal if it comes to power.
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Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait ups ante says farmers to form 'Tractor Chain'
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"A program to take out a 'Tractor Chain' has been decided. Tractors will be parked on the highway that leads to Delhi, especially the divider highway. It was decided to register a different kind of protest so that the government would listen to us and not forget the farmers," said farmer lea
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WTO subsidy policy bad for farmers, says leader Sarwan Singh Pandher ahead
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Farmers under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) are all set to launch a nationwide tractor procession on highways on Monday.
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"Seasoned politicians should resist temptation of injecting their own poli
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a veiled attack on Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri after attending the inauguration of AIIMS Bathinda on Sunday said that "seasoned politicians" should resist the temptation of injecting their own "political frustration" into occasions
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha to observe 'Quit WTO Day' tomorrow
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Sunday announced that it will observe 'Quit WTO Day' on February 26 and demanded that Centre should put pressure on the developed countries to keep agriculture out of the WTO in 13th Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organisation scheduled on 26-29 February at Ab
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"We will not take more than one minute...": Rahul Gandhi assures farmers o
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday assured the farmers that if the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc comes into power at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections this year, then it won't take "more than a minute" to implement legislation on the Minimum Supp
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"Want to contest Shirdi Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra": Ramdas Athawale
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"I think the Republican Party should get one seat in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Republican Party is present countrywide. People want me to come to Lok Sabha. I have repeatedly said that I am in Rajya Sabha till 2026 but people want me to come to Lok Sabha. So I
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Punjab LoP Partap Bajwa demands implementation of Swaminathan report, debt
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Punjab Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday said that the Centre should accept the demands of the farmers and implement the Swaminathan report.
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