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Samyukta Kisan Morcha writes to President Kovind demanding end to 'repress
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): On the occasion of 'Daman Pratirodh Diwas' marked by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday, the umbrella body of protesting farmer unions sent a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, demanding an end to repression on the protesting farmers and their
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Statutory warning posters at Delhi borders put as precautionary measure, s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Regarding the hoardings placed at Delhi borders warning of action against gatherings, the Delhi Police on Wednesday clarified that the posters have been put as a precautionary measure and no action is being taken against protesting farmers.
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Punjab CM urges PM Modi to ensure urgent resolution of ongoing agitation '
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh, February 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure an urgent resolution of the ongoing farm unrest by the Centre "to the satisfaction of the protesting farmers by addressing all their grievances."
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Rail roko: Protesting farmers shower flower petals, distribute sweets to p
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Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 18 (ANI): Members of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Thursday showered flower petals on police personnel and offered them sweets when the latter appealed to farmers to end their 'Rail roko' agitation on Thursday at Modinagar in Ghaziabad.
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We will take our tractors to West Bengal, warns Rakesh Tikait
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hisar (Haryana) [India], February 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the protesting farmers will take the agitation to the poll-bound West Bengal if the Centre does not concur with their demands against the new farm laws.
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BJP's Rajkumar Chahar urges common farmers not to take part in Rail Roko,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Alleging that a party is sending its members to farmers' protest and spreading propaganda about the farm laws, BJP's national Kisan morcha president Rajkumar Chahar on Wednesday urged "common farmers" to refrain from participating in the proposed Rail Ro
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Farm laws: Talks only way forward to resolve impasse, Cong behaving like v
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Asserting that talks are the only way forward to break the impasse between protesting farmers and the central government, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sanjeev Balyan on Wednesday said that party leaders will reach out to farm
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Protesting farmers installed CCTV cameras, toilets at Ghazipur border
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 17 (ANI): As the protest against the Centre's three new farm laws entered 84th day on Wednesday, with no breakthrough in the standoff between government and farmers in the sight, protesters at the Ghazipur border have installed CCTV cameras and tem
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BJP govts at Centre and in Haryana should step down, says Punjab CM
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 14 (ANI): In response to the recent statements by senior BJP leaders, including the Union and Haryana agriculture ministers, on the deaths of protesting farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the BJP-led government at th
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After expressing concern, Canadian PM now praises India for holding dialog
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): In what can be termed as a U-turn now, Canada has praised the Indian government for holding several rounds of dialogue with agitating farmers who are sitting on borders of the national capital protesting against farm laws.
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Police asking Sidhu about his whereabouts on January 26, search for his th
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Delhi Police is seeking information from actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu about his whereabouts on January 26 when violence took place in the national capital during tractor parade called by protesting farmers, sources said.
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PM Modi urges farmers to resume talks, says need for efforts to make them
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New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Emphasising the need to work towards self-reliance of farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the new farm laws have been brought to ease difficulties in agriculture and called upon protesting farmers to resume talks with the gove
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