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RJD to protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in support of protestin
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], December 4 (ANI): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that the party will protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi's statue at Gandhi Maidan here to express support for farmer's protest against new farm laws.
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Plea in SC to remove protesting farmers over COVID-19 fears
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New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking its directions for immediate removal of the protesting farmers from the borders of the national capital in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, advocate on record Om Prakash Parihar said on Friday.
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Mamata Banerjee expresses solidarity with farmers protesting against 'drac
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 4 (ANI): Recalling her 26-day long hunger strike against the forceful acquisition of agricultural land in 2006, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed her solidarity with the protesting farmers against the three farm laws pas
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Sukhdev Dhindsa returns Padma Bhushan award, writes to President about far
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New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) Chief and rebel Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Friday returned the Padma Bhushan award to "express solidarity" and "protest against the treatment" meted out to farmers protesting at the borders of Delhi aga
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Locals distribute tea to protesting farmers at Singhu border
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New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Locals distributed tea to protesting farmers stationed at the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border), on Friday night.
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MSP will continue, government will consider demand for registration of tra
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New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday reached out to protesting farmers over their demands, saying MSP will not be touched, the government was open to their suggestions for parity between mandis under APMC Act and those outside, f
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PM Modi should address farmers' concerns: Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 3 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) chief and Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, on Thursday announced that he will be returning the Padma Bhushan conferred on him in 2019 in solidarity with protesting farmers said that he hoped that Prime M
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Farmers don't need certificate from BJP: Sukhbir Singh Badal
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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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Left organisations protest in Bengaluru, Jaipur in support of farmers' agi
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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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Centre hopeful of positive outcome in talks with farmers, ready to give MS
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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
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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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Noida Police shifts protesting farmers to 'temporary jail', alleges BKU Lo
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Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 2 (ANI): Farmers heading to the national capital from different parts of Uttar Pradesh have been shifted to 'temporary jail', alleged Swaraj Singh, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) President on Wednesday.
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