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Delhi Chalo protest: Police, farmers clash at Shambhu border, tear gas use
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], November 26 (ANI): Security personnel had to use tear gas to disperse the protesting farmers at Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana. The protestors were marching towards Delhi against new farm laws which they believe will reduce their earnings, making large re
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Will restore trains services in Punjab at earliest, says Railways
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Chandigarh [India], November 22 (ANI): The Indian Railways on Saturday said that it will take steps towards restoration of train services in Punjab as it has received a communication from the state government that the protesting farmers have cleared the tracks.
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Protesting farmers vacate railway tracks in Jalandhar to allow movement of
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], November 5 (ANI): Farmers who had blocked railway tracks at Phillaur in Punjab's Jalandhar district in protest against the farm laws during the past few weeks have now vacated the area and are protesting at a nearby park to allow movement of goods trains.
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Amritsar's protesting farmers call Rahul Gandhi's tractor rally as 'luxury
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 5 (ANI): Punjab farmers at the 'rail roko' agitation in Amritsar's Devi Dasspura village called the tractor rally by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a 'luxury rally', and added that the protests by political parties were stunts for the coming elections.
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APMCs not shut, but sell produce wherever you get fair price: Yediyurappa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Invoking his lineage to a farmer's family, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday requested the protesting farmers to wait for another six months to a year and see how the new Farm Acts help them in long run.
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Odisha farmers protest seeking compensation for crop loss due to flood
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandikhol (Odisha) [India], September 23 (ANI): Thousands of protesting farmers blocked National Highway-15 in Odisha's Chandikhol district, demanding compensation for crop damages caused by floods and the withdrawal of the new farmer's bill.
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AP: Protesting farmers burn paddy on road, demand payment for their agricu
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): A group of farmers in Salur town of Vizianagaram district on Wednesday burnt paddy on the roads as a mark of protest for not being paid for their agriculture produce.
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Pawan Kalyan stopped by police on way to meet protesting farmers in Amarav
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Jana Sena Party leader Pawan Kalyan was stopped at Krishnayapalem on Tuesday by police citing security reasons, as Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's convoy was passing through the area.
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Maharashtra: Protesting farmers detained by Police in Mumbai
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Several farmers were detained by police on Thursday while they were protesting over crop damage due to unseasonal rains in the state.
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Govt should consider demands of protesting farmers: BSP
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Sudhindra Bhadoria on Saturday claimed that the farmers are reeling under poverty and that the government must fulfill their demand in order to uplift them.
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Farmers' march: 11 member farmers delegation to meet Agricultural Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 21 (ANI): After police stopped the protesting farmers from marching towards Kisan Ghat in Delhi, an 11-member delegation of farmers will be meeting officials at the Ministry of Agriculture, allegedly in their last-ditch attempt to have their demands accepted by the go
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Farmers' march: Police personnel equipped with riot gear to halt farmers f
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Security was beefed up with barricades put across the roads to stop protesting farmers from reaching national capital from the adjoining Uttar Pradesh on Saturday at East Delhi's Ghazipur border.
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