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SAD condemns Centre's refusal to take back farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 11 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday condemned the central government's stand of not taking back the three farm laws against which farmers have been protesting, saying that the press conference held by the Centre prov
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Films of Sikh bravery on LED screens inspire protesting farmers at Singhu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Films on Sikh bravery are being shown on LED screens at the Singhu border on Thursday to inspire the protesting farmers.
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Mumbai: Raza Academy president, 5 members detained for protesting outside
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10 (ANI): President of Raza Academy M Saeed Noori and five members were detained for protesting outside the Chinese Consulate here against China's atrocities on Uyghur Muslims, Mumbai Police said on Thursday.
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Married to a cause: Punjab family says no to wedding gifts, keeps donation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Muktsar (Punjab) [India], December 10 (ANI): A family in Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab, asked their relatives and friends to donate money for the protesting farmers, instead of presenting gifts, during the wedding of their son recently.
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Opposition leaders meet President, urge him to persuade government to acce
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and leaders of some other opposition parties including NCP, DMK, CPI-M on Wednesday met President Ram Nath Kovind and urged him to persuade the government "not to be obdurate" and accept the demand of protesting farmers for
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Farmers' Hindusthan bandh perfect answer to government-backed anarchy: Shi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 9 (ANI): Calling Tuesday's Bharat bandh by protesting farmers a perfect answer to "government-backed anarchy", Shiv Sena on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre is calling the agitators Khalistanis to get "political mileage" by p
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Wanted to join farmers as common man but they didn't let me go, says Kejri
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Hours after ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi claimed that the party president was put under house arrest in view of Bharat Bandh, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that he was "stopped" as he wanted to go to the border as a common man to
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We should be allowed to hold protest at Ramlila Ground: Punjab Kisan Union
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Asserting that farmers protesting the central farm laws do not want to cause any inconvenience to the people of Delhi and Haryana, the Punjab Kisan Union on Tuesday said that they should be allowed to hold their protest at Ramlila Ground.
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Protesting farmers forced to take shower at odd hours, women stand in long
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): With farmers' protests against the agricultural laws at Singhu border enters the thirteenth day, the farmers -- both men and women -- who remain steadfast at the gates of Delhi share their ordeals.
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Ahead of sixth round of talks, farmers to meet Home Minister at 7 pm today
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New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): A day before the sixth round of talks between the protesting farmers and the Central government, farmer leaders have been invited to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah at 7 pm on Tuesday.
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140 PAC companies deployed to thwart violence during Bharat Bandh in UP: A
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 8 (ANI): Prashant Kumar, Additional Director General (ADG) of Law and Order in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday said that 140 companies of Pradeshik Armed Constabulary (PAC) have been deployed along with civil forces in the state to thwart any instances of v
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After passing Contract Farming Act under its regime, Cong's opposition to
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Calling the opposition parties -- who supported Tuesday's Bharat bandh call by farmers -- "hypocrites", Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday appealed to the farmers to understand that the recently enacted farm laws,
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