Former Congress Speaker Rahul Gandhi is likely to lead a protest in Punjab this week in support of farmers agitating against the government over three farm laws passed by Parliament last week, people familiar with the development said. Gandhi is also expected to address a rally, the date and location …
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Farmers protests: The police have removed the tractor and the fire has been put out. New Delhi: A tractor was set on fire near the India Gate in the heart of Delhi this morning during protests against the controversial farm laws, which have sparked widespread protests. The police have removed …
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But the two reasons they gave (Akalis) (for breaking ties) were very surprising, Ashwani Sharma said. Chandigarh: Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said on Sunday that the reasons given by Shiromani Akali Dal for severing ties with the NDA were “very surprising” but also mentioned that he was “saddened” by …
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Captain Amarinder Singh said that the Shiromani Akali Dal has become politically irrelevant now New Delhi / Chandigarh: Punjab’s chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, has called Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to resign from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as nothing more than a “desperate case of political compulsion” for the …
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Akali Dal said they quit the alliance over controversial Farm Bills (Archive) New Delhi: The Shiromani Akali Dal, one of the BJP’s oldest allies, said on Saturday that he would resign from the ruling party’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) following sharp differences over three controversial agricultural sector bills passed earlier …
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A lawyer has filed a complaint against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut in a local court in Karnataka’s Tumkur, requesting the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) for her tweet about farmers opposing the farm bills, according to reports. According to LiveLaw, defender Ramesh Naik filed the complaint over Ranaut’s …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that, for the first time in decades, the Union government has crafted laws that benefit farmers, workers, women and other marginalized sectors. In the context of protests by a farmers’ section and criticism from opposition parties of the recently passed farm bills, Prime …
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New Delhi / Chandigarh / Meerut Farmers in several states protested key farm reform laws passed by Parliament this week, disrupting life in Punjab, Haryana and parts of western Uttar Pradesh, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused opposition parties of spreading “lies” and misleading farmers for their own political …
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Two parties, Congress and the PNC, of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi coalition have declared that they will not implement the farm laws passed amid huge protests in Parliament on Sunday. Shiv Sena, whose prime minister Uddhav Thackeray heads the government, has yet to make his position public on the issue, …
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Farmers’ unions across the country have called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ in view of the passage of controversial farm bills in Parliament. The Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Trinamool Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal are among the 18 opposition parties that support the call for a …
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