The Jaipur-Delhi National Highway in the Alwar district of Rajasthan remained partially blocked on Tuesday as farmers’ protest against the Center’s new agricultural laws entered on the third day. The farmers were led by Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, CPIM legislator Balwan Poonia and former legislator Amra Ram. “We don’t …
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Opposition leaders met with President Ram Nath Kovind today and sought the removal of the new farm laws. New Delhi: Opposition parties met today with President Ram Nath Kovind and sought the repeal of the three agricultural laws against which thousands of farmers have been protesting on various borders of …
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People have the right to demonstrate peacefully and the authorities should allow them to do so, said the spokesman for the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, of the protests by farmers in India. India has called the statements by foreign leaders about the farmers’ protests “misinformed” and “unjustified” as the …
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Written by Harish Damodaran | New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:04:39 am Farmers at the Singhu border on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 (Express Photo: Gajendra Yadav) Most of the negotiations start from maximalist positions. It is no different in the current confrontation between the Center and the farmers’ …
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Farmers will march to Delhi from November 26 to 27 from 5 highways to protest against agricultural laws (archive) Chandigarh: Haryana police issued a travel warning, asking travelers to avoid certain national roads along the state border with Punjab and Delhi for three days, starting tomorrow, in view of the …
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After Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused opposition parties of insulting farmers through protests over farm laws, on Friday, Congress leader Kapil Sibal mocked him by speaking about the resignation of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). “Even his greatest ally of 24 years, SAD, has abandoned …
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