Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, UP and some other states are protesting against the Agreement on Price Assurance and Agricultural Services for Farmers (Empowerment and Protection), the Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Act and the Act Essential Products (Amendment) Act. Enacted in September, the three agricultural …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 8:59:26 am Maan claimed that the organization also receives vegetables from Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. With farm unions intensifying protests to press their demand for the repeal of the three farm laws, the government on …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 20, 2020 9:50:50 pm Peasant leader Rakesh Tikait, at a press conference, said that farmers would celebrate Kisan Diwas on December 23 and “we ask people not to cook lunch for a day.” (Express photo by Amit Mehra) Stepping up …
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More than 30 groups have come together to launch months-long protests against farm laws that have spread from Punjab and Haryana to the borders of the national capital. For nearly three weeks, farmers have been protesting on the outskirts of Delhi, demanding that the government withdraw the agricultural laws. The …
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Facebook on Sunday night restored the page of Kisan Ekta Morcha who has been sharing updates on the farmers’ protest against the Center’s farm laws after removing it a few hours earlier. It was not immediately clear how long the page was taken. A photo shared by the group on …
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NEW DELHI: Farmers unions announced a one-day relay hunger strike on Monday at all protest sites to push for the repeal of the CenterThe new agricultural laws, even as the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah said that Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is likely to hold talks with the protest …
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NEW DELHI: The farmers to Singhu border have started publishing their own fortnight Newspaper called Truck hours, whose first edition came out on Saturday. The issue had three lengthy articles in Gurmukhi, reports, photos, illustrations and a section in Hindi for agitators from other states besides Punjab. The headline on …
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NEW DELHI: Farmers unions announced a one-day relay hunger strike on Monday at all protest sites to push for the repeal of the CenterThe new agricultural laws, even as the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah said that Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is likely to hold talks with the protest …
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Image for representation. Gurlabh Singh, a resident of Dayalpura Mirza village in Bathinda district, had been part of the protest near the Delhi border. PTI Chandigarh Last update: December 20, 2020 5:18 PM IST FOLLOW US: A 22-year-old Punjab farmer, who returned from a protest site near the Delhi border, …
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Farmers Protest in Delhi: Around 5pm today, farmers will hold a candlelight vigil in remembrance. New Delhi: It has been 25 days since thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other Indian states began gathering in and around the national capital in protest against three new central agricultural …
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