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NEW DELHI: Restoring the way agricultural products are traded within India, Parliament on Sunday passed a series of bills aimed at liberalizing agricultural markets. Despite repeated agitations by farmers and the resignation of food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal in protest, the passage of controversial bills marks a new …

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Prime Minister Amarinder Singh said on Sunday that his government would take the BJP and its allies, including the Akalis, to court over new “unconstitutional, undemocratic and anti-migrant” laws from the central government. He said he would fight to his last breath to protect the interests of farmers …

File photo of the proceedings at the Rajya Sabha. (PTI) While the BJP succeeded in getting the two bills it had introduced in the upper house through voice vote, it has hardly come out stronger from the entire process. Three regional heavyweights, their oldest ally, Akali Dal of Punjab, and …

File Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media outside Parliament in New Delhi on Sept. 14, 2020 (Press Information Office via AP). The bills passed by Parliament will free farmers from the constraints of middlemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. News18.com New Delhi Last update: September 20, 2020 3:35 …

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Naresh Gujral speaks at the Rajya Sabha. Demanding that the bills be sent to a select committee to address the issues raised by farmers, Gujral said: ‘We are petitioning the government over and over again so that all stakeholders can be heard. If farmers are oppressed …

The opposition led by Congress is pushing for a resolution to send the bills to a select committee. New Delhi: BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal has said that the three agricultural sector bills, which have sparked a storm of protests in several states, including Punjab and Haryana, will be sent …

Rajya Sabha is likely to agree to the controversial farm bills on Sunday with Congress and many opposition parties trying to put up a united front to oppose these proposed legislation, calling them anti-farmers and pro-corporate, even as the ruling BJP is also coming. to various regional teams for support. …

Farmers hold up posters during a rally following the approval of agriculture bills in Lok Sabha in Amritsar on Friday. (AFP) BJP leaders expressed confidence that they will gain the support of more than 130 members, including nine from AIADMK and six from YSR Congress, who are not part of …

NEW DELHI: The NDA government is preparing to overcome potential obstacles that may come in the way of the smooth passage of the three agricultural laws in Rajya Sabha on Sunday. With key ally Shiromani Akali Dal already against the legislation and some of the regional parties have not yet …

Veteran BJP leader and former Mulund legislator Sardar Tara Singh died Saturday morning from a prolonged illness. The 81-year-old leader had been being treated at Bandra Lilawati hospital for the past month and finally succumbed to his illness on Saturday. BJP lawmaker Mihir Kotecha, who succeeded Tara Singh in the …