In another tug of war between the Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammad Khan, and the Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, the The governor has rejected a request call a special session of the Assembly to debate the new three central agricultural laws. The state government cabinet had written to the governor …
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NEW DELHI: A day after submitting a proposed talks to the government, farmers ‘unions on Sunday agitated a call for a nationwide protest on New Years Day urging the public to commit to supporting the farmers’ struggle and demanding the repeal of the three central agricultural laws. The umbrella body …
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As protests against the central government’s controversial new agricultural reforms continue to intensify in the national capital, large groups of farmers on the Singhu and Ghazipur borders began hitting utensils on Sunday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio address, ‘Mann Ki Baat’. On Sunday morning, large processions of farmers …
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NEW DELHI: Amidst farmers’ agitation against central agricultural laws, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday he said that whenever groundbreaking reform was launched, there was a tendency to first scoff at it, then oppose and finally accept it. “We are currently going through this process,” Tomar said in a …
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NEW DELHI: One day before the celebration of the ‘Shraddhanjali Diwas’ (Day of Tribute) in memory of protesting farmers who died during the ongoing upheaval, agricultural unions wrote a joint ‘open’ letter to the Prime Minister on Saturday Narendra Modi and the Minister of Agriculture. Narendra Singh Tomar saying that …
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Written by Parthasarathi Biswas | Pune | December 17, 2020 5:51:37 am The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, which met on Wednesday, also approved an export incentive of up to 60 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar for the 2020-21 season. Just one month after announcing a Rs 65,000 crore boost …
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CHANDIGARH: Launching a scathing attack on the BJP for the farmers’ protest against the three central agricultural laws, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday dubbed the saffron party as “real tukde tukde gang” and accused him of establishing Hindus against the Sikhs in Punjab. Stating that “the BJP first …
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Mohali: Peasant leaders in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, say they have had to disguise themselves to evade heavy police surveillance and join protests against agricultural laws. Palbhai Ambaliya, Yakub Guraji and Jayesh Patel, together with other leaders and representatives of Gujarat farmers unions, had formed an umbrella …
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New Delhi: The escalation of union government on a series of contentious clauses in the recently formulated farm laws has only reinforced the perception that the Center led by Narendra Modi prefers agitation to consultation. In recent years, the ruling BJP’s non-consultative approach has precipitated multiple upheavals. However, he has …
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Written by Manraj Grewal Sharma, edited by Explained Desk | Chandigarh | Updated: October 21, 2020 11:09:15 am Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, along with the MLAs, is meeting Tuesday with Vice President of Governor Singh Badnore, to seek his consent to the agricultural bills passed by the Assembly. (Photo: …
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