Although the Singhu border near Delhi’s outer Narela has been closed to traffic since Thursday night due to thousands of farmers marching towards Delhi, on Friday morning the police also closed the Tikri border that goes from Delhi to Bahadurgarh. Traffic police alerted travelers that both roads on the Tikri …
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Punjab farmers, protesting against the three controversial agricultural laws passed by the Center in September, resumed their march to Delhi on Friday as part of their “Dilli Chalo” protest. On Thursday, protesting farmers were able to cross into neighboring Haryana despite violent clashes with the Haryana police. The police action …
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Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh clashed with police on Thursday, traveling to the national capital, where they plan to protest against three recently enacted farm laws. Growers on tractors and trucks threw police barricades into a river near the Ambala district, while police detained them …
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Farmers protest against Delhi: Water cannons were used at least twice to disperse farmers. New Delhi: It is absolutely wrong for farmers to be prevented from holding peaceful demonstrations against the Center’s new agricultural laws and using water cannons against them, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today. Haryana set …
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Last week, the President of India promoted the three agricultural bills, namely the Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 (FPTC), the Assurance Agreement of Farmer Prices (Empowerment and Protection) Services Bill, 2020 (FAPAFS), and Essential Products Bill (Amendment), 2020. The opposition and farmer organizations continue to …
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Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wasting taxpayers ‘money while addressing a farmers’ rally in Sirsa, Haryana. The Wayanad MP, while addressing a rally during his ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra (Saving Agriculture)’ at Sirsa’s Dussehra field, said Prime Minister Modi bought Air India One because …
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Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi’s Kheti Bachao tractor rally against agricultural laws will enter Haryana from Punjab near Kyukar village of Pehowa subdivision of Kurukshetra district on Tuesday afternoon. According to his schedule, Gandhi will lead a tour in Pehowa after entering Haryana. He plans to meet the farmers around 3pm. …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 4, 2020 8:00:45 pm Rahul Gandhi will hold mass public meetings and tractor rallies in Punjab and Haryana over three days. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) From the heart of the protests against the three controversial farm laws in Moga, …
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Protesting against the new farm laws, farmers sit at the train station in Jalandhar for an indefinite period as part of their agitation of the roko railway in Punjab on Thursday. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh) The main opposition party in Haryana leaves no stone unturned to turn the demonstration …
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Written by Udit Misra, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 27, 2020 8:01:30 am Farmers shout slogans as they block a train track in protest against new agricultural laws, in the village of Devi Dass Pura, about 20 kilometers from Amritsar (AP) Dear readers, Looking back, …
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