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Karnataka farmers organizations called for a statewide bandh on Monday in protest against the amendments to the Agricultural Products Market Committee (APMC) and the land reform laws introduced by the government of BS Yediyurappa. Various labor organizations, pro-Kannada groups and Congress and the JD (S), which had opposed the bills …

Managing perception will be the biggest challenge for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab and other agrarian states following Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) decision to end their 24-year alliance on controversial agricultural sector reforms. The BJP would not be so bad without the SAD if it manages to establish …

Farmer groups and political parties plan to intensify protests against the three farm bills that were signed into law Sunday by President Ram Nath Kovind, who ignored demands that he withhold his consent to legislation that the opposition has called anti -Friendly farmer and corporate. Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder …

Screenshot from last Sunday’s session at Rajya Sabha. (RS TV: Image Credits) Sources also tell CNN News18 that an option to file a privilege violation motion against those attempting to spread falsehoods on behalf of the vice president is also being considered. CNN-News18 Last update: September 28, 2020 12:38 PM …

BENGALURU: A bandh would be observed across the state in Karnataka on Monday by various farmers’ organizations, protesting the amendments to the APMC and the land reform laws made by the government of BS Yediyurappa. The call for bandh from dawn to dusk has been supported by various pro-Kannada groups …

NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday he gave his consent to the three contentious farm bills which were approved by Parliament amid an unprecedented drama. Previously, opposition parties, led by Congress, had met President and urged him to return the invoices for reconsideration. The parties claim that the …

Sukhbir Singh Badal of Akali Dal has called for a united and peaceful fight against the new agricultural laws. (Proceedings) Chandigarh: The controversial new agricultural bills, passed last week, may have disastrous implications for the national economy, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said, calling on all opposition parties …

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his consent to the three controversial agricultural bills, which opposition parties say are anti-farmer and pro-business, after they were recently approved by Parliament. The government, which has said that these landmark laws will make farmers self-sufficient, has notified them. More than a dozen …

Akali Patriarch Dal Parkash Singh Badal (center) with party chairman Sukhbir Singh Badal (right) and other leaders address their ‘Rosh’ rally in Rajasansi, near Amritsar, on February 13, 2020 (PTI Photo) . Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal’s decision to resign from the NDA …

New Delhi: The government’s version of the rules that were followed during the approval of the agricultural bills in Rajya Sabha on September 20 has been challenged by television footage of the procedures accessed by NDTV. The passage of the bills has been a subject of great controversy, with eight …