The Interior Ministry on Saturday refuted the Punjab government’s claims that its letter on the use of debt bondage in border villages was “motivated” and pointed to “serious allegations”. The ministry, in a letter addressed to the Punjab DGP and the chief secretary, said: “No motive can be attributed to …
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One day later Madhya Pradesh Government Passed Ordinance Against Forced Religious ConversionsDefense Minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday that the practice of mass conversions must stop and that he does not approve of conversion for marriage. In an interview with the news agency AND MESingh said: “I want to ask why …
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The protesting farmers’ unions agreed Monday on a government proposal to hold the next round of discussion on the new farm laws on December 30. However, they insisted that the meeting’s agenda should include the discussion of the modalities to repeal the three laws. Hours earlier, the Center had invited …
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Meanwhile, when the government of the Center announced the release of 18 billion rupees as part of the latest installment of 2,000 rupees each into the farm household accounts of 9 million rupees under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, several farmers said That amount may be huge, but one …
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Earlier in the day, Congressional leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met with President Ram Nath Kovind and sought the withdrawal of recently enacted farm laws. Gandhi told the president that the laws were “anti-farmers” and would cause farmers to suffer great losses. In other news, …
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NEW DELHI: Ongoing farmers’ protest at Delhi borders is “exception” and “limited to one state”, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar he said on Wednesday and hoped for an early solution as the government is in talks with farmers’ unions. “There is an atmosphere of enthusiasm in the country for …
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Written by Parthasarathi Biswas, Edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: December 5, 2020 10:34:12 pm In a mandi in New Delhi. The APMCs continue to report an annual business volume of over Rs 48,000 crore while the ‘business areas’ report business of around Rs 11,000-13,000 crore. (Express Photo: …
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Kangana Ranaut often makes headlines for her opinions on Twitter. Recently, he upset several people with his comment on the ongoing farmer protest, especially when he misidentified an elderly woman and even made a derogatory comment about her. She was heavily criticized for her comment, which she later deleted. The …
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New Delhi: The meeting between peasant leaders and the union government concluded on Tuesday, with another round of talks scheduled for December 3. “The meeting was good and we have decided that the talks will take place on December 3. We wanted a small group to be formed but the …
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NEW DELHI: Hitting Central Government Over New Farm Laws, Congressional Leader Rahul gandhi On Monday he appealed to workers in his party to provide food and aid to farmers protesting the new laws. He asked why farmers are protesting if these “reforms” are in their interest. On Twitter, the congressional …
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