As thousands of farmers continue to agitate against laws enacted by the government earlier this year, agricultural union leaders and the government will meet for the fifth round of talks on Saturday to bring a solution to the deadlock in new legislation. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Food Minister …
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Farmers protesting three farm laws announced on Friday a nationwide strike, or Bharat Bandh, on December 8, where they said they will block all toll plazas and roads leading to Delhi while hardening their position ahead of the fifth round of talks with the central government. scheduled for Saturday. Four …
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Written by Harish Damodaran, Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 4, 2020 4:15:09 am Farmers protest on the Singhu border during their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march against the Center’s agricultural reform laws in New Delhi. (PTI Photo: Atul Yadav / File) IF the statements of the Union Agriculture Minister …
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Written by Nitin Sharma | Chandigarh | Updated: December 2, 2020 11:25:57 am Sajjan Singh Cheema has been in touch with other Arjuna and Padma award-winning athletes in Punjab, including former wrestler Kartar Singh (right). For the past two days, former Indian basketball player and Arjuna award winner Sajjan Singh …
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Written by Nitin Sharma | Chandigarh | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:54:03 am The group now plans to write to President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday to request an appointment. For the past two days, former Indian basketball player and Arjuna award winner Sajja Singh Cheema has reached out to …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 7:27:54 am Protesters mark Guru Purab at the Singhu border in Delhi. (PTI) At the forefront of the protests against three farm laws are farmers who have used the minimum support price (MSP) during the current marketing season …
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The meeting between the leaders of farmers agitating against farm laws and the government on Tuesday was inconclusive and another round of talks will take place on Thursday. The Union’s agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, said the meeting with representatives of the protesting farmers was “good” and that the next …
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Hanuman Beniwal’s Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, which partnered with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 on Monday, told Interior Minister Amit Shah that his party would reconsider its association with the BJP if the Center did not withdraw all three agricultural laws. Beniwal also demanded that the Center implement the Swaminath …
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Ongoing protests by thousands of farmers against the Center’s new farm laws entered the fifth day on Monday, and protesters threatened to block all five points of entry into the national capital. By rejecting the Center’s offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari farm, the farmers said …
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More than four days have passed since farmers in Haryana and Punjab started a protest march against the three agricultural laws introduced by the central government in September. Delhi and the surrounding areas have witnessed violent clashes between farmers and the police, as they were initially denied entry to the …
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