For three hours, from 12 noon to 3 pm on Saturday, farmers protesting against the Center’s new agricultural laws blocked several roads mainly in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday. Elsewhere, the call for a nationwide “chakka jam” elicited a mixed response. In both states, however, the blockade disrupted traffic on …
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Thousands of farmers protesting near Delhi against the Center’s three farm laws have decided to postpone their tractor march for one day as sporadic rain hampered their plans to organize a protest. The tractor march, scheduled for January 7, is a glimpse of how farmers plan to intensify their protest …
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In their seventh attempt to end the jam on the three agricultural laws, ministers representing the central government and 40 agricultural union leaders are set for talks in Delhi on Monday. Two key demands from farmers are expected to be on the table for the government to consider. Samyukt Kisan …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 6:15:37 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the event in Kutch. With farmers agitating against the three farm reform laws stretching into the third week and with no end in sight of the stalemate in talks with the …
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NEW DELHI: As farmers protested the three farm laws entering the third week, representatives from more than two dozen farmers unions observed a one-day hunger strike on Monday. The unions claimed that demonstrations were held in various parts of the country. Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind kejriwal as well as …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments on the agitation of farmers in India were “unnecessary”, “disconnected from the realities on the ground” and “served simply to fan the flames,” a group of former Indian ambassadors said Monday in a rigorously worded open letter. condemning what they called “vote bank …
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NEW DELHI: Farmers protesting the recently enacted farm laws on Sunday were supported by RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on their demand for a legal guarantee to secure the purchase of food grains at a minimum support price (MSP). This is the second organism linked to RSS after BKS …
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NEW DELHI: Steadfast in their demand to repeal all three farm laws, farmer groups continued their agitation on Delhi’s interstate borders for the 16th consecutive day on Friday. The leaders of the peasant groups affirmed that if the central government presented new positive proposals, they would retake the parliaments. Here …
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By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 10, 2020 1:43:50 pm Johnson’s response sparked anger and joy among people, especially Indians on social media. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday confused the current farmer agitation against farm laws in India with the conflict in India and Pakistan, …
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NEW DELHI: Bhartiya Janata Party (Bjp) on Tuesday launched a campaign on social media to separate fact from fiction about the new agricultural laws against which thousands of farmers have been protesting for more than a week. In the context of the ‘Bharat Bandh’ organized by the agitated farmers today, …
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