The Union government will hold the sixth round of talks with protesting farmers’ unions on Wednesday, a fresh attempt to resolve a politically defiant strike by farmers who have surrounded the capital and want three recent farm laws in favor of reform. Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal had sent a letter …
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The traffic situation on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border and on the Delhi-Noida border remained the same on Tuesday, with normal vehicular movement for motorists leaving Delhi, but blocked for those heading towards the capital. The Singhu and Tikri borders, however, remain completely blocked due to ongoing farmer agitation. Deputy Police Commissioner …
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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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Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Paradesh continued to be closed at various points on Monday due to protests from farmers. The borders of the national capital with Uttar Pradesh in Chilla and Ghazipur remained closed on Monday for those coming from Noida and Ghaziabad. The traffic police advised travelers …
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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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Former Congress Speaker Rahul Gandhi alleged on Thursday that India is now an “imaginary democracy” when he attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that anyone who “attempts to take power away from him will be branded a terrorist and anti-national,” even if it involves from Rashrtriya Swayamsewak The chief of …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 10:42:51 pm Arhtiyas in Punjab began their four-day strike against the income tax raids, which they allege were carried out to intimidate them for supporting farmers’ agitation against the Center’s farm laws. Even when the protests against the …
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Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba, Harikishan Sharma | Jalandhar, New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 7:32:11 am Protesting farmers listen to a speech while camping on a highway on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border outside New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: AP) A day after the government invited farmers’ representatives to …
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Written by Kamaldeep Singh Brar, Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh, Tarn Taran | Updated: December 22, 2020 8:02:31 am Farmers protest against new agricultural laws on the Gazipur border in New Delhi. (Express photo by Abhinav Saha) WITH protests against the Center’s new farm laws approaching its fourth week without any …
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