The ongoing protest by farmers against the three new farm laws enters on the 16th and farmers’ unions now threaten to block the train tracks. Under its previous plan to block Delhi-Jaipur, the Delhi-Agra highway by December 12, more farmers are likely to join the protests on Friday. Police have …
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As the 1990s began, India found it difficult to repay the interest on the $ 90 billion in foreign loans that had underpinned a socialist system, causing a balance of payments emergency. Then the country resorted to a series of economic reforms to get out of the crisis. The 1991 …
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Rashtrapati Bhavan Would Allow Representatives From Only Five Parties Citing Covid-Related Restrictions New Delhi: A team of opposition leaders, mostly Congress and left-wing parties, will meet with President Ram Nath Kovind tonight to present a memorandum on the farmers issue. The meeting comes amid talks about a rift within the …
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Written by Nitin Sharma | Chandigarh | Updated: December 9, 2020 2:55:42 pm Kings XI Punjab cricketer and Punjab captain Mandeep Singh (seated third from left) with farmers protesting against agricultural laws at the Singhu border near New Delhi on Tuesday. (Express photo) For the first time for any national …
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticized opposition parties for politicizing concerns about recently passed farm laws and misleading farmers, saying they oppose Narendra Modi’s government for the sake of doing so. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that political parties that have supported the farmers’ ongoing protest …
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Up to seven borders connecting Delhi with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh remained completely closed on Monday due to ongoing farmer protest, leading to traffic problems and inconvenience to drivers in many parts of the city. The borders that are completely closed are Singhu, Tikri, Auchandi, Piao Maniyari, Mangesh, Jharoda, and …
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Farmers protest: A tractor with a DJ system was spotted on the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana. New Delhi: Indicating their readiness to camp along Delhi’s borders for as long as it takes for a reversal of the three controversial farm reform laws, farmers have added another “essential” to …
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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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India summoned Canadian envoy Nadir Patel on Friday and told him that statements by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian lawmakers on the farmers’ protest had the potential to “seriously” damage bilateral relations. The move signaled India’s anger over comments by Canadian leaders that have been perceived in New Delhi …
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