Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday that farmers have brought the Center to its knees and that the halt to peaceful protests shows the government’s nervousness and failure. Mufti, who was arrested on August 5, 2019 after the Center revoked J&K Article 370 and was released just …
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Written by Sakshi Dayal | New Delhi / gurgaon | Updated: December 4, 2020 11:07:31 am Farmers’ delegation in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. (Express Photography by Tashi Tobgyal) When the farmers’ protest in Delhi-NCR entered the eighth day, several borders, including Singhu, Chilla, Ghazipur and Tikri, remained closed to travelers. …
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Congress is closely monitoring developments in the ruling alliance in Haryana, where the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) is under pressure to review its ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the light of ongoing farmer agitation. A congressional official said on condition of anonymity that his party had adopted …
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Farmer protests today: The protest has entered the ninth day. New Delhi: Talks between three union ministers and a representative group of thousands of agitated farmers yielded no resolution on Thursday as union leaders stuck to their demand for repeal of new farm laws and even rejected lunch, tea and …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 4, 2020 7:07:19 am The farmers’ delegation after Thursday’s meeting. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) On Thursday, the CENTRAL government gave up some ground and said it would reconsider certain provisions of the new farm laws, but the conversations were …
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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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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 3, 2020 8:51:09 pm Karnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil (Source: Facebook / Bc Patil) Against the backdrop of the massive farmers protests in and around the national capitalKarnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil sparked controversy on Thursday by calling farmers who …
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Karnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil said Thursday that farmers who commit suicide are cowards. “Farmers who commit suicide are cowards. Only a coward who cannot take care of his wife and children commits suicide. When we have fallen (into the water), we have to swim and win,” Patil said addressing …
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Actress Kangana Ranaut has sparked controversy with her tweets about the farmers’ protest currently taking place in Delhi. He allegedly posted a photo of a 73-year-old woman named Mahinder Kaur and claimed that she was the same “daadi” who participated in the Shaheen Bagh protests and who had now joined …
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Written by Yashee | New Delhi | Updated: December 3, 2020 9:47:18 pm Demonstrators with banners at the Singhu border on December 2 (Express photo: Yashee) The first thing that strikes you at the Singhu border of New Delhi, where farmers have gathered in protest, is the large number of …
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