By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 28, 2020 7:20:35 pm Farmers and activists shout anti-government slogans during a protest against agricultural bills in Bangalore, India on Monday (AP Photo / Aijaz Rahi). As farmers’ organizations and regional and opposition parties continue to protest against the contentious …
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Farmers protests: The police have removed the tractor and the fire has been put out. New Delhi: A tractor was set on fire near the India Gate in the heart of Delhi this morning during protests against the controversial farm laws, which have sparked widespread protests. The police have removed …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 27, 2020 8:57:17 pm Women sit on the train track during the ‘rail roko’ protest in the Amritsar village of Devi Dasspura on Sunday (Express photo by RANA SIMRANJIT SINGH) President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his consent to …
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Written by Udit Misra, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 27, 2020 8:01:30 am Farmers shout slogans as they block a train track in protest against new agricultural laws, in the village of Devi Dass Pura, about 20 kilometers from Amritsar (AP) Dear readers, Looking back, …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: September 26, 2020 8:18:31 am In the village of Bhuttiwala in Mukatsar. (Photo Express) At the forefront of several farmer protests in Punjab on Friday were some unusual numbers: two 20-year-old college students, a 33-year-old activist and a teenage girl who dropped …
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SHAMBHU: Thousands of farmers in India blocked roads and railways on Friday in a protest against new legislation they fear could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain at guaranteed prices, leaving them at the mercy of private buyers. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has …
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Written by Harish Damodaran | New Delhi | Updated: September 25, 2020 9:38:15 am A wheat field in Punjab. Wheat is one of 23 agricultural products for which the Center currently sets PMS. (Express photo: Jasbir Malhi) The recently enacted law dismantling the APMC (agricultural produce market committee) mandis monopoly, …
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Written by Kanchan Vasdev | Chandigarh | Updated: September 25, 2020 7:43:58 am Farmers in Punjab have been protesting against the agricultural laws. (Proceedings) WITH THE SAD Opposition raising the stakes with the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Union Cabinet on Center Farm Laws Amid Farmer Protests, Congress-run …
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Congress will launch its nearly two-month-long “mass movement” against the government on Thursday for passing bills “against farmers and the poor” during the monsoon session of parliament. The party will also collect two million signatures from farmers protesting the proposed laws. The Draft Law on Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) of …
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Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Jalandhar | Updated: September 23, 2020 10:40:58 am This is the first time in its history that all the farmers’ unions have come together to protest, in this case against the Center’s three agrarian bills. (Express file photo by Harmeet Sodhi) WHILE AGRICULTURAL unrest …
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