Chakka Jam Farmers: Farmers block the Eastern Peripheral Highway during their protest. Highlight Additional security has been deployed in Delhi in view of the Chakka traffic jam Congress has expanded its support for the national blockade Farmers have rejected the offer to suspend farm laws for 18 months. New Delhi: …
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One day after his conversations with the Center were inconclusive, farmers’ unions protesting against the new farm laws said they would hold a “tractor gear“On the East and West Peripheral Highways on January 7, as a” rehearsal “for January 26. The next round of talks with the Center is scheduled …
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On the eve of the next round of talks between protesting farmers’ unions and the Center on Monday, Haryana police fired tear gas projectiles on Sunday to prevent a group of farmers, mostly from Rajasthan, from moving into Delhi. The incident occurred near the village of Sangwari in the Rewari …
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Intensifying their agitation against the new agricultural laws, the farmers’ unions in Haryana announced that they will continue to allow the free movement of vehicles on the roads until the Center agrees to their demands. Initially, farmers said that no tolls would be collected on the roads for three days, …
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Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 24, 2020 8:37:13 am Black flags displayed as Haryana CM’s convoy passes Agrasen Chowk in Ambala on Tuesday. (Express Photo by A. Aggarwal) HARYANA POLICE has detained 13 farmers, who had waved black flags at Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s …
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Bench notes that the current negotiations have not led the way and are destined for failure. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said talks between the Center and farmers’ leaders on the controversial farm laws had made no progress and were destined to fail. A bank led by the Chief Justice …
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New Delhi: The escalation of union government on a series of contentious clauses in the recently formulated farm laws has only reinforced the perception that the Center led by Narendra Modi prefers agitation to consultation. In recent years, the ruling BJP’s non-consultative approach has precipitated multiple upheavals. However, he has …
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Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 10, 2020 12:52:49 pm Farmers block a road on the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana. (AP Photo) The ongoing farmers’ protest on the Delhi borders has seen a rapid rise in Haryana’s participation and those who do not support the …
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New DelhiIf the government’s Minimum Support Price Program (MSP) helped to properly create a minimum price, farmers in the top 11 agricultural states would have earned, on average, nearly Rs 1.9 billion more from selling their produce. According to The cables data analysis from Agmarknet, the government’s price information system, …
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Representatives of three farmer groups in Haryana met with the Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Tomar. New Delhi: A section of farmers in Haryana has agreed in writing that they want the farm laws to be upheld, but with amendments. Representatives from three groups, claiming to cumulatively represent 120,000 farmers in …
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