Written by Sreenivas Janyala | Hyderabad | Updated: December 9, 2020 8:36:17 am A victim on the way to Eluru’s hospital. (Express photo) IN THE MIDST of the fear of Covid-19, Eluru, a city in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh with a population of more than 3 lakhs, …
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By: Express News Service | Chandigarh, New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 7:52:56 am During Bharat bandh at Ghumar Mandi in Ludhiana on Tuesday. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) THE BHARAT bandh called by groups of farmers in protest saw the greatest response in Punjab and Haryana, where roads …
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Home India BJP Supporters Among 20 ‘Farmers’ Who Endorsed New Laws to Meet Narendra Singh Tomar Many of them run agricultural producer organizations (OPF) with members ranging from less than 100 to a few hundred. In a memorandum to Narendra Singh Tomar, they had supported three laws but with the …
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By: Express News Service | Bangalore | Updated: December 9, 2020 8:39:58 am The BJP government in Karnataka on Tuesday managed to get the state legislative council to pass a land tenure reform bill with the support of the opposition JD (S), even as Congress voted against the bill. (Archive) …
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Written by Sourav Roy Barman | New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 7:50:48 am At the Singhu border, Tuesday. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav) “We’re trapped”. In three words, Sarabjit Singh captures the crisis that has gripped farmers in Punjab, an otherwise leading state in terms of agricultural productivity …
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Written by Hamza Khan | Jaipur | December 9, 2020 2:20:37 am Until the afternoon, the Congress was in the lead, but at night, the BJP was in the lead in both the samitis panchayat and the zila parishads. (Archive) In what could end up as an embarrassment to the …
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Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 9, 2020 7:15:17 am In a memorandum to Narendra Singh Tomar, they had supported three laws but with the amendments suggested by the farmers’ unions for the continuation of the MSP and mandi system. (Archive) A Delhi lawyer and BJP supporters …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 2:55:33 am Farmers on the Singhu border in New Delhi. (Express file photo of Gajendra Yadav) ON One day when Bharat Bandh summoned by farmers unions saw a mixed response across the country, Interior Minister Amit Shah stepped …
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By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: December 8, 2020 2:15:42 am On December 5, Lok Sabha Chairman Om Birla unveiled the artistic design of the Parliament structure and announced that the goal was to complete construction by 2022. (File photo) EXPRESSING ITS concern that the Government is …
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Written by Varinder Bhatia | Chandigarh | Updated: December 8, 2020 8:50:28 am Dushyant Chautala, then Hisar MP, rode a tracker to Parliament in 2017 to protest against changes to the Motor Vehicle Law that he claimed would add to farmers’ woes. (Express File / Prem Nath Pandey) During the …
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